on a lighter note...

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Newboomer said:
There was one at the drive in movie theater we used to go to as kids. Yes, it could and would throw you for a loop.
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The elementary school I went to in the late-70s/early-80s had one. It was great. Also had a huge metal caterpillar (among other playground equipment that I’m certain is no longer in use due to liability concerns) that we could crawl all over. Between f’ing around on that caterpillar and taking a baseball to the face on a bad hop, not a lot of cartilage left in my nose. Good times.
 
BonUm16 said:
The elementary school I went to in the late-70s/early-80s had one. It was great. Also had a huge metal caterpillar (among other playground equipment that I’m certain is no longer in use due to liability concerns) that we could crawl all over. Between f’ing around on that caterpillar and taking a baseball to the face on a bad hop, not a lot of cartilage left in my nose. Good times.
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Thats what made us tough, then we went to the Nanny State
 
Ontario Hunter said:
Those early Mustangs really didn't have balls. Their early unibody construction was a joke. In a wreck Mustangs folded up like an accordion. Always a big deal made of Mustang gascap over it's teeny steel (i.e. sparky) rear bumper (rear end collision = kaboom!) but lack of structural integrity was at least as much a safety hazard, especially in a vehicle with too much horsepower. Mustangs were a death trap ... but not the only one Detroit was making back then.
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Sorta depends on which mustang you’re talking about…

A typical 289 mustang.. sure… not a lot of balls compared to the other “muscle cars” of the day…

A 429 boss fastback like the one in the pic however…that’s a factory 7 liter engine originally designed for NASCAR that generated about 450 HP to push a 3500lb vehicle from 0 to 60 in 7 seconds and does the quarter mile in 14 seconds (at 102mph) and tops out around 120 mph…

In 1969 those were some incredible numbers for a factory/production car…

Any car capable of that would fold like an accordion and would be a death trap with 1960’s safety equipment and technology…

And to your point almost everything built in that era would kill you if in a wreck st any measurable speed…

James Dean was barely doing 60 when he crashed his Porsche spyder and killed himself…

Jane Mansfield was cruising at about 80 when she crashed her Buick Electra in 1967 and died…

Rock and Roller Eddie Cochran was doing 60 when he crashed his Ford Consul in 1960…

Pretty much all vehicles during that time period were death traps over the speed of 50…
 
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