<VV> Re: Jake-Leg repairs/ Unsafe All the time [ no corvair? ]

[UltraMonzaWest@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/8/2004 8:42:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Taruffi57@aol.com writes:

> I had a '65 Sunbeam Tiger which developed "dry" rack & pinion.
> Didn't have any money those days so I kept on driving it when it got to 
> where 
> it would only turn right about 4 or 5 teeth on the rack.  It would then just 
> 
> click over the worn teeth &the steering wheel would spin right but not turn 
> right any further.  Had to look ahead &plan my driving accordingly &had to 
> swing way wide &also back it up a few times to make right turns.  I got to 
> where I knew just how far right I could turn it &since I used to cruise 
> south 
> Alabama &Miss. Gulf Coast highways to &from band gigs at night at over 100 
> mph, 
> I just kept on bookin'.  Finally got the rack rebuilt....no harm done.
> 
> Joe,
> 
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no flame....
This is something I've never understood......I've always valued my life more 
than a job, etc...
But I've always had 2 vehicles.....which is much more expensive nowadaZe!
My 1st "hotrod" was a deathtrap..but I gave into my buds  orders to go 
cruise......6 blocks and I was able to break it bigtime...gggg

While in the Army / Kansas..I saw more vehicles that I would NOT drive..let 
alone ride in....and most passed the base inspection...

And I'm a guy who has never rebuilt anything..always just repairs the BAD 
item....

Case in point;   3 of us bought a '61 Dart.....same malady...steering skipped 
if cornering .....body felt like it would fall off the frame..if it had one
50 cents at the local yard bought the steeringbox top plate / sector adjuster 
bolt [ ball was broken off! ]  and $4  bought 4 new shocks from Western 
Auto...
The other 2  started fighting about who got to "keep" it!! AH  the 60's!!



Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV.  and Coos Bay, Or.