<VV> Re: Nice Ride -- Cops -- Route 66 in the old days - someCorvair

[Ron]

The Silver Shadow has a top speed of 117 mph per one reference book I have 
and it's highway mileage is given as 12 to 15 mpg and half that in the city. 
That was quite a dream you were having, or at least a speedometer calibrated 
in kilometers.
RonH

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From: "Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per" <chaz at ProperProPer.com>
To: <Taruffi57 at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 7:39 PM
Subject: <VV> Re: Nice Ride -- Cops -- Route 66 in the old days - 
someCorvair


>I had the extreme pleasure, back in 1967, as a freshly discharged draftee, 
>to drive some rich guy's 1966 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud from Oakland CA to 
>NYC. I had the car for two weeks, all expenses paid.
>
> She got almost 30 MPG on the open road, but even better she had a top end 
> of, well, I never did find out exactly.
> On Route 66, before there was a speed limit, I just had to try her out, 
> and brought her up slowly, about 10 MPH at a time.
>
> At 10 MPH, she was like sitting home in a comfy sofa.
>
> Feeling ever more confident, I inched her over 150 and was quite 
> comfortable, being too young then to think what would have happened if I 
> blew a tire or if ANYthing went awry at that speed.
>
> What did get me though was seeing a car in my rearview GAINING on me !
>
> I found this interesting and not until I saw a little bump on the roof (a 
> good 1/2 mile behind me, or more), did I start to slow down.
>
> I was cruising about 120 when the Highway Patrol's 1968 Dodge Charger 
> pulled up beside me and made eye contact with me.
>
> He saw the uniform and probably figured I was a "fortunate son" with whom 
> he should not hassle (I wasn't), and he blew away from me like I was 
> standing still.
>
> Brought her back to 150 just to see what it felt like, and try to find the 
> top end, but figured I'd die trying and thought of enjoying the ride a at 
> a more reasonable speed.
>
> The white lines on the road were a blur, and I could visibly see the 
> mountains getting closer at that speed, and it just didn't feel like I 
> should be doing that.
>
> I wish I had that back, to try again, have been over 115 in a Corvair 
> (comfortable, but she was working hard.  The Rolls wasn't even breathing 
> hard !)
>
> I like the Corsa better though, and not just because she cost 10 cents of 
> the Roll Royce's dollar, new !
>
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