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May 9, 2005 | 01:09 AM

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Model "A" Car Accident

Yesterday 5-7-05 The Cooks (husband&wife) were driving there 31 Model A home from a car meet in Orting Washington. While traveling through the town of Graham on a two lane road. A pickup failed to stop at a tee intersection and drove into their path. Mr. Cook didn't even have time to react. They were not wearing any seatbelts and both hit the windshield. Mr Cook died at the scene; Mrs. Cook died later at the hospital.
Anyone not having, or wearing at least a lap belt please get them installed.

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May 9, 2005 | 04:57 AM

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I saw that on the news tonight, it was a pretty bad wreck. How fast were they going? The whole front on the car was destroyed, and the truck was torn up pretty bad too.

May 9, 2005 | 04:55 PM

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I saw that on the news tonight, it was a pretty bad wreck. How fast were they going? The whole front on the car was destroyed, and the truck was torn up pretty bad too.

I'm not sure of the speed, but the picture channel 13 showed looking in the drivers door it looked to me like they could have survived had they been wearing 3 point belts.
I put this on a post on the Fordbarn website and someone put the newspaper article on the post. It had a whole different sequence of events. It said that a Nissan pickup was turning left into a school. The driver was taking his daughter to school,(but it was on a Saturday). Anyhow the article said it was a head on collision.

May 9, 2005 | 05:58 PM

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Anyone not having, or wearing at least a lap belt please get them installed.

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Some insurer's of older vehicles do not want aftermarket belts installed. They say the belts give a false sense of security to user's, when in fact they are not of much use safety wise.

Most aftermarket belts are installed using bolts and large washer thru the floor pan. There is no so-called anchor for the belts, and in a collision, the bolts pull out of the floor and an injury occurs, thus causing a law suite, which they don't want.

May 9, 2005 | 06:08 PM

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Some insurer's of older vehicles do not want aftermarket belts installed. They say the belts give a false sense of security to user's, when in fact they are not of much use safety wise.

Most aftermarket belts are installed using bolts and large washer thru the floor pan. There is no so-called anchor for the belts, and in a collision, the bolts pull out of the floor and an injury occurs, thus causing a law suite, which they don't want.

That's one I never heard before, could you please ptovide me with the names of those companys. I would like to reasearch this a little further.

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May 9, 2005 | 07:54 PM

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That's one I never heard before, could you please ptovide me with the names of those companys. I would like to reasearch this a little further.

Thanks

I met this guy with a '54 Chevrolet a couple years ago. He is with one of the larger companies that insure older vehicles. Don't know the name of the company, but it makes sense to me.

EDIT: May have been Haggerty's.

May 9, 2005 | 08:20 PM

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In that car, there isn't anything to anchor the belts to, so even if they did have belts on, it would be the same results. The B pillar is wood, that floor may be as well, but even if it is steel, it's too thin to have enough strength.