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On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 15:50, SIR.LANCE . wrote: > > > did VW or anyone else ever do a crash test on a type 3? > > or has anyone ever been on one themselves? > > > im always in arguements with people about it, they think that since the > engine is in the back, that any front end hit will kill me.....i dont think > thats so, because of the way the back of the bumper is up against the front > end... > One way to look at it is that with no engine in the front, It won't come back into the passengers compartment. Also, the design of the '69 and up was that those braces under the front bumper and front fenders, were part of a controlled collapse system, to adsorb the energy of a crash. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe