Re: No respect for rubber

[Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>]

Eared knockoffs were discontinued in the U.S. on imported cars by law.  They
were supposed to be dangerous to pedestrians. Shades of Ben-Hur!
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite

Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 04/5/1999  1:41:28AM,  spritenut@Exit109.com writes:
>
> << but their scarf got caught on the wire wheel knock
>  off and it choked her. (Women >>
>
> I once saw this in a TV movie and as far as I know it is based on a true
> story and the reason why later cars (69+) in the UK had hexagons and a big
> spanner in the boot.  I converted my car to proper knock offs.
>
> Daniel1312