The speedometer in my old 1954 Chevy pickup goes to 160MPH. Makes
doing a hundred easy.
Oh, I forgot. When I dropped in the rebuilt 327 small block out
of a '69 'vette, along with a few other tweaks, I installed a
complete set of new Stewart Warner gauges. As one of my neighbors
observed, I can bring back a load of two-by-fours from Home Depot
quicker'n anybody in town.
Many, many years ago, when I was young and reckless and a crazy
college kid, I got clocked on radar by the Tennessee Highway
Patrol doing 128MPH in a '55 Chevy. Cost me $25. Those were the
days! :-)
Walt
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Bill Stanke <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 09:20:56 -0700
>Walt W. suggested a 100 mph "air out". "Freddie the Wonder
>Truck" (FWT) has 460 cubic inches (7.5 litre), so this velocity
>is theoretically possible. Unfortunately, FWT's speedometer only
>goes to 80 mph, so the last 20 could only be determined by
>estimation and dead reckoning. That, combined with 24 year-old
>suspension parts and North Idaho roads have precluded that option.
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