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RE: Racing 8N Fords

To: Jon Wennerberg <jonw@up.net>
Subject: RE: Racing 8N Fords
From: William T Smith <WmTSmith@landracing.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 07:02:58 -0600 (MDT)
Jon, we didn't have much snow here in TX and I didn't 
get much spin training although I sure have stomped on 
those brakes enough when I was cutting hay-- to make 
those nice square corners you know wmts 

ps my head still tilts to the left from spending untold 
hours with my right arm on the rear fender watching the 
cutter bar.


Quoting Jon Wennerberg <jonw@up.net>:

> All of my life I've quoted the top speed of our 8N as 
14 mph, according to
> the manual I must have read someplace.  I have to say 
that one of the most
> valuable features was the individual rear wheel 
brakes - After a snowstorm
> I'd lock up one wheel and learn about spinning, and 
release it to learn to
> (try to recover) from aforementioned whirls.  No, I 
never rolled it, thanks
> to the wonderful suspension and low Cg.
>
> Jon

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