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Old 04-03-2004, 06:14 AM
Lowell W Lowell W is offline
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I've been up around 120 in/on several vehicles (Cobra, bikes, a friend's 1961 Chrysler which just seemed to have almost no limit) but that's about it. I took a friend (whose mother had a GT350, back in the late '60's or early '70's, incidentally) for a ride in the Cobra and, as we pulled onto a deserted stretch of Interstate, I went up through the gears. When he said, "OK, OK, That's enough", I glanced down and the speedo was right around 120, +/- a little. I've run as fast as 116 on the drag strip, which doesn't feel nearly as fast, probably because I was wearing a helmet, but I've never looked at the speedo at the end of the quarter. Really, I think it's a lot more fun to go 70-80; any more than that and the wind gets so bad but then at 6'6" I stick WAY up out of the car!
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