Randall -
"Corvette Yellow"? You sure that wasn't "Banana Yellow"? :D
Reminds me of our trip to West Virginia, where the mountain roads convinced me
that it was time to rebuild the front end and brakes.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
On Monday, February 23, 1998 11:23 PM, Randell Jesup
[SMTP:Randell.Jesup@scala.com] wrote:
> Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca> writes:
> >> You guys are outta ya minds.... I do 70 MPH in the Midget and it feels
> >> like I'm doing 100 !!! Safety Fast enuf for me !!
>
> > I've had mine up to around 80mph and that was plenty. I hit a
> >tiny scratch in the chalk on the road and thought I was going
> >to roll the car 17 times.
>
> I was coming back from an SCA event (Pennsic 11, 1982ish) in a
> Corvette-yellow '66 Sprite with fender flares and Joie Chitwood B-60/13
> tires on widened steel rims (I'm _not_ making this up), passing an
> 18-wheeler at 85 mph, going down a hill into Scranton, PA, holding the
> steering wheel for all I was worth because it had a steering shake above
> 60mph (toe-out), having only driven it 50 miles before going on this
> 1000-mile round-trip, and all I could think of was the Harry Chapin
> 'bananas' song....
>
> Ah, youth... :-)
>
> --
> Randell Jesup, Scala US R&D, Ex-Commodore-Amiga Engineer class of '94
> Randell.Jesup@scala.com
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