Craig, luck you. Fred Puhn wrote one of the best books on handling that
I have read. Only the tire info is dated.
Larry
Craig Wright wrote:
> Fred Puhn, the designer, builder and sometime driver of the Santee
> Sports racer just gave a talk at our Shelby club meeting in San Diego
> last week. A very interesting guy. He also wrote the book "How to make
> your car handle", whose subject is self evident, and I would recommend
> it to anyone interested in understanding and adjusting their
> suspension. Can you say "akerman"?
>
> Craig Wright
>
>
> sosnaenergyconsulting wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the link, Steve! Nifty cars.
>>Oh, I found this while messing about in there:
>>http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/SanteeSportsCar.html#Santee
>>
>>The Santee Special. Built in Santee, San Diego. What's interesting is
>>when you look at the windshield. Look familiar? Early Sunbeam Alpine!
>> Can't say I figured that out for myself: it was mentioned in a
>>magazine article :-)
>>
>>Thanks again.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>David Sosna
>>
>>Steve Laifman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Tigers and 'Pines,
>>>
>>>My son, Jay, was at the old Paramount Ranch (CA) movie site where I took
>>>him for Renaissance Faires when he was a kid. He found it was used as a
>>>sports car road course in the mid 50's and found a fine web site. You
>>>will notice a lot of my old acquaintances there, and it is a lot of fun
>>>to see how it used to be. Yes, I was at that race.
>>>
>>>For a reminisce of the days I drove my new XK120M to watch my friends
>>>race (I was outclassed by then),
>>>
>>>See Ken Miles in action, and what the AC looked like BEFORE Shelby, take a
>tour through:
>>>
>>>www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/ParamountRanch.html
>>>
>>>There are plenty of name links and even a home movie of the races.
>>>
>>>http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/tam_redo_102.mov Just for old car fans.
>>>
>>>Steve
>>
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