Chet writes;
>Paul;
>Are you saying that it was most likely over a hundered mph!!
>If so, the car was handling like a dream!!! Butttt My heart was a racing
>with the HP on my tail. Geezzz I'm 43 now and this kind of behavior would
>be frownd on by my wife and daughter, buttt ,, they know I still have the
>spirit of a 20yr old , when either I'm behind the wheel or wrenching on
>either of my BLC'S.
I am 47 and as my wife says; "Riding with you is *ALWAYS* an adventure".
This is probably because I try to make her Chrysler MiniVan corner like my
Spitfire! Of course, in the Spitfire she knows that every corner is a
challenge to make as close to 90 degrees as possible. The unfortunate fact
is that the 3.8 liter V6 in her car *CAN* out accelerate my Spitfire.
>If I could just find that road where no patrols exist, oh what a time
>I would have!!!!!!!
I once had my old (RIP) '74 Spitfire at full sustained throttle on the
Washington D.C. Beltway with the top down (of course) and the resulting 98
mph felt like 150... truly a thrill in such a light car!
>My wife wishes she could find thier secret potion or spell that they
>seem to have on me. Then oh what a time she would have!!!!!!!
Take her with you sometime (but not too fast at first) and *SEDUCE* her into
the thrill of LBCs under performance conditions!
regards, John Pratchios
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