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Drive a 1959 Austin Healey Bug Eye Sprite around a high density population area (Hampton Roads) in 1966 and you get a practical course in survival. A 1200 pound car moving around in the company of two ton behemoths will give you a serious dose of "Boy I sure am the smallest marble in this whole city."
It was good for 32 MPG driven by a semi crazy teenager when gas was 32 cents a gallon.Bias ply tires I could smell when I went around a corner. I could grab the car by the rear wheel well (facing backwards) and slide the rear end sideways. Could also plane a jon boat with a pair of oars. Weighed 137 pounds when I graduated High School. About 210 now.
One time I reached out and whacked a Ford LTD trunk when the driver was going to back up into my right door. Fortunately that was in a right hand drive MG that was my brother's wifes car, or I wouldn't have been able to reach far enough to whack his trunk lid before he hit me.
regards
Mech
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