I lived in Northern Va for a few years where the snow and Ice pretty much stayed on the ground all winter when I was younger. I had a 500 dollar Datsun B210 coupe with a set of studded snow grips on the back. I cut the emergency brake cable and made two handles for turning brakes like a tractor, one for each wheel. Coverted the heater core over to a bigger one out of a Ford dump truck.
That little puppy was a snow and ice eatin machine and never left me stranded anywhere. Used that rustbucket POS for 4 years and sold it for the same 500 dollars I paid for it when I left.
Wife had a B210 when we met. I used to take her to the fairgrounds to practice driving on ice in the 70's. It was a very good car. My cousin and another friend had VW's. We drove them in river beds and an earthen dam near Stillwater and abused 'em. Those were good cars indeed.
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