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To compete with the Stutz Super Bearcat, I submit this:

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I think it might have an understeer problem. If you drive a 55-57 T-Bird, the seat is so close to the rear wheels that it feels like an amusement park ride. Its a weird sensation. The USAF uses these things called bobtails to tow planes with and they are shortened pick up trucks with two tons of ballast back there. They feel the same way. Like sitting over the bumper around turns.

George Jepson told me that one car that could flatten the speedster was the Stutz Blackhawk. I knew this guy Johnny Covals who had the SV-16 version and it would spin the wheels.

Although when new so would the Packard 12.

I think the driver's seat would be well in front of the rear axle on this one, with a little room for a rear jump seat or two. It actually is very close in design to the two-door Mercedes 500/540K phaetons.