- Joined
- Aug 21, 2010
- Messages
- 23
- Reaction score
- 8
- Points
- 3
- Age
- 79
- Location
- Placerville, CA ~ Earth
- Make / Model
- '87 Ranger
- Engine Size
- 2.3 Turbo ~ Bob's Log, 3" exh, Boport, FMIC, PiMP, C4 & 8.8
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Total Drop
- Slight drop + SOON electric strg & gasser-style tube frt axle
- Tire Size
- Bigs / Littles
LOL........I once came close to being one of Ralph Nader's (RIP) statistics when a friend urged me to take the turns more aggressively while driving HIS gen 1 Corvair. It was on a curvy residential street in a beach community of SoCal and - to this day - I don't know how I managed to avoid hitting any cars after TOTALLY losing control and weaving from one side of the road to the other......until I was finally able to get it straightened out. You may remember the name of Ralph's first book, "Unsafe at Any Speed"?Actually, I don't like the twin I beam front suspension, or the swing axles used under VW's from 37-67 and under the first generation Corvairs because the camber goes nuts over bumps.
Soooooo...........you're sayin' that the sleigh ride might end up being a "slay" ride? <grin> Perhaps control of the tires' contact with the road may not have been as good as with modern-day independent suspension ~ but, despite living with the rigors of outdated solid front axles, our parents & grandparents mostly survived thru the 30's & 40's despite some pretty poor rural roads.Hit a bump in the middle of a curve with a straight axle and you're going for a sleigh ride.
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