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>Wow, great memories!! Thanks, Dan! > >-William > > >>I remember GM had a safety film where they'd taken an >>old (1927 ?) Chevrolet and driven it at speed >>(driverless)over a ramp on one side only. >> >>Of course they then cut to the totally demolished >>result. >> >>The film's announcer then says something like, "Of >>course today's cars are much safer" and we watch from >>behind as a series 1 Corvair, Nader's nemesis, is >>driven about 18 mph over a similar ramp (again, one >>side of the car only). The helmeted driver has no >>difficulty setting the airborne side of the car down. >> >>Unconvincing comparison somehow. But the real treat >>was the power-steering display. You stood on a little >>scale-like platform. First you had to lift your weight >>by turning a non-power-assisted (1970s Pontiac) >>steering wheel. Then if you pushed a button a pump >>would come on and the wheel would be magically >>power-assisted.

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