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Painful just to look at... thank goodness he will recover. A wise upgrade for any of the early seats is not only put highbacks in, but find a way to Jbolt the front of the seat into the pan.... those early rails were a weakness that VW upgraded to the 3 point mounts in May of 72. If his seat hadnt come loose he may have faired better. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Weigel" <notchboy@comcast.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 7:04 PM Subject: [T3] Ron Smiths Wild Ride > About a week ago Ron got rear-ended in his stock 64 square. He faired very > well considering the square. When I saw the car in person I was amazed he > was still with us! This is what happens to our cars when its struck by an > SUV doing 55-65ish. He hit the car in front then rolled. His chest type belt > didnt hold him and it shot him out tward the back. The seat poped off the > rails and he flopped around in the car a bit. He suffered a fractured neck > and some abrasions. Almost every bit on the square is bent. > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_keywords=Ron+Smiths+Wild+Ride%21%21%21&search_terms=all > > jason > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >