WRT the 59 Chevy vs a modern car crash.....

For the 59, and plus or minus some years, chevy had a frame whose configuration is not what you would assume to be the normal automotive frame of the time....

The Chevy frame, for 59, and into the early sixties, had a very narrow cross section from the front bumper, and next to the engine, which did not widen until around the B pillar.

Essentially for the offset front end collision staged with the modern car, the only parts taking the impact on the '59 were the body sheetmetal and the left front suspension. This was a very poor frame design from an impact perspective.

I've often wondered if this was deliberate or ignorance on the of the group staging the comparision.

Jim

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