Dangerous Car Features: a List
So, my father rebuilds/ restores cars as his hobby– have I mentioned this before? He is very, very good at this.
He takes cars that look like this and like, completely remakes them so they can be (and are) shown in museums. He actually just sent me the “after” version of this car, which I will post at the bottom of this post.
He was recently considering a Corvair as his next project, which I guess is the “Unsafe at Any Speed” car, and the other day Stephan and I were discussing how we didn’t really know WHY it was declared this, and instead of just Googling it like normal people, we decided to just make up some possibilities.
Car Features That Didn’t Work Out:
Knee-operated steering wheel
Driver’s-side exhaust fan
Inward shattering windshield
Poison tipped door locks
Dashboard hibachi
Propane filled tires
Razor handled gear shift
Isadora Duncan scarf accessory attaches to undercarriage of car
Uranium battery
Piano wire seatbelts
Frame made of balsa wood
OK, here’s the “after” photo of that Corvette:
