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Re: A last shot at Crosley

To: British-Cars@AUTOX.TEAM.NET
Subject: Re: A last shot at Crosley
From: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 08:47:05 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, John Lupien wrote:

> > A Hot Shot won the Sebring Index of Performance in '51 and did well at Le
> > Mans.  In stock trim it could do about 77 mph.  Speed shops soon came up
> > with some goodies that increased top speed to around 90 mph.  
> 
> Hard to imagine doing 90 through Les Hunandierres while the big guys wailed
> by at 180.
 
Not very many were wailing along at 180 back in 1951!
 
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Chip Old                      1948 M.G. TC  TC6710  NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland            1962 Triumph TR4  CT3154LO (daily driver)
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