The 1959 Bel Air was a horrible car to be in a crash with - even by 1959 standards.
The "X" frame that GM used for those years was the result of "designers" (NOT ENGINEERS) that wanted to build the cars lower to the ground. The frame was moved to the "tunnel" in the center of the car and "Xed" out to support the axles. It was a horrible design that made the car extremely flexable both on the road and in crashes.
After 4 years of production GM dropped the X frame in time to start building the Corvair.
Other makers stuck with their perimeter frames that ran around the outside edge of the passenger compartment resulting in a higher sill plate where the floor wrapped around the frame.
While nowhere as safe as a modern car a Ford Ranch Wagon (with its steering column pointd like a spear at the drivers chest) would have ripped the Malibu apart since its body on spring steel ladder frame style was still being used until 2004 on their F150.
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