RivNut Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 How many of you know why this is called a mansfield bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Probably cause some guy named Mansfield said let's put a bar on these trucks to make the leveler activate without a person pushing a button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) Federal regulations required this bar be added to trailers after Jane Mansfield was killed when her Buick ran under the back of a trailer and she was killed. her n Her daughter Mariska Hargity was in the back seat at the time of the accident. If the name is not familiar to you, she is the star of Law and Order SVU Edited November 16, 2018 by RivNut (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Yaros Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 21 hours ago, RivNut said: How many of you know why this is called a mansfield bar? A mandated safety device to prevent decapitation. Next question: Who was the rear seat passenger who survived the accident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Did you read the caption below the picture that I posted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARY F Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 It is called an ICC bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 21 hours ago, GARY F said: It is called an ICC bar You say tomato (toe may toe), I say tomato (toe mah toe) Same thing. Too bad the trucking industry had to wait for a tragedy to incorporate a safety item such as this. From the website "Semitrailer.net" >And yet, Mansfield left many marks on society that still touch our lives today, including the innovation of the underride bar, commonly known in the United States as the Mansfield bar." "Mansfield bar or Mansfield bumper, the guards at the rear of trailers, is also known as ICC bar (named for the Interstate Commerce Commission) intended to prevent a phenomenon known as “underriding” – which is when the car collides with the trailer and goes under it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Yaros Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, RivNut said: Did you read the caption below the picture that I posted? Duh? Obviously, I did not! My bad! A senior moment? Edited November 17, 2018 by D Yaros (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Forty years driving truck. Never heard it called a Mansfield bar. Even ICC was out of vogue. Always heard it called a DOT bar. Learned something NEW. Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brass is Best Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 On 11/12/2018 at 9:22 AM, Elpad said: The cop is going to write them up for double parking! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 (edited) Couldn't stand myself and had to drive her. Black Friday cruise.... She vibrates and bounces like hell now. I haven't had the heart to drop the insurance or tags. Edited November 23, 2018 by wndsofchng06 (see edit history) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, wndsofchng06 said: Couldn't stand myself and had to drive her. Black Friday cruise.... She vibrates and bounces like hell now. I haven't had the heart to drop the insurance or tags. I keep telling you it can be fixed...and a good chance to learn some skills to be used on one of you other projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Is there a local high school auto shop that would be interested in taking on the repair? Even though it's 60+ years old, there are lots of light trucks out there that would require the same body-on-frame straightening techniques. That would be a win-win... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 On 11/23/2018 at 12:43 PM, old-tank said: I keep telling you it can be fixed...and a good chance to learn some skills to be used on one of you other projects. @wndsofchng06 Matt, with your support, I would like to hear others ides about where one would start , and how to go about fixing your car? To me the car has to have a bent frame, considering the pictures you posted after the accident. So at a minimum I imagine the frame and the rear quarter and roof need straightening. I am just wondering how someone might attempt that type of repair on a 54? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 53 minutes ago, JohnD1956 said: @wndsofchng06 Matt, with your support, I would like to hear others ides about where one would start , and how to go about fixing your car? To me the car has to have a bent frame, considering the pictures you posted after the accident. So at a minimum I imagine the frame and the rear quarter and roof need straightening. I am just wondering how someone might attempt that type of repair on a 54? Thats fine. I finally popped the trunk this weekend. Frame is certainly bent. I now have a salvage title so if I put it back in the road (time&money) and it gets wrecked again, I'll get zero and it would be impossible to sell with salvage title other than for parts. I'll be fine hearing how it could be fixed, but it won't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elpad Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/20/2018 at 11:33 PM, RivNut said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dei Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 3 hours ago, Elpad said: That shot looks like it might be at Sinbad's on the Detroit River as the power plant in the background could be what was know as 7 Sisters, a well known visible land mark for boaters on both Lake St Clair and the Detroit River. Some kind of custom floating boat? Gives a whole new meaning to the expression, "What a Boat." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Elpad said: https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/its-a-boat-its-a-car-its-the-buick-waterbug/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Alaska Nov 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BuickBob49 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) Here's a photo of a wrecked 1927 Buick coupe towed by what appears to be another Buick, maybe a late teens or an early twenties model. Please weigh in if you can identify the tow vehicle. The photo is courtesy of the History Museum of Hood River County, Oregon. Local utility man Alva Day, an accomplished photographer, shot the image, probably in the city of Hood River, Oregon, sixty-four miles east of Portland, on the Columbia River. Ouch! I wonder about what happened to the engine in the coupe. Edited December 5, 2018 by BuickBob49 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrEarl Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 That one dude looks pretty sad 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Might not be a Buick but look at the name of the Hotel. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Bleach said: What's not to like? Ben 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elpad Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 Ilikeit!isit4$ale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 Right hand driven!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 20 hours ago, Elpad said: Ilikeit!isit4$ale? No Elpad although my wife might disagree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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