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  1. 02-20-2019 03:50 PM #31
    Al G
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    Great looking car but how do you drive it on the street with no side visibility? I don't even see any mirrors.
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  3. 02-21-2019 05:46 AM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al G View Post
    Great looking car but how do you drive it on the street with no side visibility? I don't even see any mirrors.
    You have to be very careful. I have some limited vision through the small rear windows using the inside mirror, ..... however you learn to immediately get into the lane you will later need to turn from ..... and stay there until that turn comes up.
    I may have to grow old, but I refuse to grow up.
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    Get a rear view camera
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  5. 02-21-2019 01:58 PM #34
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    It's a little ripper - bloody gorgeous.

    I was thinking about them the other night after I'd logged off, and remembered another thing about these wee vans 'back in the day'.
    They had transverse springing, and had a bad habit of falling over on their sides with their little wheels going round and round like a beetle that's been tipped on its back.

    Or a clockwork train that's come off the track.

    Man that was a long time ago!

    40 mph downhill with a tail wind!

    Memories...

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    '47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
    '49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
    '51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
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