| [GMCnet] Another example of different wheel tracks front to rear [message #333285] |
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In volume 26, number 3 edition of Automobile Quarterly (third quarter of 1988) there is an interesting story about auto designer Alex Tremulis, best known as the designer of the Tucker. He was also very influential in aircraft designs as well as several interesting automotive designs. Prior to his time at Tucker, he became the lead designer at Cord-Auburn-Dusenberg. While there he did a mild redesign of Gordon Buehrig’s Cord 810 which became the supercharged Cord 812. Many of you will recall that the front wheel drive Cord, arguably the best handling car of the 1930s, had the front wheels closer together than the rear wheels by almost the same percentage as the difference in track on our GMCs. Well, when Tremulis moved to Tucker he designed that rear wheel drive car with the front track set at 63” while the rear track was set at 65”.
The sharp eyed of you might also know that Tremulis was the person who initially set the land speed record for motorhomes taking a 26’ Travoy motorhome to a record speed of 97.6mph in 1970. That front wheel drive motorhome also used the Olds 455 with 425 auto transmission.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building in historic Kerby, OR
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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