to be:
http://colorado4wheel.com/images/misc/crash.wmv

Ya, old cars were simple, weighed less(sometimes), and were death traps.

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Ouch...

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Brian, Blue KJ in PA
LOST#99, Mid-Atlantic LOST
Blue 2003 KJ Sport

RL Super Skinks

Man, we would smash that Bel Air

We show this vid on the Chevy showroom floor.

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RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

The driver's area of the passenger compartment just. . . disintegrated. Wow.

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2006 Deep Beryl Green CRD Sport *SOLD 1/22/12*
Provent, V6 Airbox, Fumoto, Samcos, GDE ECO & TCM Tune, Euro JK TC, Magnaflow Catback
245/70/16 Destination A/T's
Boiler's Radiator Skid Plate
Jeepin' By Al 2.5 inch Adjust-A-Strut Lift, JBA Gen 4.5 UCA's (6/5/10)

structuring has came a long way

material longevity? maybe not so much

but you do what you can


can scale the rust off a old ford pre 60's and shoot a coat of primer and paint it and make a new one

scale the rust off a newer car and you have holes haha

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177k miles 3.7L gas - 45RFE
Command Trac / 4.10s
Lift: ft. 790+ rr. JBA4+
The last of the TrailReady Front&Rear Bumpers and TR Rock Rails
Jarhead Offroad light covers
31x10.5R15 RedLetter Grabbers on Blackrock Dunes
L.O.S.T #KD098632

Mostly due to material thickness I'm assuming.

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2005 KJ Renegade
Fabrications for sale: Aluminum Roof Rack (See Page 9)
Aluminum Gas Tank Skid -- Radiator Skid -- Front Strut Shims
Coming Soon: Rear Bumpers with lots of options

yup could flake off layers twice as thick as what ours is even originally

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03 Renegade (Black)
177k miles 3.7L gas - 45RFE
Command Trac / 4.10s
Lift: ft. 790+ rr. JBA4+
The last of the TrailReady Front&Rear Bumpers and TR Rock Rails
Jarhead Offroad light covers
31x10.5R15 RedLetter Grabbers on Blackrock Dunes
L.O.S.T #KD098632

Yes thats true. The difference is that you probably won't ever have to do that on a new car, since the rust proofing has improved by orders of magnitude in the past 50 years.

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Knowledgeable - But Caustic

Well first of all, the OP needs to realize "simple" has always been referred to as in how simple those cars were to work on. So the title of this thread is misleading. The results however speak for themselves. Of course I would argue the outcomes pertaining to both driver's of those vehicles. For almost a century people have been surviving auto related crashes that you wouldn't think they would. Granted safety has come a long way over the years but let's not forget that drivers of these new cars (regardless of air bags and safety improvements) die every day in traffic accidents. I'll take a '59 Bel Air.

Here's something else that is pretty simple - I could buy two, maybe three 2010 SS Camaro's with the cash I would receive selling my 1969 SS Camaro.

Which reminds me - What really bother's me about that video is that whoever was behind that crash test should get their A** kicked for destroying an American classic automobile.

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2004 TJ Rubicon.