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- old-guy64
While I haven't driven over 90 in many years, I used to explore the outer limits of speed in my old T-bird, and my Father's Country Squire.
The bird ran out of speedo at 120, but the needle started dancing off the peg well below that.
The Country Squire (yes it was a big dowdy wagon), I've driven it well over 100 often.
It would do right about 106 in second gear. Yes it was a three speed, and that was shifting up from a "kick-down" to second.
Yes, it won me quite a bit of money. How many people will believe a wood paneled wagon will do over 100 in second. (Helps to have a 429SCJ under the hood).
It's rear end was geared so numerically low that I never did have the cojones to find out what the top end was.
The bird ran out of speedo at 120, but the needle started dancing off the peg well below that.
The Country Squire (yes it was a big dowdy wagon), I've driven it well over 100 often.
It would do right about 106 in second gear. Yes it was a three speed, and that was shifting up from a "kick-down" to second.
Yes, it won me quite a bit of money. How many people will believe a wood paneled wagon will do over 100 in second. (Helps to have a 429SCJ under the hood).
It's rear end was geared so numerically low that I never did have the cojones to find out what the top end was.