Date:         Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:43:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Flat Four <aircooledvw77t1@ENGINEER.COM>
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From:         Flat Four <aircooledvw77t1@ENGINEER.COM>
Subject:      FWD: Re: Type 1 Crash test Ratings
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------Original Message------
From: Jeff Keith <revcop@ix.net.au>
To: VintagVW@listproc.sjsu.edu
Sent: August 30, 2000 5:38:06 AM GMT
Subject: Re: Type 1 Crash test Ratings


Hmmm, that's kinda hard, but I love a hypothetical.
I'd guess it'd be about a quarter of a star for vehicles with the
solid
steering shaft, up to maybe a whole three quarters of a star for the
collapsible shaft models!!!
A crash test simulates two vehicles hitting head on at about 60 km/h.
It
assumes both vehicles are deformable in some way, that's why they use
a
solid barrier and hit it with a test vehicle going at a lower speed.
Of course if you were to throw a spark into the equation with our
front
mounted tanks the result may be a bit lower ....
I could possibly find some "happy snaps" over at Highway Patrol or the
Crash
Investigation Unit, but they wouldn't be pretty .... ie they take pics
of
the worst prangs with the worst results.
Jeff
Bathurst,  NSW      Australia
66 Aussie Beetle
Marvin the Revbug
"Keeping the Fweem Alive"

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> From: Flat Four <aircooledvw77t1@engineer.com>
> To: VintagVW@listproc.sjsu.edu
> Subject: Type 1 Crash test Ratings
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:46:12 -0400 (EDT)
>
>If the Type 1 were to be tested like any of todays modern cars what
>would it's ratings be?  1 star head on collision or what?  Any good
>websites out there besides the one with pictures of a Beetle with an
>airbag crashing into a brick wall?
>TIA

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