Re: [Amc-list] '66-'69 Rambler American differences

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Now you guys got me thinking I should eBay the tilt column I have for the 65 convert and get somethign collapsable!
   You just can't get the right look with the easy to find newer ones though!
I could get good money for 65 floor shift tilt though :]

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
> 1967 was the first year for collapsible columns.
> 
> BTW, besides getting a steering wheel through the chest, decapitation 
> was also a possibility (no seat belts). Footage from when they started 
> crash testing cars shows some truly brutal things happening to the 
> dummies. I think one of the worst I saw was a 30's car hitting a wall. 
> The chassis stopped right away but the car body ended up in a pile over 
> the engine.
> 
> Matt
> 
> Jeff & Caroline wrote:
> > The steering columns weren't collapsible until 1967 or 68. I hate to take a 
> > 1966 steering column through the chest-its happened. 
> > 
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