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Re: LSR Schwinn ? Yes, behind A FIFTY FIVE SHOEBOX CHEVY !!!

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Subject: Re: LSR Schwinn ? Yes, behind A FIFTY FIVE SHOEBOX CHEVY !!!
From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:56:53 EST
          Tom ..... I recall reading about that in some auto magazine, I 
cannot 
recall which one . I believe the car was one of hotrodding's all-time 
favorites,
a 55 Chevy !!!  I remember the bike's driving sprocket almost touched the 
salt, 
and the speed was somewhere around 150 -155 MPH !!!   The thing that 
impressed me the most was the rear-facing throttle man sitting just a few 
feet 
ahead of the bike racer, while the driver up front was just the 'tillerman', 
sort of 
a backwards version of the tail-end fireman on big city hook & ladder trucks !
         Cranking that bicycle at that sort of speed while hearing that
big blown rat motor up front must have given that dentist a bit more than his
needed amount of cardiac exercise on that day !
                         Bruce in snowless 39* Connecticut





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