[Fot] Kas Kastner built Vitesse

[Shane Ingate]

OK, I forgot about THAT Herald.  But I feel it would be pretty close.
I figure a modest Pro-Street 9-sec car will max out at around 140 mph, and
Kas' Vitesse should do 140 quite easily.

All bets are off when it comes to braking and cornering.

Shane Ingate in NM



> Subject: RE: [Fot] Kas Kastner built Vitesse
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:44:49 -0600
> From: wredinger at oppd.com
> To: herald948 at aol.com; hottr6 at hotmail.com; fot at autox.team.net
>
> Sorry, Worlds Fasted Herald is in England and is a Pro-Street V8 powered
> drag car!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:fot-bounces+wredinger=oppd.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> herald948 at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:25 PM
> To: hottr6 at hotmail.com; fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Kas Kastner built Vitesse
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shane Ingate <hottr6 at hotmail.com>
>
> I love google.
>
> Looking around for the world's fastest Herald (no offence to Vitesse
> owners), I found the following link to Kas' Vitesse:
>
> http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/triumph/71vtx1/71vtx1ss.htm
>
> ==AM==
> So do I; I found a link to someone who made a very nice slot car
> replica:
>
> <http://www.ssrcworld.com/slot-gallery/gallery_page04/vitesse_david.htm>
>
> :-)
> ==AM==
>
> Circa $35K for a significant slice of Triumph history, as well as owning
> the world's fastest Herald (Andy Mace, are you out there?) has got to be
> a deal....
>
> ==AM==
> Well, faster than MINE is, that's for sure. World's fastest? Depends on
> your definition; there are several Heralds around (most in England, I
> think) with big-block American V-8s stuffed in. Of course, they only
> need cover about 1320 ft. at a time....
>
> --Andy  Mace
>
> *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
> *Man: Well, no ... It's not so  much of a jet, it's more your, er,
> Triumph Herald engine with  wings.
>  -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus  (22)
>
> Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
> Herald Database at its new URL: <http://triumph-herald.us>
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