<VV> Swing Axles

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

Without a doubt, but these cars were a LOT hairier to drive than the Mercedes Benz counterparts, which were similarly heavy and powerful. 
 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To: jvhroberts at aol.com
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Thu, Mar 31, 2011 1:41 am
Subject: Re: <VV> Swing Axles


    jvhroberts at aol.com wrote:

  
The Auto Union race cars were phenomenal! But the swing axlerear suspension was treacherous, 
  

Any rig that heavy with that huge engine on those skinny little tirescould be called treacherous at the speeds they were driven.  Thosedrivers must have been like baseball or tennis players -- they had ballboys, with little carts just to carry around their ...

Bill Strickland