I used to have some links to some pages with this very subject. I know they
are out there somewhere, this was the first one to come up in a search:
http://www.netspace.net.au/~marcelh/smash.htm
You'll have to do some searches on various combinations of vw, crash, bug
or beetle, etc, but there are more pages out there, I've seen 'em
(really!!). I did all kinds of looking around when one of my brothers was
driving a '68 bug around and he wondered how it would do if the worst happened.

steve
'85 westy
kent, wa

At 03:43 AM 08/30/2000 -0400, Flat Four wrote:
>------Original Message------
>From: Jeff Keith <revcop@ix.net.au>
>To: VintagVW@listproc.sjsu.edu
>Sent: August 30, 2000 5:38:06 AM GMT
>Subject: Re: Type 1 Crash test Ratings
>
>
>Hmmm, that's kinda hard, but I love a hypothetical.
>I'd guess it'd be about a quarter of a star for vehicles with the
>solid
>steering shaft, up to maybe a whole three quarters of a star for the
>collapsible shaft models!!!
>A crash test simulates two vehicles hitting head on at about 60 km/h.
>It
>assumes both vehicles are deformable in some way, that's why they use
>a
>solid barrier and hit it with a test vehicle going at a lower speed.
>Of course if you were to throw a spark into the equation with our
>front
>mounted tanks the result may be a bit lower ....
>I could possibly find some "happy snaps" over at Highway Patrol or the
>Crash
>Investigation Unit, but they wouldn't be pretty .... ie they take pics
>of
>the worst prangs with the worst results.
>Jeff
>Bathurst,  NSW      Australia
>66 Aussie Beetle
>Marvin the Revbug
>"Keeping the Fweem Alive"
>
>----------
>> From: Flat Four <aircooledvw77t1@engineer.com>
>> To: VintagVW@listproc.sjsu.edu
>> Subject: Type 1 Crash test Ratings
>> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:46:12 -0400 (EDT)
>>
>>If the Type 1 were to be tested like any of todays modern cars what
>>would it's ratings be?  1 star head on collision or what?  Any good
>>websites out there besides the one with pictures of a Beetle with an
>>airbag crashing into a brick wall?
>>TIA
>
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