[Alpines] [Tigers] Drop Spindles

[Carl McLelland]

Dear Mr. "SMALL",
Can't stand this any longer. Obviously the 'Yale' email address you so proudly
force upon us at the bottom of all your threads has little to do with your
intellect. But then, that's "Ivy League", and janitor's and grounds keeper's
have the same email address as professor's and learned scholar's.

The truth is, there is no such thing as a dropped axle; that's why you've
never read about it. That's one of those terms we neophytes like to toss
around at parties to confuse those of you who pretend to be so learned.

There are a series of books by Carroll Smith, but one in particular may be of
interest to you. It's titled "Tune To Win, The Art and Science of Race Car
Development and Tuning". It's Library of Congress Catalog Number 78-73549. I
provide that information so you can check it out at the library. I'm sure your
much too cheap to actually purchase it.

Pay particular attention to Chapter Four: Suspension Geometry; although I'm
certain you will derive far more benefit from simply memorizing some of the
big, multi-syllable words like "Sliding Pillar Front Suspension", "Macpherson
Strut", and here's a good Ivy League term... "DeDion Axle".

You state in your previous email: "I never had any problem with Alpine
handling". I would recommend updating that phrase; it's too widely used among
"rolling roadblocks".

By the way, my alma mater was Northwestern University Traffic Institute. Maybe
the difference between you and I; in lieu of buying a title, I bought an
education.

Since I'm certain the list Gestapo will be barring me from these lists, I will
be removing myself to spare them the effort. To all of you who were so helpful
in my development years of restoring and racing my Alpine, I say "thank you".
To those whom I have had the pleasure of assisting, it was my pleasure and I
say good luck to all of you..... A select few of you have my personal contact
information and I will continue to assist however I can. And for Mr. Small, I
close with: "GET A LIFE!"

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Marc James Small
  To: Dave Munroe ; Alpine List ; tigers
  Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:11 AM
  Subject: Re: [Alpines] [Tigers] Drop Spindles


  At 10:07 AM 12/18/2009, Dave Munroe wrote:

   >Ask Santa for a couple of Tiger repair books, or check-out the
Tiger/Alpine
   >website tech sites, and learn some of the terminology. The broad strokes
of
   >car repair do have their own language, but it is easily and quickly
  learned,
   >especially by someone like you who is gifted with a good intellect but
   >hampered by, forgive me, an attitude. This knowledge is what brings the
   >group together, and allows us to explain our problems to each other, and
   >understand the solutions known to others who have a deep interest in
these
   >cars and are willing to share their knowledge.


  I suspect that I own more Sunbeam tech literature
  than most on the List.  None discuss "drop
  spindles".  I am waiting for someone to explain
  the term in layman's terms.  So far, all we know
  is that they were offered on post-Tiger and
  post-Alpine Sunbeam and Hillman cars.  Now, WHAT
  they are, no one has said, just that they were
  available late in the Sunbeam game.

  Marc


  msmall at aya.yale.edu
  Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!
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