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<blockquote data-quote="satellitedriver" data-source="post: 5108398" data-attributes="member: 1664"><p>We called that car the brown coffin for good reason.</p><p>Drove one for 2 years 250+ miles a day.</p><p>Even on a dry washboard country road it wanted to swap ends.</p><p>Touch the brakes you never knew where the rear end would swing.</p><p>Learned to duck to keep from being scalped when entering the back of the car.</p><p>The brake pedal to the master cylinder was hinged with a grade 2 bolt, basically a shear pin and I had to find that out the hard way. It broke on a curve and there was a dirt path in front of me and I took it.</p><p>I replaced it with a grade 8 bolt on route.</p><p>Backing to the dock at UPS after a 280 mile day, I felt something wrong.</p><p>The rear axle holding bolts broke on the right side. when I was backing up.</p><p>The axle was cockeyed, by 10 inches.</p><p>If that would have happened on the highway?</p><p>Good/bad old days, glad we both survived them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satellitedriver, post: 5108398, member: 1664"] We called that car the brown coffin for good reason. Drove one for 2 years 250+ miles a day. Even on a dry washboard country road it wanted to swap ends. Touch the brakes you never knew where the rear end would swing. Learned to duck to keep from being scalped when entering the back of the car. The brake pedal to the master cylinder was hinged with a grade 2 bolt, basically a shear pin and I had to find that out the hard way. It broke on a curve and there was a dirt path in front of me and I took it. I replaced it with a grade 8 bolt on route. Backing to the dock at UPS after a 280 mile day, I felt something wrong. The rear axle holding bolts broke on the right side. when I was backing up. The axle was cockeyed, by 10 inches. If that would have happened on the highway? Good/bad old days, glad we both survived them. [/QUOTE]
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