Austin Popper
Emperor of Antarctica
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I wasted a considerable fraction of my misspent youth crammed into some 60s Detroit roadboat with four or five other kids, doing all sorts of stupid things that make me certain we all have guardian angels, and also pretty sure I'll have to put in some overtime to balance the books when my time comes. 100 mph was easy. 120 would be possible in some of those tanks that come to mind, but it's really hard to imagine doing that in that place and time for more than a minute or three. Yikes! I'm sure they were going way too fast for the headlights, tires, and brakes a '64 Impala would have, but that would be about 70 or 80 at night.With 4 or 5 up I think 120 was out of the question. 75 realistic but only on the section of the M6 which was built at the time - no way this could have been achieved on the A6, except for very very short blasts. I might possibly have tried this in my 57 Chevy once or twice
Yank tanks on UK motorways must have looked ginormous. I had an in-law who was in the air force. He could have shipped his Monte Carlo over at gummint expense, but he was going to Germany and heard there was an inspection and some strict rules about making the cars legal there. He bought a German car from someone shipping out, and sold it to someone arriving a few years later, as he was leaving. We all were surprised he did something so sensible.
Thanks, EG. I missed that one. He did say 120 mph. I think he said 85 in the podcast. That's plausible.It's mentioned in the Pinder podcast interview, quoted by BS3 earlier in this thread.
This all reminds me of Dad's silver '64 Riviera. He said one time he was in a hurry to get somewhere, and a close friend was riding along. Larry was funny and quick, and also was not enjoying the ride. He told Dad to slow down. "If we run off the road, they'll think a 707 crashed."