<VV> Axle Jacking

[Bill Hubbell]

Well, now that you mention it, I think the last Civil War veteran died a few years after I was born. 

Bill

On Sep 20, 2011, at 12:23 AM, "Smitty" <vairologist at cox.net> wrote:

> 
> 
>> Well, I am so old that I appear to have forgotten what Smitty is referring 
>> to. The closest I can think of is when my son was in high school doing 
>> donuts in the HS parking lot with his '61 Corvair and rimmed a rear wheel, 
>> deflating it and then breaking the transmission. Of course, that was about 
>> 13 years ago.            Bill
> =================================
> Smitty says, that's the incident I was refering to.  I remembered you 
> commenting on the rim digging into the asphalt.  Not likely to happen with 
> the axle parallel to the ground or with the wheel stuffed up into the wheel 
> well.
> 
> While I am on here I might as well correct something I wrote earlier about 
> going to parades.  I mentioned seeing Soldiers marching in WW2 uniforms.  I 
> meant to say WW1 uniforms with the pie pan helmets.  And yes I do remember 
> that.  My dad was Kansas National Guard aand I remember seeing him marching 
> with his unit in that uniform somewhere around 36 to 40..
> 
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