...most cars, especially Muscle Cars were not the best in the daily transportation category....they were for cruising, racing etc etc....I live in east Central Indiana and we get snow, sometimes lots of snow.....back then (oh no, another 'back then" story)....I remember running snow tires on my Chevelle SS396 conv....spinning from start to stop....sliding everywhere....front wheel drive was not around much then....in the winter, you removed your Cragar SS mags pulled out the Rally wheels from the darkest corner of your garage and had snow tires installed...
...my 73 CUDA 340.....I returned from living in China and bought a new CUDA....things were fine while I lived in Texas, but returning to Indiana made me realize how useless a CUDA with Hi-Jackers(130lbs) and M50 Mickey Thompson rear tires could be in the snow....it literally wouldn't move out of the driveway(yep, they actaully sat outside in the snow)...I removed the big tires and put on the snow tires(looked horrible with air shocks still pumped up) and cruised as well as possible during the snow months....always glad to see spring so I could put the Cragars back of....the cars were driven with snow clods hanging everywhere, stuck in the snow everywhere....E-Bodys were not a big favorite to drive in the winter but for many people it was their only mode of transportation......in short, they weren't much of a winter car at all...
Topic: daily use of a new E-Body in the snow belt....when they were new (Read 1363 times)
