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breakdown truck
Re: breakdown truck
Interesting selection there, Rich, I'm betting that you'd go for the really ancient beer wagon? I like the small, mutilated Renault truck thing myself, as for that Aston I'd sooner have a Corsa A saloon and squint a bit, the overall effect is similar. 
But I'm like this:
at the sight of an Airstream caravan. Wouldn't fancy towing one with all of that noseweight but who would care if it caused the tow car to understeer wildly and crash, at least they're cool.
But I'm like this:
at the sight of an Airstream caravan. Wouldn't fancy towing one with all of that noseweight but who would care if it caused the tow car to understeer wildly and crash, at least they're cool.J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: breakdown truck
you know me too well john,everybody wants their own beer truck... although the 5 has a certain charm would it tow your new airstream.. id go for the aston as i have a weakness for fugly cars & as it has 4 doors i could fit most of the family in
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Re: breakdown truck
If the Aston (actually a Lagonda) was a better colour, it might be more acceptable. There again, AML (as they were) were too clever for their own good - too many electronic gadgets too soon: they didn't work and were a nightmare to try to repair (so I was told!) - note I wrote "try to"!
Having writ that, I did like them when they came out: remember the 70's was all "Space 1999" and "UFO" (and the tail end of Captain Scarlet etc), so a "futuristic" car went well with the era. I didn't like the AM V8 that came out slightly earlier (or the Bulldog), but I like them now - even if the boot lid just looks like a flat sheet of steel that they had lying around!
I suppose the Yanks had much longer cars when the Airstream was new; with heavy old engines in the front to counteract the weight of the van. I wonder if, in modern times, with smaller and lighter cars, they just put one or two of their (fat) kids in the back of the caravan to get the same effect
Having writ that, I did like them when they came out: remember the 70's was all "Space 1999" and "UFO" (and the tail end of Captain Scarlet etc), so a "futuristic" car went well with the era. I didn't like the AM V8 that came out slightly earlier (or the Bulldog), but I like them now - even if the boot lid just looks like a flat sheet of steel that they had lying around!
I suppose the Yanks had much longer cars when the Airstream was new; with heavy old engines in the front to counteract the weight of the van. I wonder if, in modern times, with smaller and lighter cars, they just put one or two of their (fat) kids in the back of the caravan to get the same effect
Re: breakdown truck
tractorman wrote:heavy old engines in the front to counteract the weight of the van...
I searched long and hard for an image showing someone pulling an Airstream with a Corvair..
But that Bambi wasn't so ridiculously nose heavy as the better known, longer Airstreams and the Corvair in the image is of the commercial variety, so its human load is all above or ahead of the front axle line. So that's a failure then.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: breakdown truck
Yeah, it is, isn't it! Just shows that not all rear engined, air cooled trucks have German labels and the Corvair has an extra pair of cylinders, so it's like a Porsche but better looking. 
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: breakdown truck
Genuine barn find
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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.