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Re: How fast am I going??

To: Matt.DeBoer@ejgallo.com
Subject: Re: How fast am I going??
From: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:55:53 -0600 (MDT)
According to owners manual for my '71 Non-overdrive.  18mph per 1k rpm in
top gear. from there you can guestimate all other gears.  Another useufull
one:  3k rpm in 2nd is 25 mph.

James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'74 BGT with no sills
'63 Buick 215 eyeing another rolling chassis

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 Matt.DeBoer@ejgallo.com wrote:

> Hi All-
> 
> Probably don't remember me... professional lurker, just a few posts.
> Purchased a "project" '72 B about 6 months back and life went into
> hyper-mode... selling house, buying house, painting, moving, etc.  Well,
> it's finally settled down and I was able to retrieve my B from my brothers
> house... and I can't seem to stop driving the car long enough to do any work
> on it (oh yeah, Autumn in CA... 85 degree afternoons/60 degree mornings!).
> Ahhhhh, life is good!!
> 
> Oops, I digress... the problem is my speedometer doesn't work.  Had anyone
> ever developed a tachometer "speed" chart for a non-OD B of my vintage?  It
> would sure help in these "tween-times".
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> '72 Roadster
> 


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