>The rear tires were too big for the fender > wells, so the ass and was lifted quite a bit. When you lift the rear > of fastback you effectively lose rear visibility.
Works well for weight transfer in drag racing, but a definite detriment for handling/stability in any vehicle. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO: Made in England > On 2/9/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 9/2/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >As an American, I'm not sure you have any say whatsoever regarding taste >> >and automobile design. >> >> Now just one damn minute captain (Data, Star Trek TNG). >> >> 72 Dodge Charger.....Mustang Mach 1....T-Birds various... >> > I had a 73 Mach 1 just after high school. Man, that thing was fun to > drive. She had an after market cam that was so high it would barely > idle, a bigger carb, and a 351C under the hood driving a C-6 and a 9 > inch positrac. Wheeee! The rear tires were too big for the fender > wells, so the ass and was lifted quite a bit. When you lift the rear > of fastback you effectively lose rear visibility. All I could see in > the side mirror was the rear fender. The art of changing lanes > involved either hanging my head out the window, or punching the > throttle and doing it blind. Handling became, um, interesting at 110 > MPH. 6 MPG (9 MPG if I drove at the speed limit) convinced me to sell > her to a Mustang collector. He told me some time later that the drive > line had been put into another car. The body had been crushed. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com > Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
