In a message dated 11/24/00 7:27:51 PM EDT, brad.kahler@141.com writes:
> We drove to Lincoln, NE to spend Thanksgiving with his family.
> Thanksgiving morning Brad charged the battery on his Mayflower and we
> two turkeys motorvated the couple miles to his parents' house for
> Thanksgiving dinner in style...
> (The FOT connection here is, unbelievably, that the car used to be
> autocrossed by its previous owner, who has trophies to prove it!)
I seem to recall a photo in a long-ago issue of the TSOA Newsletter (Mike C.,
help me out here) of the "official Group 44 Mayflower," replete with the
"backwards" 4's on the side.
> We actually did get it up to about 40 mph on the back streets -- not bad
for
> an unrestored car that hasn't been run in 5 years and only has three
gears!
Used to take me and my Mayflower 5 years to get up to 40 mph....
> And only 1/3 of the full braking system... It was a blast!
That's about 1/3 more than my poor 'Flower has at the moment! On the other
hand, I've got genuine (35-year-old) Michelin "X" radials on my car, so watch
out in that next autocross! :-) :-)
--Andy
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