Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Corvair
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Wed Mar 28 15:35:50 2007
References: <200703282006.l2SK6SBQ072176@server1.waverley.reid.org> <B1928AB1-64C2-4097-A43E-7E7E55CDDAA0@optonline.net> <cfe9eb73c63f.460a8af2@shaw.ca> <p06230907c23092058f38@[10.0.1.4]> <B55384CB-3F89-4AC5-8B39-42D669EA5C00@charter.net> <460AF36E.8090007@sbcglobal.net>

Who knows!
I did occasionally drive a friend's MGB.
We raced everything up there.
It's a wonder none of us were injured, or killed.

Slobodan Dimitrov




On Mar 28, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Bill wrote:

> Good Lord.  Did we ever race?  I was driving a '53 MGTD MKII (red)  
> with a 60hp flathead Ford V8 and LaSalle transmission.  It would  
> wipe a 6cyl Corvette off the line.  Same area and the same time frame.
>
> Regards, Bill Larsen, in Bakersfield, CA.
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>
>> I had a first year Corvair, my first car. I use to race it on  
>> Sunset,  Mulholland, and Topanga Canyon. I've taken a few one  
>> wheel turns in  it, with its ass literally up in the air. Never  
>> had an axle collapse.  Though if hadn't been sitting down, I think  
>> I would collapsed from  the shock each time.
>> My second car, a black convertible '65 Impala Super Sport, wasn't  
>> as  forgiving.
>> Both cars were my High School cars.
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Corvair)
Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] Re: Corvair)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Re: Corvair)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] Re: Corvair)
Message from von-ohlen at sbcglobal.net (Bill) ([Leica] Re: Corvair)