[rollei_list] Re: was NASA & Rollei
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:10:24 -0400
Yup. Absolutely right. Thanks for jogging my memory.
Then there was the BMC "Hydrolastic Suspension"... yet another tale
of woe and intrigue...
Eric Goldstein
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Austin Franklin
<austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
>> American mechanics never got Citroens. The hydraulics were not a
>> problem for French and other European mechanics. Complex, yes.
>> Daunting, no. MB 600s of the time also had hydraulic suspensions.
>
> The 600 (and 300/109 series) suspensions were air, not hydraulic. These air
> suspensions worked fine when they worked, but being rubber for the airbags,
> they deteriorated easily, and the rest of the system required maintenance
> above and beyond typical regular maintenance. When they failed, well, they
> failed...and you rode home on the bump stops. Lots of the 300 series were
> converted to coil spring, unfortunately, when the air suspension failed.
> The 600s weren't typically...at least I've never seen a converted 600. But
> those are typically owned by a much wealthier crowd.
>
> Regards,
>
> Austin
>
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