<VV> Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 11, Issue 39

[Smitty Smith]

From: persh at aztecfreenet.org (VAN A. PERSHING)
Subject: Steering Shaft - the human spear.

The steering wheel only moved toward me about a half an inch. Upon examination I observed that the shaft bent downward.
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  Smitty says:  One time I asked my Uncle who spent his life in the Body and Frame business how concerned I should be about the spear.  He told me that even if the shaft moves back that it normally gets bent up toward the windshield.  Yeah thats got to hurt, but through the heart , Not likely.  Also in the case of a solid impact on the frame rails the front generally folded down around the gas tank rather than moving straight back.  He then went on to say that if I was going to drive a Corvair (or any other car) that it was best to avoid hitting anything solid.  The times I ignored that advise I found, like Van, that the impact in a Corvair was amazingly soft considering the speeds involved.