Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 4:27 PM -0600 3/28/07, Phil Swango wrote:
>Henning Wulff wrote:
>Greg, the early Corvairs put a whole new meaning into 'swing axle'.
>The Corvairs truly were evil handling cars at the limit. The only
>thing I can think of that came close was the Triumph Herald of 'Hark
>the Herald Axles Swing' fame, or rather, infamy.
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>
>I only drove a Corvair once and that was enough to convince me. I thought
>that because I was used to a Porsche (356B) I could handle the Corvair but
>it was really evil. Never drove a Herald, but I won a rally in a Spitfire
>once, which was almost as bad as the Corvair. The car's owner was afraid to
>drive it and asked me to drive while he navigated. I have no idea how we
>came in first. Must have been the navigator.
The Spitfire used almost the same components as the Herald, but got
along better with them due to a couple of tweaks, but mainly because
of a lower centre of gravity.
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