This reminds me of the Fabulous '55 Ford. Some no-account had this '55
Tudor coupe back in '56 or thereabouts, in the hick town where I grew
up. He swore it was completely stock, but it would do 70 in low, 115 in
second and nobody knew how fast in third as the speedo pegged at 120
long before the car quit accelerating. This was going uphill, BTW.
As an engineer, I am skeptical about this sort of story, but I rode in
the car and I rode in other cars that tried to keep up with it, and I
can tell you, it was that fast. Maybe once in awhile you do just find a
car like that.
Barrie
'66 2000, top speed unknown
'67 XK-E, top speed 147 MPH
>
> Since my speedometer only went to 140 and since I pulled away from Porsche
> 911s and vettes that claimed they were over 140, I never found out how fast I
> was. Where can I find someone that really knows how fast they were.
>
> Albert Lynn Clark
> Albert Lynn Clark
> allynnc@aol.com
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