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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1



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Is that an oxygen bottle next to him? Incase of a fire I assume.
Co2
It is used for things like air assist on the clutch and brakes....possibly chute deployment (probably in fact).

That thing most likely has a 3-4 disc clutch and no way it is going to make enough vacuum for power brakes.
So.....Co2 pressurized system.

The fire suppression bottles are almost always red due to SFI regs.
Co2 bottles are grey...

 
It's all about perspective. Compared to the cars of the day they were quick. It's like comparing a ww1 bi- plane to an f-16. Time marches on. Today's thrill is tomorrow's norm.

A ‘70 Cheville SS will turn my head faster than just about any other car.

Yesterday, I saw a guy run a Ferrari (296, I think) through the car wash. I would never run a 70 Chevelle through a car wash.
 
Fast is indeed relevant. You have to remember they had crappy brakes, crappy suspension and so so steering. Trust me, if you’ve never gone over 100mph in a car from the 50’s, it can be down right terrifying. Comparing it to doing it in a modern car today is like comparing an elevator ride to going in an atlas rocket.


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Fast is indeed relevant. You have to remember they had crappy brakes, crappy suspension and so so steering. Trust me, if you’ve never gone over 100mph in a car from the 50’s, it can be down right terrifying. Comparing it to doing it in a modern car today is like comparing an elevator ride to going in an atlas rocket.


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This is true. I drove a ‘66 Mustang in high school. I opened it up one time, and just glanced down once to see I had speedometer pegged at 140 MPH. I couldn’t spend much time looking at the speedo, because it was all I could do to keep the damn thing on the road.
 
This is true. I drove a ‘66 Mustang in high school. I opened it up one time, and just glanced down once to see I had speedometer pegged at 140 MPH. I couldn’t spend much time looking at the speedo, because it was all I could do to keep the damn thing on the road.
Sometimes I’m very surprised any males from the 40’s-60’s survived past age 25.
(69 Mustang @126 for me)
 
Agreed, those oldies had some power but forget turning or stopping. I put disk brakes and heavy sway bars on the Chevelle which helped drivability a ton. Still had trouble getting that 396 to hook up even with big 295s in the rear. It must have had 4.11 gears because it turned 2000rpm at 50mph in 4th gear. Super fun to drive in a straight line. Shouda replaced steering with rack and pinion. I put her on the 1/8 mile track a few times and ran in the mid 7s so not fast compared to modern muscle.
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