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If you've watched reruns of The Rockford Files you'll know what I mean. I backed up a little too fast on a wet road, turned the wheel and the car did a 180. Not intentionally, but it happened.
That is known in the stunt driving world as a "bootlegger turn ".
Easy with a standard tranny and a hand brake lever.
If you watch some movie car stunt scenes the pavement has been wetted down, to make it easier to get the spin just right. Some of the TV car commercials now have the harder stuff done with computer generation, not a real driver behind the wheel.
A long time ago, in a land that I will never see again ( 1968) I had a home made street car, that was a mash up of a 57 Chev frame, shortened 18 inches in the middle, with a 327 375 hp V8 out of a Vette , and a 1956 Morris Oxford 2 door body. Imagine the hunch back of Notre Dame on 4 wheels.
It had a welded rear axle spider gear centre section, so the rear wheels got equal traction. Great off the line, but terrible in the rain, with those Mickey Thompson cheater slicks on the rear. I learned how to feather the clutch and use second gear to get moving, when it was wet.
Cops used to stop me just to see how it was built, as I had to drive it from what had been the back seat, as the V8 protruded into the interior so far. It also had no ignition key.....to start it you reached under the seat, and turned on the power, then clicked a dash board switch to turn on the electric fuel pump, then hit the starter button and BAM the noise began. It had a radio, but you couldn't hear it if the engine was running. I loved that ugly duckling of a car.
Its still around, I saw it last August at a car show. Still as ugly as ever, now painted flat black primer.
How about the Mannix maneuver going 80 mph and pulling up your emergency brake. Mannix was a tv show in the 70's. The emergency brake was located in the center council.
If you've watched reruns of The Rockford Files you'll know what I mean. I backed up a little too fast on a wet road, turned the wheel and the car did a 180. Not intentionally, but it happened.
For those unfamiliar, there's about 5 spins in this clip.
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How about a 'Double Rockford'?
