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Originally Posted by cadillac512
Nice, Ralph...I like the fact you're driving it as much as you can. One of the things I most enjoy about my '41 Merc is taking it out on gravel/dirt roads and cruising along at 30-35 mph just looking at the scenery. Yeah,it's dusty and sometimes rough but these cars have high clearance,big tires and were made when roads weren't paved in much of the country. They are at home in the sticks. 
Terry |
Even better, they have no catalytic converter to set the grass/stubble on fire. Only thing I notice is the hard ride and I'm sort of blaming the steel belted radials. On rough roads it feels like it has steel wheels hammering over every stone or bump. I don't recall it being like that when I was a kid. Were bias ply tires that much smoother than steel belted radials? I've got half a set of good old stock bias plies I might try out one day just to see the difference.