Re: [AMC-list] Anyone see the Eagle crash?

[Glen Hoag <hoag@xxxxxx>]

I saw the episode.  They crashed two cars; the 
"front engine" car was a Concord sedan

I'm surprised that nobody noticed that the test 
site was the MGA Research facility in Burlington 
WI, which is the former AMC (and Nash) Proving 
Grounds.  As part of the July 2002 "Centennial of 
the Rambler" event in Kenosha, I took an 
AMO-sponsored tour of the site.  At that time, 
they were using two AMC 360s to pull the cable in 
the crash test rig, but mentioned that they would 
be replacing them with an electric motor (shown 
in the Mythbusters segment), but that the AMC 
engines would be re-deployed as portable units for side impact studies.

Jeni Barovian of The Pacer Page wrote up a long 
account (with photos) of her visit at 
<http://www.amcpacer.com/stories/jeni/kenosha2002.asp>.

--Glen


At 05:29 PM 6/9/2009, you wrote:

> Last Friday night while waiting for my sleep 
> study and channel surfing during the Con Air 
> commercials, I came across 
> MythBusters.  Appearing to be myth busting the 
> idea that a car could be split in half, going 
> fast enough and hitting one of the large county 
> trucks with the V shaped snow plow.
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> After seeing the initial crash and then slow 
> motion, I realized that the tail lights were AMC 
> Eagle!?!  Yeah!  It hit up to the firewall.  So 
> then they said they should test it with a "rear 
> engine" car and opened the hatch to show an AMC 
> blue engine sitting in the back.  It also 
> crashed up to the firewall.  Anyone else see the whole thing?
>
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> After all the enjoyment, I was thinking that 
> this was quite a sturdy car to use in compared 
> to something newer?  Anyway, I do have sleep 
> aphenia.  This Friday I get to sleep study with 
> the CPap.  They say I'll feel like a millioin 
> dollars, or at least a quarter million.
>
> Blessings,
> Richard
> Richard Estermyer
>
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> it's up to you to decide
>      who you let walk away,
>           who you let stay, and
>                who you refuse to let go.
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