This was 1971 I had just finished a turn up on a 1969 XKE 4.2 E-type. blue
in color.
I took the highway (99) out of town headed south. top down and I booted
it. Hard.
Back then this was a divided highway not a freeway so there were left turn
lanes to turn onto side roads.
Faster and faster I go. 115, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, (somewhere about here
my watch cap decides to go bye, bye) 125 and I pass a turn out where there
is a California Highway Patrol car waiting to turn left.
Shit.
Off the gas. On the e-brake. Down shift to 3rd ASAP.
cop catches up with me at about the time I get down to 85. Pulls me over
"Why were you going so fast?"
"Sir, the customer complained of a high speed miss on this car."
"Did you have to go so damn fast?"
"Well he did say a high speed miss."
"OK, you turn this car around, and go back to work. If I ever see you
again, you WILL get a ticket."
"Yes sir!"
He never caught me again!
fun times.
rick
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Aaron Whiteman <awhitema@panix.com> wrote:
> On Jun 27, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Richard Ewald wrote:
>
> > PS ask me what I told the cop that stopped me on that test drive
>
> OK, "What did you tell the cop that stopped you on the test drive?"
>
> --
> Aaron
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