Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: " What was the first car to take you over 100mph"?

 

My father related that he once got the 1959 Mercedes 220S, his first new car, over a hundred on some road between Las Vegas and Reno during an early family vacation trip.  It would have been before my brother was was born, so, sometime in 1961, when I was an infant.

He would regularly stretch the legs on the family trucksters during our road trips.  I remember seeing the needle go past a hundred many times.  '62 Sedan deVille, '59 Plymouth Belvedere Suburban (probably had the polysherical head 318); I don't remember the Peugeot wagons ('64 and '67) going that fast, but, I do remember 85-90, family of 5 with fully loaded roof rack.  In 1971 he bought a brand new Mercury Meteor Rideau 500 wagon (Canadian market model.  Think of a Mercury Monterey with a Ford Custom 500 interior) with the same 351 Windsor 2V as Brian's '70 Galaxy.  I couldn't tell you how many times it saw the century mark, fully loaded down with roof rack and, by this time, a family of 6.  It was replaced by a 1976 Plymouth Gran Fury Sport Suburban, 400 4-barrel; same story.

The first time I did it on a motorcycle was in '81 on the '69 BSA Rocket 3 that I still have.  On Tower Rd east of Aurora, back when the only thing out there was the Adams County landfill.  When I hit a small bump, it started doing a scary wobble.  I later discovered the swing arm bushings weren't merely missing, but not at all present!  Possibly never even installed from the factory....

Mark in Lakewood, CO
From: "Brian Barnhart" <brianbarn@yahoo.com>
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:52:58 PM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: " What was the first car to take you over 100mph"?

 

1970 Ford Galaxie 500 with a 351 2V.  It was on a trip, at night, and I was in the front seat with my dad.  When I announced that we were going over 100, my mother woke up in the back seat with a "Whaaaaaaaat!"
 
Brian Barnhart


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