...this guy is way more hardcore than I am.
wow. not what i was expecting to read at all. great story.
Some might say T-birds were into him...
I'll be here all week folks!
The broken hip took attention away from his broken arm, but dayum!
Ugh. Glad that image is black and white.
That's insane!
Collapsible steering columns came out in 1966?
I'm going to go ahead and gloss over the fact that this dude had a 7" chunk of metal in his arm for FIFTY YEARS without knowing it and point out how much safer modern cars are than that T-bird.
Matt B wrote: Some might say T-birds were into him...
I'm pretty sure about 75% of those viewing this were about to post the same.
Also, I just realized I was born at that hospital. Completely irrelevant...
914Driver wrote: Collapsible steering columns came out in 1966?
T-birds had swinging columns to make it easier to get in and out.
Collapsible columns were 1968, along with safety glass and dual braking circuits.
I'm impressed by how much damage the 'Bird caused to the truck!
914Driver wrote: Collapsible steering columns came out in 1966?
I believe they were mandated (among many other things) for the 68 MY, but a lot was phased in earlier on a lot of cars.
Kenny_McCormic wrote:914Driver wrote: Collapsible steering columns came out in 1966?I believe they were mandated (among many other things) for the 68 MY, but a lot was phased in earlier on a lot of cars.
The collapsible column wasn't so much that it would collapse when the driver hit it so much as it would collapse when something ramming the front of the car tried to shove the steering box back.
You'll find that plenty of cars were completely redesigned for '68, probably so the known changes didn't require retooling existing designs. T-birds were one of those chassis.
Wow, I mean just wow...
How the hell do you not know that a TURN SIGNAL ARM is embedded in your arm?????
And to think of all the times he wished he had w third arm to do something.
A shame it's one of my favorite years too. Had to pass on a 64 2dr in Dallas that was a second owner by virtue of death with 16,000 original miles and original black on black. The Berkeleying thing was 10" long than my garage was deep!
Knurled wrote: You'll find that plenty of cars were completely redesigned for '68, probably so the known changes didn't require retooling existing designs. T-birds were one of those chassis.
That's not quite accurate--the 68 T-Bird was the same as the 67-71. I may not know Miatas or E30s, but I know T-Birds.
Incidentally, I had a 62. Fortunately, I sold it instead of wrecked it.
SilverFleet wrote: How the hell do you not know that a TURN SIGNAL ARM is embedded in your arm?????
Especially since his right eye would start blinking every time he lifted his arm.
Boom-tsh
In reply to Will:
Huh, for some reason I thought the weird unibody cars were '68-71.
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