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Date:         Tue, 26 Aug 1997 19:55:34 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Matthew Bulley <GMBulley@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: crash damage, Van front end

In a message dated 97-08-26 15:14:56 EDT, oshaug@INFINET.COM writes:

<< I contrast this to the 1985 Corolla that I pulled a interior door panel from for my wife's 87. It is allways disconcerting to see the blood still on the cars in the junkyard, though this person obviously wasn't wearing a seatbelt. In addition, I shot a wreck in on 20/59 in Birmingham, Alabama where 40 foot long sewer pipe rolled off a flatbed and over the median, literally tearing in half an 87 Corolla identical to my wife's, killing the driver. >>

Thanks for confirming my gut instinct (maybe some study of physics in college?). Suzy's new daily driver is the 1976 van because (#1) she loves it, & (#2) the sliding door from the van weighs as much as her (former) 1992 Corolla LE!!! The first time I rode in her car, I felt like I was riding in a disposable aluminum turkey roasting pan. It HAD to go.

Safe Suzy = Happy me.

Thanks to all who responded with words of assurance,

gmbulley fairfax, va


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