Nurburgring Nordschleife Crashes 1970

[gtirevo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc54G2Ur8

And, rule #1:

[C4 A6]

At about the 1min mark, that synchronized drifting

[hushypushy]

Rozap many times over...at least you posted a cool pic of Phil Hill though.


There's a big thread for Ring crashes here: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...-N%FCrburgring...

[B3passatBMX]

LOLZ at 1:37.

[The Igneous Faction]

Isn't it crazy to look back 40 years ago and try to comprehend how people couldn't be bothered to put on seatbelts? Bodies flying everywhere!

[Horror Business]

It looks like there were major differences in suspension design back then. Some cars flip over simply from sliding sideways while the Porsches just slide.

[eweu]

Isn't it crazy to look back 40 years ago and try to comprehend how people couldn't be bothered to put on seatbelts? Bodies flying everywhere!

That video perhaps sums up the 70's wholly. I know most of you weren't even alive then, but in those days there was a simplistic "anything goes" mentality that threaded through the culture, and cars were no different. There weren't even drunk driving laws to speak of. The very idea of wearing a seatbelt simply never entered the conscious mind. It was an interesting time, that's for sure.

[29_MALE_SOCAL_SPICY]

That video perhaps sums up the 70's wholly. I know most of you weren't even alive then, but in those days there was a simplistic "anything goes" mentality that threaded through the culture, and cars were no different. There weren't even drunk driving laws to speak of. The very idea of wearing a seatbelt simply never entered the conscious mind. It was an interesting time, that's for sure.

what a glorious time.

[Smooremin]

Guy in the Beetle convertible more than likely saved some lives.....

[92skirmishgti]

That video perhaps sums up the 70's wholly. I know most of you weren't even alive then, but in those days there was a simplistic "anything goes" mentality that threaded through the culture, and cars were no different. There weren't even drunk driving laws to speak of. The very idea of wearing a seatbelt simply never entered the conscious mind. It was an interesting time, that's for sure.

And it seems that in every one of those roll overs the occupants walked away from the accident.

[EdRacer71]

There weren't even drunk driving laws to speak of.

as evidenced by the Blue Beetle roll over at about 6:50 in this video. Looks like someone dropped a beer out of the window as the car came to a rest.

[Shomegrown]

as evidenced by the Blue Beetle roll over at about 6:50 in this video. Looks like someone dropped a beer out of the window as the car came to a rest.

Drinking in the car is still legal in Germany. Only the driver isn't allowed to drink.

[Sir UNBANNED_GERBIL M.B.]

It's amazing how much crap people carried in the there cars back then. Garbage bags worth of crap coming out in the roll overs

[pho]

Drinking in the car is still legal in Germany. Only the driver isn't allowed to drink.

Bottoms up.

[ZeeGerman]

Moral of the story: Porsches and BMWs of the 70s had had superior suspension and handling compared to other cars of the same period.

[EdRacer71]

Drinking in the car is still legal in Germany. Only the driver isn't allowed to drink.

Known and have participated in said law, thanks! Got a funny story behind it as well....

[Nubbin]

Aye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye...

[RobMarkToo]

"Oops fell out of my car, nope I'm fine, carry on.. [ouch my ass hurts] cheerio!"

[GoFaster]

It looks like there were major differences in suspension design back then. Some cars flip over simply from sliding sideways while the Porsches just slide.

Plenty of the cars that rolled in that video, had rear engine and swing-axle suspension. VW's that were more than a couple of years old at the time of that video, Renault 8 and 10, NSU Prinz, Fiat 850 all used that arrangement. And the early Corvair, of course (although none of those were in the video - but they used the same drivetrain and suspension layout), and we all know where that one went.

[pho]

"Oops fell out of my car, nope I'm fine, carry on.. [ouch my ass hurts] cheerio!"

Haaaa.....

Thats funny.

[RobMarkToo]

I'm going to go drive this course in Need for Speed Shift 2 now and see if I can do some flips.

[bmann]

I've been looking for this video forever! Love how the cars disintegrated in an accident back then.

[pho]

I've been looking for this video forever! Love how the cars disintegrated in an accident back then.

This video had the exact same effect on me, I was in a drunken stupor the first 8 times I watched it.

[Aonarch]

Crazy how people would just fall out. No seat belts?

[Cousin Eddie]

Crazy how people would just fall out. No seat belts?

And survive. See, kids really are pussies these days.

[GodSquadMandrake]

Wow. Modern car safety is like a needle exchange program. They're still going to do it, just keep them from killing themselves while they do it.

[DerSpiegel]

Ah....good old fashioned swingaxle rear suspensions. Lift-throttle oversteer for the freaking WIN!

[Obin Robinson]

This youtube comment had me laughing as my wife was trying to fall asleep:

6:54 dropped your beer, sir!

I think I was pissing her off with the constant chuckling. I dunno, I can't help but laugh at that.

obin

[Jack-the-Tripper]

Whilst on vacation somewhere early 70's /end sixties my family also took a drive around the ring in our fiat 1600....my oldest brother who was given the drivers seat did , as the family legend goes, get the fiat on 2 wheels in a corner....wich prompted my father to urge my brother to slow down a bit..

Seeing this vid made me realise that i actually must be happy that i still have a family after that little drive at the Nurburgring.


I wasn't in the car that day, in case you wonder...

[EdRacer71]

This youtube comment had me laughing as my wife was trying to fall asleep:



I think I was pissing her off with the constant chuckling. I dunno, I can't help but laugh at that.

obin

You're welcome!

[Obin Robinson]

You're welcome!

LOL! That was you which made the remark. Needless to say I am still chuckling at that as I write this.

obin

[PerL]

Drinking in the car is still legal in Germany. Only the driver isn't allowed to drink.

Not only in Germany

[pho]

LOL! That was you which made the remark. Needless to say I am still chuckling at that as I write this.

I just showed my kids this video, and explained to them the reasons to wear seatbelts.

[ThreadBomber]

I can't believe how much crap falls out of these cars when they flip over

[SidVicious]

Found myself say "EeeeeeeJECTED!" several times.