> however for light crashes, your hunk of 50's-70's metal will often end up with significantly less damage, and at a minimum can be driven home. Because all th

> however for light crashes, your hunk of 50's-70's metal will often end up with significantly less damage, and at a minimum can be driven home. Because all that kinetic energy didn't get dissipated and so transferred into the softest bits of the car, which in the 50's-70's car was the driver.