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Charger for RV crash testing!

Started by StockMan, February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM

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StockMan

February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Crash testing back in the day, why did they choose this nice Charger...

JB400

#1
February 03, 2015, 10:01:35 PM
It was probably a pre production assembly line test car.

TheAutoArchaeologist

#2
February 03, 2015, 10:43:56 PM
Travco!

Ghoste

#3
February 04, 2015, 06:26:11 AM
You crash what you're selling.

Bandit72

#4
February 04, 2015, 06:30:11 AM
Because crashing a different car would have been completely irrelevant to the test...
Daddy ran whiskey in a big black dodge
bought it at an auction at the masons lodge,
Johnson County Sherriff painted on the side,
just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside,
well him and my uncle tore that engine down,
I still remember that rumblin' sound.....

HPP

#5
February 04, 2015, 10:33:18 AM
Back then, they were just cars.

StockMan

#6
February 04, 2015, 07:42:44 PM
Quote from: Bandit72 on February 04, 2015, 06:30:11 AM
Because crashing a different car would have been completely irrelevant to the test...

This was from an RV site, so I think they were testing the camper...

Mopar4me

#7
February 04, 2015, 09:14:13 PM
 Or was the camper used for data acquistion. Looks like their is a cable that is coiled up and then runs torwards the car. May the camper drove behind the car and collected data as it crashed?

TheAutoArchaeologist

#8
February 04, 2015, 10:15:27 PM
Yeah, the Charger is the one that is about to be run into the wall.  The Travco is just the data acquisition vehicle. 

StockMan

#9
February 04, 2015, 10:45:55 PM
You may have a point there, I didn't notice that, but I suppose back then it would have been a hard wired connection.
Pretty thick cable!
I noticed the hub caps on the 70 Charger don't look familiar, maybe its the grainy image?

Ghoste

#10
February 05, 2015, 08:44:13 AM
Looks like a fairly lengthy cable too.

Mytur Binsdirti

#11
February 05, 2015, 11:10:13 AM
Quote from: StockMan on February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Crash testing back in the day, why did they choose this nice Charger...

At least it's not a '68.

Just 6T9 CHGR

#12
February 05, 2015, 05:28:02 PM
Quote from: Mytur Binsdirti on February 05, 2015, 11:10:13 AM
Quote from: StockMan on February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Crash testing back in the day, why did they choose this nice Charger...

At least it's not a '68.

I was gonna say "or a '69" then I remembered this pic...  :rotz:

Chris' '69 Charger R/T

StockMan

#13
February 05, 2015, 06:22:29 PM
Quote from: Just 6T9 CHGR on February 05, 2015, 05:28:02 PM
Quote from: Mytur Binsdirti on February 05, 2015, 11:10:13 AM
Quote from: StockMan on February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Crash testing back in the day, why did they choose this nice Charger...

At least it's not a '68.

I was gonna say "or a '69" then I remembered this pic...  :rotz:



Beyond the point of no return...

UFO

#14
February 05, 2015, 10:27:30 PM
There's a video on utube with the above '69 being crashed.
A link is somewhere on this forum.

StockMan

#15
February 05, 2015, 11:15:29 PM
Quote from: UFO on February 05, 2015, 10:27:30 PM
There's a video on utube with the above '69 being crashed.
A link is somewhere on this forum.

Nice, lets pic an RT to do some crash testing...

Ghoste

#16
February 06, 2015, 06:14:38 AM
It's almost a surprise they did any crash testing at all in 69.

Dodge Don

#17
February 06, 2015, 07:31:05 AM
Quote from: StockMan on February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Crash testing back in the day, why did they choose this nice Charger...

Actually that was AFTER the crash test....the 70 held up better than the 69 did  :nana:

Ghoste

#18
February 06, 2015, 08:50:53 AM
With that enormous steel circle they glued on the front end it damned well should, what is that a snow plow?  ;)

XS29L9Bxxxxxx

#19
February 06, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: StockMan on February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Crash testing back in the day, why did they choose this nice Charger...

It's a 1970, so not a big deal, right? ;)

Dodge Don

#20
February 06, 2015, 02:13:51 PM
Quote from: XS29L9Bxxxxxx on February 06, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: StockMan on February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Crash testing back in the day, why did they choose this nice Charger...

It's a 1970, so not a big deal, right? ;)

We have thick "gatorgrain" skin....we can take it  :cheers:

XS29L9Bxxxxxx

#21
February 06, 2015, 07:36:10 PM
Quote from: Dodge Don on February 06, 2015, 02:13:51 PM
Quote from: XS29L9Bxxxxxx on February 06, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: StockMan on February 03, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Crash testing back in the day, why did they choose this nice Charger...

It's a 1970, so not a big deal, right? ;)

We have thick "gatorgrain" skin....we can take it  :cheers:

:cheers:  :cheers:

StockMan

#22
February 06, 2015, 08:04:04 PM
Well I suppose there was some meaningful purpose behind the crash testing, not like the wasteful destruction by the dude boys.
300+ cars crash tested there...

Ghoste

#24
February 09, 2015, 06:42:23 AM
That's a different one again in that video I think.  There is a fastback Charger in the section right before it too.
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