dantheclamman@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down122cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldfuckcars@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1325arrow-down1external-linkA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square192fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldfuckcars@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.ml
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI mean, my grand dad’s GMC from the 70s wasn’t SIGNIFICANTLY different from your F-150s today. This looks about right… bench seats, no seatbelts, ashtray… yee haw! https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/7277-cha/1972-gmc-c1500-sierra-super-custom
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoHave you seen the size of F150s today?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months ago209-244″ L x 80-87″ W x 75-80″ H Compared with the '72 GMC 207.75" L x 79" W x 70" H? https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=564311
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months ago2-3 feet longer, 8" wider (the hardest one to change and they still did it), and nearly a foot taller. Thank you for proving my point. We can also add hood height has gone up.
I mean, my grand dad’s GMC from the 70s wasn’t SIGNIFICANTLY different from your F-150s today.
This looks about right… bench seats, no seatbelts, ashtray… yee haw!
https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/7277-cha/1972-gmc-c1500-sierra-super-custom
Have you seen the size of F150s today?
209-244″ L x 80-87″ W x 75-80″ H
Compared with the '72 GMC
207.75" L x 79" W x 70" H?
https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=564311
2-3 feet longer, 8" wider (the hardest one to change and they still did it), and nearly a foot taller. Thank you for proving my point. We can also add hood height has gone up.