'Lowered' is an asthetic detail, with handling/clearance etc being a result of how you achieved the lowered form. On my brothers 49 merc, we travel over crap roads (much like those shown by PhilJohnson) to visit parents etc, but we built our suspension low, and use bags to 'raise' the car where required, opposite to mainstream approach, but it works for us. Those Dune buggies rock, so wrong but so right. Cheers, Drewfus
For poo folks such myself bags aren't an option. Plus I guess I just prefer tall vehicles, most likely due to my youth spent bashing around old trucks exploring the backwoods. Back before fuel got up crazy expensive a lifted truck was a pretty common site around here and usually during the weekends the county woods would be full of hillbilly crazies bashing their trucks into trees and what ever else was in the way. I'll admit certain cars look real nice lowered but for me I'd hate to take one of those beauties and wrack them all up just trying to get to my neighbor's house. Sounds like Drewfus might have found an approach that can take on both worlds (that said gravel does nasty things to paint and tires don't last long).
Having grown up on a farm, our driving style would result in the same irregardless to the road conditions Having said that, like the dune buggies, ones perspective can adapt anything to suit the situation if given a chance, just look at how Henry Ford adapted the T's and A's to other avenues (ie tractors/trucks/implements etc), this is just another extention to aproach. Cheers, Drewfus
Stuck in the Muck reminded me of the attached picture of a Model T Roadster Pickup which "quit in a puddle"
I hope this picture is clearer than the first one. The poem says: SPRING LAMENT Could be a mud dobber's nest in the manifold Or the coils are a shortin' thru Or maybe a toad in the gas tank Or the timer's damp with dew There's a chance the battery's clear run down Or the wires are all in a muddle Somethin' sure is shortin' across Or this T wouldn't quit in a puddle.
The Jalopy Journal
