My first car also was a 1958 Volvo PV444! Ran great, did two cross country
trips and began autocrossing with it in San Diego (slalom, they called it
in 1965). Learned the mysteries of SU carbs with that car and the next, a
'61 Mini Cooper.
Current cylinder count: 20: BMW 6, Volvo 5, Tiger 8, chain saw 1, plus one
electric bike??. No carbs except the chain saw. Lifetime total 80 (lots of
4's in there),
Dave
At 07:47 PM 12/19/00 -0800, you wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jesus Villarreal <jesvilla@gte.net>
>
>
>The most obscure would be my first car, a '58 Volvo
> >(the one that looked like a 5/8th scale 48 Ford). My Dad figured I would
> >not get in too much trouble with it because it was so slooooow.
> >WRONG!!!!
> >
> >Jesus
> >
>Hey, I had one of those. I think I even included it in my life total. That
>thing was a rust bucket (midwest car) and the aftermarket pistons and
>pinlocks conspired to keep me broke, 'cause they broke, twice. I also liked
>the 6volt electrical system, the total lack of a radio and the twin SU carbs
>that leaked so badly that if you got the mixture right at idle, you were way
>lean at speed. Of course the 1/2 turn of driveline lash at the rear axle
>just made it that much more fun to try to drive smoothly ;-)
>Mike Allendorfer
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