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Nov 10, 2006 | 12:18 PM

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dono

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Originally Posted by jorlee

.....the right hand tie rod breaks? What does the vehicle usually do at 50 miles per hour and accelerating?

I have some experience with what happens. I was in a '37 Ford coupe, wide open (about 65mph) when the tie rod fell. The car went left, hit the berm at the edge of a creek, went airborne over the creek and landed grill first on the other side. I lost three front teeth, but walked away.

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