Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]By the time I had them, for 15" rims, they were very, very old stock, and brittle as hell.I would slam on the brakes and lock them. But to that I had to speed up first. I was young, and insensible to any kind of danger then. Tires used to sit out in the sun on a rack for ever once upon a time. They don't that anymore. Once those were gone I went to Dunlop and Bridgestone. I could also get a Corvair, passenger side, in the air on a turn. But you're right about them having a hell of a grip. A friend of mine used to race his Peugeot 404, with those earlier Michelin tires on, up and down Mulholland and Sunset. Tuesday, I had a shoot in Thousand Oaks at 10AM. A pig of a drive through the Westside AND the Valley. I left earlier and went up the coast to Malibu Canyon, and then to the 101. A nicer drive and very quick shortcut. But as I drove by Mulholland, once Malibu had turned into Las Virgenes, I couldn't help but get a nostalgic carbuncle to bubble up. S.d. On Dec 3, 2009, at 6:06 AM, Seth Rosner wrote: > Slobodan, how did you get Michelins to slide? My experience was - you > couldn't, at least on the first "X's". I raced a TR-3 in SCCA back in the > late 1950's, threw out the original Dunlop Gold Seals - awful tires except > for highway cruising - and tried Michelins, then the 'hot' new tire. I > found I couldn't drift with them. the grip was so tenacious that they held > on until the point at which you lost grip entirely - and you were gone. I > wound up using - and loving - Pirelli Stelvios. > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at > charter.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Bugatti Schmugatti > > >> The first Volvo, of the 5 that I had, was an Amazon 122S. It had a B16 >> engine, with ported head, and a B18 intake manifold. The distributor was >> also from a B18. I think that the advance cam in the distributor made >> more of a difference than the intake manifold. >> My favorite trick with the car was to take squealing turns (with >> Michelins) and come to sliding stops. >> Except for the 544, I've had all the 4 banger flying brick models. Never >> could stomach the sixes. >> S.d. >> >> >> On Dec 1, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> >>> I think that both you and I are more likely acquainted with cool rod >>> Volvos..... I still have two. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at >>> charter.net> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:52 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Bugatti Schmugatti >>> >>> >>>> A 123GT! >>>> I saw one once. >>>> Wish I would had the presence of mind to have photographed it. >>>> S.d >>>> . >>>> >>>> On Dec 1, 2009, at 7:39 PM, John Edwin Mason wrote: >>>> >>>>> hot rod Volvos >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 270.14.90/2540 - Release Date: 12/02/09 > 07:33:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information