Cutaway View of the Liberty Mutual Survival Car I, circa 1956
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The 1957 Cornell-Liberty Safety Car packaged drivers and passengers to prevent injury. "Packaging the passenger" included padded dashboards, safety door locks, steering handles, and bucket seats among the many safety concepts. These safety features came from years of crash testing and research.
The 1957 Cornell-Liberty Safety Car packaged drivers and passengers to prevent injury. "Packaging the passenger" included padded dashboards, safety door locks, steering handles, and bucket seats among the many safety concepts. These safety features came from years of crash testing and research.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1956
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
93.1.1775.2.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in.
Width: 10 in.
Inscriptions
Printed on letterhead adhered to back of image: Survival Car I was constructed in 1956 after crash research indicated / that better auto design would increase passenger safety. / Survival Car I's safety concept is to build an "interior cabin" where / the driver and passengers are completely insulated from external / collisions. This schematic drawing illustrated the "packaging the / passenger" as well as shows the special roof roll bar, safety belts, / reinforced side panels, side mirrors and the driver's wrap-around / dashboard. Survival Car I, originally called the Liberty-Cornell / Survival Car, was a joint project of Liberty Mutual Insurance / Company and Cornell (University) Aeronautics Laboratories. At bottom of sheet: Advertising/Public Relations / Liberty / Mutual
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