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Subject:Re: How to turn the van over from the back
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:10:13 +1200

>With the old swing axles, one jerk behind the wheel would do it!
>
>Karl Wolz

Not so! I drove my 57 really hard, to the limits of its tires, and the
roads here in Enzed are very winding and often narrow. I never had a
fright, though I'm sure the van's cornering attitude looked frightening to
bystanders. But then, it was wearing radials. When it had crossplies (as it
did when I bought it) it WAS frightening. Needless to say the crosspiles
didn't stay on it for long.

My 66, with its standard swaybar, was very restrained in its cornering behavior.

Andrew Grebneff
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