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Date:         Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:40:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
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From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      "Squish"
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At 10:10 AM 8/6/98, Otmar Ebenhoech wrote: >At 7:30 AM -0400 8/6/98, EMZ wrote: >> What would you charge me for both parts. Maybe you >> could throw in a quick weld job.... putting them >> together! > >This has been suggested many times. To make a squish! > >There are a few difficulties: > >1) I used both the B and C pillars for the stretch (do I now have two B and >two C pillars? or are they B though E? :-) so the clips would be hard to >join securely. > >2) I've spoken with someone who drove a squish, it wheelies on acceleration >and braking tends to scuff the front bumper. :-) It could be a lot of fun, >but it's not very stable. >

And the most frequently asked question at the GreatCutting was:

Are you going to make a "short"(ie) or Squish with the leftovers?

OLTECO Ari Ollikainen P.O. BOX 3688 Networking Technology and Architecture Stanford, CA Ari@OLTECO.com 94309-3688 415.517.3519


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