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Re: top speed

To: "Mark Bullard" <mbullard@verizon.net>, "6pack"
Subject: Re: top speed
From: Irv Korey <emanteno@attglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:42:15 -0600
At 07:13 AM 11/19/03 -1000, Mark Bullard wrote:

>Aloha all,
>
>Just curious what kind of top speed folks are getting out of their stock
>TR6's?  I can get mine up to 80 but unless I'm going down hill with a tail
>wind, I don't get much more than that?  I'm trying to figure out if that is
>pretty average or not.

Back when my car was pretty new (it was in 1976), I was able to reach 
redline in 4th gear coming out of the small town of (not kidding here) 
TRiumph, IL. The top was down and there were 2 aboard. I was pretty pleased 
and impressed.

Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
63 TR4 VSCDA Group 2 #58
Highland Park, IL




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