1967 Corvette wreck

[Ralph S.]

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[Bill M.]

Re: 1967 Corvette wreck

The driver must have ended up a block away looks like occupant cleared the windshield . How the heck did they spit the car in half

[Tim G.]

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This is similar. My favorite color, Sunfire Yellow.

[Mark L.]

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We had one when I was in high school. BB 1966 hit a stone wall head on. Pushed the engine into the passenger compartment between the two occupants. One died and one was never the same.

[Mark E.]

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Note the advanced energy absorbing collapsible frame safety technology demonstrated by these wrecks. Unfortunately the frame collapses under the seats.

Something to contemplate during my Sunday drive... thanks.

[Alexander D.]

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Notice the empty glove boxes. Guess the driver or police would take the contents - hopefully not some passer-by!

[Michael J.]

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jan-berry_demolished-corvette.jpgMy favorite '66 Corvette wreck picture......

[Duke W.]

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The most dangerous feature of the C2/3 design is the location of the fuel tank - above the frame. It can be devastating. At my first job out of college as a Pontiac production engineer one of my experienced office mates advised the corporate lawyers on legal issues when Pontiac was sued. He had a lot of great war stories, but that's for another time. The night after he told me about the Corvette fuel tank issue a '68 Corvette was rear ended in Detroit, and the impact ruptured the fuel tank and rear bulkhead flooding the passenger compartment with gasoline that caught fire and killed the driver.

A few years later a friend of mine's wife who is a lawyer told me that one of the case studies in law school involved a '63 Corvette that was rear ended resulting in the same consequence as above. The family sued and hired a USC professor to duplicate the accident. He acquired a vehicle like the one that hit the Corvette and a used '63 Corvette, filled the Corvette fuel tank half full of red paint, and duplicated the accident. I don't recall where it was done, but the perpetrating vehicle was rigged for remote control, and post collision the passenger compartment was flooded with red paint.

She said it was the first million dollar automobile liability judgment (or settlement I don't recall which). I think it was the '77 model year that Corvette got a fiberglass fuel tank with an internal rubber bladder that was more resistant to rupture in a rear collision.

About ten years ago a Phoenix couple's, NCRS members I recall, C2 was rear ended by a F150 pickup and the above scenario played out. I recall they survived, but were very seriously burned.

What your six!
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Duke

[Harry S.]

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Lost a friend in 1968, same problem. Hit in the back in his 67 convertible, ignited. His seat belt jammed and he waited till the belt burn through and crawled out. He pushed his girl friend out the passenger window first. Burns were too extensive to save him. An early loss from the Class of 65.

[Tim G.]

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Here's a friends brand new 1963 fuelie that was brought to the dealer for warranty work. The shop boy took it for a joy ride and rolled it. The dealer ordered him a new one that was identical.

[Mark E.]

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Tim,

Did it just roll onto its side? It held up remarkably well if this was a full rollover.

[Mark E.]

Re: 1967 Corvette wreck

The most dangerous feature of the C2/3 design is the location of the fuel tank - above the frame. It can be devastating. At my first job out of college as a Pontiac production engineer one of my experienced office mates advised the corporate lawyers on legal issues when Pontiac was sued. He had a lot of great war stories, but that's for another time. The night after he told me about the Corvette fuel tank issue a '68 Corvette was rear ended in Detroit, and the impact ruptured the fuel tank and rear bulkhead flooding the passenger compartment with gasoline that caught fire and killed the driver.

A few years later a friend of mine's wife who is a lawyer told me that one of the case studies in law school involved a '63 Corvette that was rear ended resulting in the same consequence as above. The family sued and hired a USC professor to duplicate the accident. He acquired a vehicle like the one that hit the Corvette and a used '63 Corvette, filled the Corvette fuel tank half full of red paint, and duplicated the accident. I don't recall where it was done, but the perpetrating vehicle was rigged for remote control, and post collision the passenger compartment was flooded with red paint.

She said it was the first million dollar automobile liability judgment (or settlement I don't recall which). I think it was the '77 model year that Corvette got a fiberglass fuel tank with an internal rubber bladder that was more resistant to rupture in a rear collision.

About ten years ago a Phoenix couple's, NCRS members I recall, C2 was rear ended by a F150 pickup and the above scenario played out. I recall they survived, but were very seriously burned.

What your six!
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Duke

Scary as heck! I knew these cars were dangerous, but not to this extent.

[Tim G.]

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Mark, as I understand it, the car went over three times. I have a bunch of pictures. The owner said this was a well put together car, the second one the dealer ordered was not so good and he sold it before the 64's came out. I have the window stickers on both.
The driver had to get stiches on his leg where the ignition key cut him, that was his only injury aside from the loss of his job.

[Ralph S.]

Re: 1967 Corvette wreck

Where did this happen

[Mark F.]

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One of the jobs I did while at Ford was air sampling to evaluate potential worker exposures to sodium azide (NaN₃) at the crash test building. Sodium azide is (or at least was) the compound that RAPIDLY produces the gas that fills automobile air bags when triggered upon impact.

When viewed in person from a safe distance, what really impressed me was the tremendous noise and associated massive destructive forces when a car is released from its speed-controlled crash test sled and free-wheels into a solid (immovable) test barrier at the end of the catapult.

The ones in this video are all driver side partial front impacts only. The ones I watched were full width front end head on impacts.

https://www.google.com/search?q=crash+test+videos&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1040US1040&oq=crash+test+video&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIKCAkQABiGAxiKBdIBCTEzODg4ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#vhid=XQwCj5s5cke3_M&vssid=videos-019310d3