Ok we all know old steel cannot compete with the safety of new but did they really need to destroy a classic?
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That would be rust. When this first appeared some years ago there was quite a debate about how much the rusted out structure of the old car had to do with the resulting damage. It did fold up much more than I had expected."sgtjunior" said:Is that sand or rust flying out of the bottom of the 59 at the 1 minute mark?
"Starfury" said:That video isn't entirely accurate when it comes to later classics. In the video, the Malibu hits the Bel Air above the frame and completely crumples the Bel Air. The body of that car has almost no structural integrity of its own, other than what it takes to keep the passenger compartment in roughly the same shape. In later cars, especially in unibody cars (like our Mustangs), the body is a key structural component and would fare much better in a collision than the Bel Air. Not that m car is anywhere near as safe as my Corolla or my gf's Camry, but it's not exactly the death trap that video would have you believe.