GOOD LORD!
07-28-2009, 07:48 PM
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Maryland
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GOOD LORD!
So i pulled my steering column and steering box today....
ITS A FREAKIN DEATH TRAP!
Any one who's had thiers apart can sureley under stand why, but briefly its...
2 1/2" Bolts hold the whole column in place
The steering box is 1 piece with a non collapsible 4' x 3/4" spear going through the column.
Head on Collision = Dead?
Besides the obvious there, i started driving school, i told the instructor about my car, she could have died!
" NO AIR BAGS!, NO SHOULDER RESTRAINTS!, NO HEAD RESTS!, EXPLODING GAS TANK!, TIN CAN UNIBODY!. "
all i could say is that generations past all made it through.... but she continually scolds me for it.
And Still more to complain about....
stripping the engine bay FTL!
ITS A FREAKIN DEATH TRAP!
Any one who's had thiers apart can sureley under stand why, but briefly its...
2 1/2" Bolts hold the whole column in place
The steering box is 1 piece with a non collapsible 4' x 3/4" spear going through the column.
Head on Collision = Dead?
Besides the obvious there, i started driving school, i told the instructor about my car, she could have died!
" NO AIR BAGS!, NO SHOULDER RESTRAINTS!, NO HEAD RESTS!, EXPLODING GAS TANK!, TIN CAN UNIBODY!. "
all i could say is that generations past all made it through.... but she continually scolds me for it.
And Still more to complain about....
stripping the engine bay FTL!
07-28-2009, 08:02 PM
#2
I would tell her to KMA I like the car. lol
j/k
A guy on another forum hit a stopped semi with his a 55 mph and the steering column really screwed him it. Let me see if I can find the link to the story.
j/k
A guy on another forum hit a stopped semi with his a 55 mph and the steering column really screwed him it. Let me see if I can find the link to the story.
07-28-2009, 08:22 PM
#3
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i dont really buy the steering wheel spearing a person in the chest .. i know a lot of guys talk of it but the old cars arent made to crumple like the new ones are so youll end up snappin your neck from whip lash before you end up smashing the front end in enough to shove the steering column into the cabin any more then it already is
07-28-2009, 08:29 PM
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Location: Michigan
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07-28-2009, 09:40 PM
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