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Re: Highest Speed So Far

To: "Arlo J. Levisen" <alevisen@gdhscats.org>,
Subject: Re: Highest Speed So Far
From: Jane McDaid <Murphys@ziplink.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:39:59 -0400
Arlo, Could be time for a Brooklands windscreen, or a cut down full width
screen like Fred Sisson's! 

Jerry Murphy
'67 +4 Got it up to 105 on a flat 2 lane one day! Sure was loud!



At 11:18 AM 8/14/98 +0300, Arlo J. Levisen wrote:
>DFLer's:  for what it's worth, I was able to get our Plus 8 up to 128 
>mph last Tuesday.  It took a bit of a decline in the roadway to get it 
>up to that speed initially but, once I hit the flats, the car was able 
>to maintain that speed for a mile or so.
>
>Our little town is at the absolute floor of the valley, at 1,000' 
>elevation.  A major highway runs 4 miles to the west at about 1,100' 
>elevation. By starting at that point I was able to get the car up to 
>this speed and, after hitting the flats after about one and a half miles 
>of a steady drop, I was able to keep it at speed for a ways until I 
>decided to slow it down.
>
>That's a bit of a fudge, I suppose, especially since I haven't been able 
>to get the car over 120 mph from a dead start on a flat surface - but it 
>made my day!
>
>We're probably pretty easy to entertain out here.
>
>Later,
>
>Arlo Levisen
>Revillo, South Dakota  '87 Plus 8
>
>


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