During the early 60s I owned a 58 Ford Fairlane. On a trip to CA, I
rented an early Corvair and was thrilled with its ease of handling . . .
until when going around a fairly sharp curve at a good rate of speed and
feeling pleased about how much easier this was than it would have been
in my Ford, the rear end let go with no warning and things got right
exciting. While I enjoyed the handling of the Corvair, this incident
let me appreciate the the fact that the Ford squealed, bucked and
generally complained for many MPH below breakaway. It wasn't pretty or
elegant, but it was safe.
Elliott DeGraff
2 71Bs
REwald9535@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 01/22/2000 5:29:57 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> rsexson@excite.com writes:
>
> > When this GT6 driver slammed on the brakes
> > and
> > > jerked the wheel to one side the whole darn rear end of the car sort of
> > > lifted, with the outside wheel coming clear of the ground and tucking
> in.
> >
> My first LBC was a 67 MkII Sp**fire (1147 screaming CC's with a factory
> header!)
> Let me tell you it did not require brakes and a sharp jerk to get the car to
> tuck under. A bump or iregularity in the pavement in a corner would do this
> quite well. To be nice the handling was "quirky". The final cure was a set
> of Koni's on the rear that prevented the axle from droping far enough to tuck
> under. That car was many things, boring was not one of them!
> Rick
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