Hi Everyone,

I have been unable to find the issue but several years ago I was reading
"The Bottom Line" and they where rating unsafe and safe cars and the vanagon
was rated as very safe.  I tried to locate the issue but unable to find it.

Charles Michaux
'91 Westy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:Vanagon@vanagon.com]On Behalf Of eric
> solomonson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 4:45 AM
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon Crashworthiness
>
>
> As I recall from reading CU results many years ago, the Vanagon failed
> because front seat occupants suffered severe injuries from the windshield
> breaking in front end collisions.
>
> Your comments about the "spool out" of the shoulder harness leads me to
> wonder if one should replace them on older Vanagons.  Mine show
> the evidence
> of 14 years of use, and I wonder if they would function properly
> in a crash.
>
> My other concern is the lack of headrests on the rear bench seat of my '84
> Westfalia, since that is where the kids ride.  The existing bench back is
> only a piece of plywood with a foam cushion, so there is no where
> to fasten
> headrests.  Has anybody ever found a way to install headrests?
>
> Thanks
>
> Eric S.
> 1984 Westfalia
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HARRIST <HARRIST@ABC.COM>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 2:01 PM
> Subject: Vanagon Crashworthiness
>
>
> >Hate to be a party pooper, but we vanagoneers should not get too
> smug about
> >crashworthiness.  The National Highway Traffic Safety
> Administration crash
> >tested one of our beloved bricks at 35 mph head-on into a fixed
> barrier.  I
> >obtained the crash footage from the National Crash Analysis Center, which
> >maintains a catalogue of all government crash tests on a website.  (Just
> >point your browsers to NHTSA)
>