Wham! Rapidus De-acceloratus Maximus!!

[Brock Samson]

alot of these accidents are miss-matches baised on mass,.. i'm glad to read you are ok and walked away, but of course a geo metro is gonna fair poorly against a cuda... and speaking about cumple zones, the area forward of the radiator, especially on the second and third Gen b-bodies, though not so much on first gens... are huge open areas which will absorb alot of force in a front wreck... but in a head on with a brick wall of course ain't nobody gonna look too good... and a side impact aint gonna be pretty either...
good seat belts, anti lock/disc brakes and (sometimes) air baggs have saved alot of folks... I have seen a lot of bad wrecks where the air baggs didn't deploy.. and several where a light tap set them off and the baggs burned and/or injured the drivers

anyone know what the approx. stopping distance of a charger is from 60 MPH?..
comparing that to a modern Charger I'm sure would be a revelation.

[Old Moparz]

This one's for bronze.   

WTF!! The bastards were even doing re-bodies way back then, it's not even a Road Runner VIN.   

[Charger_Fan]

And the dash grew some blue color, too.

[69bronzeT5]

This one's for bronze.   

WTF!! The bastards were even doing re-bodies way back then, it's not even a Road Runner VIN.   

[zerfetzen]

alot of these accidents are miss-matches baised on mass,.. i'm glad to read you are ok and walked away, but of course a geo metro is gonna fair poorly against a cuda... and speaking about cumple zones, the area forward of the radiator, especially on the second and third Gen b-bodies, though not so much on first gens... are huge open areas which will absorb alot of force in a front wreck... but in a head on with a brick wall of course ain't nobody gonna look too good... and a side impact aint gonna be pretty either...
good seat belts, anti lock/disc brakes and (sometimes) air baggs have saved alot of folks... I have seen a lot of bad wrecks where the air baggs didn't deploy.. and several where a light tap set them off and the baggs burned and/or injured the drivers

anyone know what the approx. stopping distance of a charger is from 60 MPH?..
comparing that to a modern Charger I'm sure would be a revelation.

Hardly a difference, actually.  According to the 69 Charger Registry download of a MotorTrend review, 143 feet.
According to Road and Track and my 06 Charger: 132 feet.

Difference: 11 feet.

[694spdRT]

alot of these accidents are miss-matches baised on mass,.. i'm glad to read you are ok and walked away, but of course a geo metro is gonna fair poorly against a cuda... and speaking about cumple zones, the area forward of the radiator, especially on the second and third Gen b-bodies, though not so much on first gens... are huge open areas which will absorb alot of force in a front wreck... but in a head on with a brick wall of course ain't nobody gonna look too good... and a side impact aint gonna be pretty either...
good seat belts, anti lock/disc brakes and (sometimes) air baggs have saved alot of folks... I have seen a lot of bad wrecks where the air baggs didn't deploy.. and several where a light tap set them off and the baggs burned and/or injured the drivers

anyone know what the approx. stopping distance of a charger is from 60 MPH?..
comparing that to a modern Charger I'm sure would be a revelation.

Hardly a difference, actually.  According to the 69 Charger Registry download of a MotorTrend review, 143 feet.
According to Road and Track and my 06 Charger: 132 feet.

Difference: 11 feet.

Unless 11ft puts you out into an intersection where a semi is travelling at 60 or 70mph.   

[sick dawg]

This car isn't too bad. Hans will be selling it on E-Bay and the hlpag site soon. Great project car minor body damage, simple repair!

[zerfetzen]

Unless 11ft puts you out into an intersection where a semi is travelling at 60 or 70mph.   

Definitely true.  I think you'll find that it still brakes better than modern pickups, so I guess everything's relative.  My solution's going to be Baer brakes all the way around 

[694spdRT]

Unless 11ft puts you out into an intersection where a semi is travelling at 60 or 70mph.   

Definitely true.  I think you'll find that it still brakes better than modern pickups, so I guess everything's relative.  My solution's going to be Baer brakes all the way around 

Agreed...I wonder what brake set up Motor Trend tested in 1969. I know the 4 wheel drums in my 68 are good for about 2 hard stops and then fade really gets bad.

[charger_mike75]

I've got wilwood discs on mine, stops great      My Pop said he'd scan his wreck pic for you ghouls out there, i'll keep on it till he does.