This is right, Bob Summers never went into the highest gear - original they
used 5 speed Spicer gearboxes (they used two, due to that, that the car was a
four wheel drive), but they was modified to a 4 speed box with a 2.6 - 1.5 -
1.19 - 1.0 ratio.
The record was set with the 3rd gear - 1.19 ratio.
See ya
Pork Pie
"James Tone" <James.Tone@AES.com> schrieb:
> Subject: Re: Goldenrod
>
> As I understand it the car was never in high gear....
>
> The original engines went back to Chrysler, the Summers brothers got
> them only borrowed for the runs. So Bill build "Standard Hemi's" in for
> the car shows.
> The 425 run was a run with a other oil (product) in and the original
> aerodynamic ram boxes instead of the bigger one which was used for the
> record. The official explanation for that they done no return run, was,
> that the press picture was done after they set the record and they was
> not interest to make another photo shooting.
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