Posted on 11/15/2010 7:34:02 AM PST by Immerito
A man in his 80's is on the mend from minor injuries, but his vintage car received major damage after being T-boned by a pizza delivery car, a Downey police dispatcher said.
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Why didn’t the old geezer trade it in during Cash for Clunkers?
I guess the socialistic dream world frowns on people being creative? Everyone must have the same box with wheels, the same color, electric powered, GPS tracked for taxation and lastly having Onstar so “big sis” can keep an ear on everyone?
All the right reasons to own an antique car or truck, because it pisses the Fed off!
Looks like they pulled the '32' from the article.
My neighbor drives his every day. He has three.
Another thing too. You don't just hop in one and go. You have to know HOW to drive a model A.
We were coming north on I65 yesterday and saw some. One was on the road instead of on a truck. That car was doing 75 or 80. We could not believe how fast it was going.
Okay. That does it. There oughta be a law.
From now on, all pizza delivery cars should have a driver.
And I suppose a car of that vintage didn’t have driver side airbags.
I realize that this is often the same as #3 on your list...
“Where does unlicensed illegal alien drivers come out on that list?”
It’s based on my observations. Here in this part of Ohio, while I know there are a lot of illegals, I don’t routinely have close calls with them. Distracted cell phone users, and pizza delivery people, I see them all the time.
Why not?
Drive em, don't hide em!
Interesting bit of triva. I didn’t realize that but I must say that I have never seen a 1932 Model A. Normally they are all 30’s or 31’s.
Got hit broadside? Head on or rear ended he would have been fine. Those spring steel bumpers would have demolished the new cars. Wow and mud guards and running boards, gotta love’em.
A model A if fairly easy to drive, a standard 3 speed transmission, and all the pedels are in the same position as a modern car. Starting is a little bit of a chore, with a hand choke and vacuum advance on the steering column, but not a huge deal.
Got hit broadside? Head on or rear ended he would have been fine. Those spring steel bumpers would have demolished the new cars. Wow and mud guards and running boards, gotta love’em. Oh and lets not forget the crank handle.
Those “vintage” cars are death traps if they get hit... glad the driver of the thing is going to be okay.
There have been a LOT of safety improvements in 70 or 80 years.
I'm trying to think of a reason that you'd say that. All I can come up with is that some of the really old ones have mechanical rather than hydraulic brakes, and hence don't stop all that well, but upgrading the brakes is not all that hard.
Uh, the first production car to hit 120 was the 1934 Dusey and at a cost of (then) $24,000 it was in a class of its own.
Fixed.
Waddayounuts? If by Antiques you are one of these people who thinks 1975 is classic, you have a slight case. But come on, man, cars of the 40's, 50's, and earlier were incredibly unsafe by modern standards on anything but straight, uncrowded roads with 50 mph speed limits. They rode smooth on a smooth straight road
Terrible brakes, wallowing suspensions, slow steering, tough in minor fender-benders, but disasters in a real crash. Today's cheap cracker boxes with radial tires, disc brakes, seat belts, (even the ridiculous air bags) are a whole lot safer. A humble 2010 Honda Civic also will outperform a 60's Ferrari.
Sure the old-timer should be allowed to drive his Model A. After all, the Amish are allowed to drive buggies. It's our job to watch out for them.
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