[Fot] GT6 at the Salt Flats...

[Charles WATSON]

Not bad for a car that never entered a wind tunnel during its design!



Thanks,

Chuck Watson


Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers
Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg & Lexington, SC









> From: charly at mitchelplumbing.com
> To: BillDentin at aol.com; fot at autox.team.net
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:11:04 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 at the Salt Flats...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjwZHnjxvd4&feature=related
> Charly Mitchel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BillDentin at aol.com>
> To: <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:45 AM
> Subject: [Fot] GT6 at the Salt Flats...
>
>
> > Amici...
> >
> > GT6ers, in particular, may be interested in the current issue of Triumph
> > World magazine. There is a feature article on a Triumph GT6 that has been
> > making speed runs at Bonneville. I did not bring the issue to the shop
> > this
> > morning, but from memory I believe the guy's name is Copeland, and he is
> > from
> > Arizona. Their last trip registered 300 mph and was the fastest
> > 'sportscar'
> > at the event. They hope to hit 340 mph on the next trip.
> >
> > Exotic looking car, with major front end body modifications. The rear end
> > is classic GT6, with stabilizer fins added on each side where the rear
> > fender bead goes.
> >
> > Copeland's story would make a good movie, in that he is the survivor of a
> > massive salt flats crash in a 1950s Bocar years ago. The incident put him
> > out of commission for over a year, but did not dampen his need for speed.
> > He's back at it, and in a Triumph GT6..
> >
> > I am not sure...maybe he is an FOT member.
> >
> > Bill Dentinger
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