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<blockquote data-quote="satellitedriver" data-source="post: 1039192" data-attributes="member: 1664"><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Remember? </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Hell, I drove one for 3 years.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>We use to call them the brown coffin.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Yes they were good going forward at full speed, but you had to be careful if you touched the brake pedal.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Once you touched the brakes you never knew which way the ass end was going to go.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>On washboard country roads the back end wanted to walk all over the road.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>I discovered the hard way that the brake pedal lever was attached with a single grade 2 bolt.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Grade 2 is a shear pin grade. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>After it broke, I had to drive through an open fence gate, in the curve, and drive up a hill in a cow pasture to be able stop.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>I drove 5 miles -(without brakes)- to a country store and installed a grade 8 bolt.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>The memories are flowing.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Plywood bulk head door with the 3" hole, in case the door closed and trapped you in the back, so you could reach the chain latch.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Driving 100 miles without a clutch because the slave cylinder blew out and 1 mile from the center the front right brake cylinder blew and I had to grind gears and coast into the mechanics bay.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Having that long gear shift lever break of at the floor board and deliver in 2nd gear before they could bring another pkg car down.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Never tested my 400 in reverse, but that dude would do 80 on open road.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satellitedriver, post: 1039192, member: 1664"] [COLOR=#006400][B]Remember? Hell, I drove one for 3 years. We use to call them the brown coffin. Yes they were good going forward at full speed, but you had to be careful if you touched the brake pedal. Once you touched the brakes you never knew which way the ass end was going to go. On washboard country roads the back end wanted to walk all over the road. I discovered the hard way that the brake pedal lever was attached with a single grade 2 bolt. Grade 2 is a shear pin grade. After it broke, I had to drive through an open fence gate, in the curve, and drive up a hill in a cow pasture to be able stop. I drove 5 miles -(without brakes)- to a country store and installed a grade 8 bolt. The memories are flowing. Plywood bulk head door with the 3" hole, in case the door closed and trapped you in the back, so you could reach the chain latch. Driving 100 miles without a clutch because the slave cylinder blew out and 1 mile from the center the front right brake cylinder blew and I had to grind gears and coast into the mechanics bay. Having that long gear shift lever break of at the floor board and deliver in 2nd gear before they could bring another pkg car down. Never tested my 400 in reverse, but that dude would do 80 on open road. [/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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