[Land-speed] TOE IN >>> Joaquin Arnett

[Glen Barrett]

Last month I talked to one of the club members and he said he is not doing 
real well, Has trouble remembering things. A real hotrod pioneer though.
Glen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12 at hotmail.com>
To: <wester6935 at comcast.net>; <saltrat at pahrump.com>; <dlodom at charter.net>; 
<kturk at ala.net>
Cc: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:57 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] TOE IN >>> Joaquin Arnett


>  Wes & List,
>
>   Speaking of whom, does anyone know how our friend Joaquin is doing ?
>
>   I haven't seen him in years.  A great guy...  -a craftsman.    And 
> funny.
>
>
>
>         " keep your friends, you don't get many  "
>
>  cheers, "Dirt Track Doug" in So. New York,
>
>  -18 miles from Square Deal Raceway,
>  -20 miles east of Action Park Speedway,
>  -50 miles northeast of Champion Speedway
>  -105 miles south of "the  Syracuse  Mile" ...
>  -265 miles north of Williams Grove Speedway
>  -2425 miles due east of the Bonneville Salt Flats
>          and never more than a few feet from a cold one
>
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> From: wester6935 at comcast.net
>
>
> I believe Joaquin Arnett actually published something about this.
> They used in line front wheels on one of the Bean Bandit liners.
> I seem to remember that Joaquin received some recognition for the
> explanation.
>
> Wes
>
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>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>
> From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat at pahrump.com>
> > Now suppose that you run a streamliner with an in-line front end. At
> > what point in the turn radius do you line up the wheels/tires? And if
> > the answer is "straight" how does one do that? Straightedge along the
> > sides of the tires? Which tire is master and which is slave? With any
> > real accuracy, I don't know where the toe in is on my car.
>
>
> > Skip