Muscle car safty?
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Muscle car safty? - 6/21/2003 7:30:46 PM
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67gt500
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All I wanted to know was, what makes a muscle car so un-safe? Or what make them safe? Pretty much what is the safty like for muscle cars? You know years from 1964 to like 1974. Thanks
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Muscle car safty? - 6/23/2003 3:20:28 PM
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dave586
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Detroit Steel and no crumple zones- As some would say. but I hear it hurts like **** when you hit the steering wheel during a head on. My '66 had to endure a hell storm one night unfortuntly, all the *newer* cars around it where smashed, but my '66 didn't have a single hail ding.
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Muscle car safty? - 6/23/2003 3:52:39 PM
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There is a reason demo drivers opt for older equipment. It, as stated above, is solid! Crumple zones are "safer" because the car absorbs the energy by making those zones "weaker" and trying to control the crumpling. They make the car act like a progressive rate spring where old detroit iron breaks whatever you hit instead of crumpling. While crumpling is safer, it makes repairs much more expensive. I say now days the older car is safer because if you are gonna hit another car, chances are it will "crumple".
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Muscle car safty? - 7/7/2003 11:22:40 PM
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Jugador1
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my great aunt's old 68 gto has shoulder straps but they're independent from the lap belt...i was wondering, do old mustangs have that because they seem really safe, like more so than new ones. Jugador37809.9747337963
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Muscle car safty? - 7/18/2003 6:02:48 PM
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Redline5th
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Add a 10 point roll cage
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Printable Version
If your worried about safty then install a role bar and 5 point seats belts.
