<VV> drive wheels - "road hugging" weight

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

Yes, Ford, a leader in safety :

The 1957 Ford was advertised as "27 % more rigid" (than what ?), which meant it would impale whatever you could not avoid (taken together with the "road hugging" weight.")

Of course, that is now the domain of the SUV, whose unspoken slogan is "If you can't drive well enough to avoid the accident, at least survive it," but that assumed you don't hit something even bigger !

Remember when the Corvair was the "small" car ?  

At the Detroit CORSA convention, a Greenbriar lost its brakes and rear-ended a Ford (?) executives new Lincoln Continental at around 25-30 MPH, and totals the Lincoln, bending the roof.  

All of the onlookers were lamenting the damage to the Corvair, while the Ford guy was losing his mind, getting no attention at all.  

That was when car were actually made of metal.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sethracer at aol.com 
  To: chaz at ProperProPer.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:28 AM
  Subject: Re: <VV> drive wheels - Rolling wheels steer better ?


  In a message dated 8/14/2006 8:03:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, chaz at ProperProPer.com writes:
    Ah, yes, Buck's "road-hugging weight" !  ("When better cars are built, Buick 
    will build them !" but until then, they will build junk, like everyone 
    else.)

  That was Ford. (Road Hugging weight) -Seth