<VV> Fwd: Winter Driving in a different wierd car - not a Corvair

[scottygrover at aol.com]

When I was a kid, my dad's pride and joy (although he couldn't drive it to  
work--he worked for Dodge) was a 1937 Cord 812 convertible.  Front-wheel  
drive was only available on Cords and the U-joints weren't as reliable as the 
 ones on FWD cars today. But it was a joy to drive in the winter in  
Detroit--could go where others couldn't--even down near the river where there  was 
an absence of level ground.
 
Scotty
 
 
  
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 From: pkoehler01 at atlanticbb.net
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Sent:  1/9/2010 4:45:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: <VV> Winter Driving  in a different wierd car - not a Corvair


When I was going to college in Michigan I had a weird  
little Saab 96. It was front wheel drive (now not such a 
big deal but  weird in the early '70's) and it had a 3 
cylinder 2-cycle engine up front.  I drove it around town 
with my snow tires proudly mounted on the front  wheels! We 
had a real good snow one weekend (1971?) that shut down  
everything. Guys were taking the neighbors to the grocery 
store on  snowmobiles for supplies. We were digging people 
out with a bucket loader  equipped Bobcat. And I was 
playing in the street racing the snowmobiles. I  was doing 
fine (my Saab was the Monte Carlo version with 850 cc's 
and  a triple carb setup!) until the car got up on top of 
the 24" of snow and I  high centered. Was fun while it 
lasted. Not sure if a Corvair would have  done any better. 
The biggest insult was having to be towed back home by  the 
Bobcat!! - Former Saabist Pete  K

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