Canadian Tercel With Wooden Rear Suspension!

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ARCHINSTL
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Canadian Tercel With Wooden Rear Suspension!

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Fortunately, it was not a T4WD!
http://www.thedrive.com/news/9211/canad ... suspension

However -
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- check out the arm in the pix! Note that this is much more sophisticated and, actually, pretty clever.
I guess it was oakay?
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:o that is crazy. Definitely not safe for highway driving.
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Re: Canadian Tercel With Wooden Rear Suspension!

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If its crazy but it works, then it's not crazy.
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Re: Canadian Tercel With Wooden Rear Suspension!

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It's certainly not safe for highway driving so it IS crazy. If/when it busted loose the car would be all over the highway, endangering others. It's not even a good quality 2x4. It would be OK only for a parts car that stays parked.
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Re: Canadian Tercel With Wooden Rear Suspension!

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Looks like a good way to get hurt.
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