- 1. Golden Rod (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:10:00 -0700
- Was chewing the fat yesterday with Sparky and a question popped into my head... Goldenod was highly successful in recapturing the land speed record way back when. So why did the racing with this car
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00354.html (7,155 bytes)
- 2. RE: Golden Rod (score: 1)
- Author: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:01:07 -0400
- OK so how many times would you want to go over 400in that thing LOL.. Maybe the ride was less enjoyable than anticipated.. Dave
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00356.html (7,933 bytes)
- 3. Re: Golden Rod (score: 1)
- Author: Nt788@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:18:41 EDT
- A non suspended slingshot, not on this salt! Jack
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00357.html (6,880 bytes)
- 4. Re: Golden Rod (score: 1)
- Author: Bryan Savage <b.a.savage@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:31:57 -0700
- This is what I heard. They had a sponsor contract with a toy company. After their 409 record the company went into immediate production of a model with a 409 mph record banner in the box. They didn'
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00358.html (7,787 bytes)
- 5. Re: Golden Rod (score: 1)
- Author: "Pork Pie" <pork.pie@t-online.de>
- Date: 27 Apr 2005 17:37 GMT
- hi list. The comment with the sponsor was very close - it was Firestone tire who was not interest to make all the photo shooting for the advertisment again. Otherwise the car was not so super stabil
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00359.html (8,751 bytes)
- 6. RE: Golden Rod (score: 1)
- Author: "James Tone" <James.Tone@AES.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:46:53 -0700
- The brothers were paid a weekly wage by the sponsors to set the record (not much either). When the record was set the job was done along with the sponsorships: fuel, oil, tires etc.. On the way home
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00360.html (8,352 bytes)
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