Mayf,
Tread is American for track. Foreign cars have track, American, tread.
RE: http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/crownvictoria/features/specs/
I first heard the term "track" from Sports Car owners in the late
'40's or early '50's. It's in the same category as "hood" and
"bonnet".
Bryan
drmayf wrote:
> Ok, I grew up thinking that there were two measurements that defined the
> wheel base and width of the chassis and tires on the grouns.
>
> Wheel base was obvious to me, but the other one I have always called
> "track" is the measurement ofrom one tire centerline to the opposite
> paired tire. The rule book call this "Tread" (2.H). I always thought
> tread was the width of the tires gripping surface. Go figure...
>
>
> comments?
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>
> Mayf, out in Pahrump
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