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JW wrote:
Dwight provided transportation for Nance and his assistant in the Clipper when they were guests at the meet. Dwight told me that Nance said: "Dwight, I don't remember these cars riding this smoothly." And, this is a regular suspension Clipper.
RE the "regular suspension" that impressed Nance: My father would not be suprised by this comment, if Nance had more experience with the '55 and '56 cars WITH the TL suspension. Dad maintained to his dying day that TL did not have a "fantastic ride" at road speed, especially on grooved pavement or gravel, because the torsion bars naturally transferred more vibration to the chassis and hence to the body, especially the floor. They were real cushy at slow speeds, and handled spectacularly for the time on the highway, but they were often not especially smooth at these speeds. As a passenger for about 12 years (from my first memories at about 4 until I started driving myself) I noticed this as well, compared to times I'd ride in other cars of the era. Vibration was a lot more noticeable in our Clipper with TL.
Re the "neutral safety switch" my guess is your starting problem is somehow related, as I believe that with most of these switches, the engine will refuse to turn over if it "thinks" the trans is not in neutral, and I "think" that this is what the problem is. Somehow the switch is crossed up so it doesn't get the "all safe" command.
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