Amen, I love it when you hit a curve at 50 and need to accelerate into it.
My 64 Spitfire handles like a slot car compared to almost anything else I
own. Especially since I installed the urethane bushings and the new shocks.
I have cars that go a lot faster and a lot more comfortably,
but there is something about going 70 mph 6 inches off the pavement. You
look out and look at the neighboring cars in the center of the door panel.
Most of the occupants look out and see the top of your head over their
doors. Unless you have the top up, that is. You also notice a slight grin
creep across their faces touched with just a bit of envy as you go by.
Beside, how often can you say you know or have rebuilt or replaced just
about everything part in the car your in. Malcolm Walker is a prime example
of building it from the ground up. He'll know more about his car than any
one on the planet.
Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Windoseat@aol.com <Windoseat@aol.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, October 18, 1998 11:04 AM
Subject: Why do you drive classic cars?
>
>Well, gang;
>
>Ever since I took my first ride in an Austin Healey Sprite handling has
been
>the only thing that I've used as a measurement for a good ride. A car can
have
>a 500cc engine and i won't miss the acceleration as long as it goes fast
>through sweeping curves. I usually find that no matter how fast a car the
>other guy is driving he backs off in the curves.....even if he has a car
that
>is capable of cornering. My current project is to turn the GT6+ into an
>awesome cornering machine.
>
>Another reason is that I like the feeling of being totally in touch with
the
>process of driving. To me it is a skill that needs constant honing and how
can
>you do that in a lumbering....insulated.....automatic transmissioned
domestic
>living room on wheels?
>
>LBC's that's where it's at.
>
>Greg Wolf
>1970 GT6+ "Ian"
>A2, Michigan
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