Sorry, accidental send. Anyway after the downhill run the road goes uphill steeply enough to stop any car. Each car was started from a dead start and allowed to coast down one hill and up the

I once ran an event similar to what Adrian describes. It was for 3-wheeler Morgans. I found a nice downhill run of about 200 yards that then went sharply

It's actually not a bad toy. But at 6'8" and 350 LBS, it is just a bad dream to me. And the best accessories would be some of those large balloons shaped like rockets, tied onto the back bumper so

May 19th Micro to Muscle Car Show in Riverside, CA A special offer for my Microcar and Minicar friends: The May 19th Micro to Muscle Car show in Riverside is coming up quickly and the

Friends, I have only recently joined this list and at the moment don't have any arcane auto to share with any of you. Yes, I did take my driver's test on a DKW 41 years ago and I have driven

The News Hour tonight has coverage of the traveling Victoria & Albert Museum exhibit on "Modernism." One of the modernisms is a very sleek 1937 Tatra T-87 saloon car (by Hans Ledwinka

Don't forget to get the Microshortybus out for the drags......the wheelies will draw BIG crowds! Ken Matthew Spielberg <mspielberg@...> wrote:

You mention adding weight in the form of sandbags If you wanted to add weight to the front of the car andd sandbags are too heavy you may want to get some 25# bags of birdshot they may even be small

OK, Katherine... Seriously, now, do you see any resemblance between your "doox shevoox" and VW or Econoline vans? It's known as slab-sidedness. When the wind blows against the side of the

Just to let you know, there is an Isetta out there, big wing out the back, and the loveliest supercharger mounted outside the blower case. Looks like a million bucks with computer controlled machining

Rick and Chris, Thanks very much for this. This is much better scientific information than any I encountered in my web crawling. My sister the hot-rodder had told me about the Union 76 gas station

Gang, I'm passing this on to my friend Chris Williams, who actually used to blend fuel for a living - while his experience was with older 4 cyl. BMWs and big American V8s (primarily Buicks), I'm sure

Can one break it - as with a horse? Best, Rick

I think David is on to something here - if you have the opportunity, try varying the location and re-running the same route in the same direction if traffic permits with the same wind. Some other

katherine, For all the miles that our 2CV covers very little is on bridges, even less on bridges while the winds are strong. No question that it stands "proud" in the wind and gets buffeted a bit,

How about an "arcane soapbox derby" kind of race. Find a gentle slope, point the cars down it, engines off, and let off the handbrake to start. The winner will combine low brake stiction, low

Seriously, if anyone has any useful information about managing in wind, I would be appreciative. Thanks.

I had the same problem with MY 850. The problem is that the old gas had so much varnish that it has glued the valves open. I drained the gas, flushed out everything and it was OK again. Taht the

I saw something like this on eBay a few years ago -- possibly it was this vehicle. IIRC, it was a FreeWay that had been modified with the VW front end after it had been rolled. The track of a FreeWay