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Sure makes me wish I had kept a few of mine. Loved my Studebaker Hawk - - wow that thing would fly. Sold it with 320K on it to my buddy - -he sold it at 400K and still running strong. Oldest I have now is my 66 TBird. Bought it new. Memories, memories - - oh now I could compose a song. Oh wait a minute, I think someone beat me to it. Durn.
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..........Always wanted that, but mine was just the single. Still plenty fast. That was a long stroke engine, so the speed was not as great in acceleration, but it sure ran on the flat. Cruising speed was about 100 to 110. Amazingly got pretty good mileage at 100. Fasted I ever had the guts to run it was about 135. Such a neat car. My neighbor two doors down has an Avanti. I drool everytime I see it out in the drive. He had two of them, but sold one. His has a 350 Chev in it all tricked out. Sounds bad - - - as in very good. It is spotless in and out.
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It appears the turbine car idea wasn't dropped as thought.
his secret Turbine Indy car that he finally raced in 1967 when Parnelli Jones led the Indy 500 for 196 laps, 3 laps from the finish line his car was disabled by a $6.00 transmission bearing.
The other Indy drivers complained of burned blistered paint and melted windshields from his hot jet exhaust.
Probably one of the last Indy-500 races I have ever watched.
Jim
It appears the turbine car idea wasn't dropped as thought.
his secret Turbine Indy car that he finally raced in 1967 when Parnelli Jones led the Indy 500 for 196 laps, 3 laps from the finish line his car was disabled by a $6.00 transmission bearing.
The other Indy drivers complained of burned blistered paint and melted windshields from his hot jet exhaust.
Probably one of the last Indy-500 races I have ever watched.
Jim
Nice find, Jim...
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