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65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Bob McDaniel » Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:52 pm

Since I got my new 09 touring I have wanted to see what top end was because it did act like it wanted to run every time I took it out but I never drove it over about 30 for short runs. I have seen 65 MPH with the top half of the windshield down according to my GPS! Anyone else had a stock Model T faster than that?
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Ruxstel24 » Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:00 pm

Must be the moon phase...
Mine usually tops out at 62, but I hit 77 mph today !!
I wish I could shift the Ruckstell into high though :shock:
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Burger in Spokane » Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:57 pm

All six of my two-pedal '09's like to cruise in the high 60's. Nothing unusual to all
those who are forced to keep those super early cars around.
More people are doing it today than ever before !
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Bob McDaniel » Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:15 am

Glad to hear I am not alone. Wouldn't want to push it too much. What kind of oil do you use? I like vegie oil best but to each his own.


I am glad this day is over for some of us anyway. Maybe we can forget it ever happened? :D
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by DHort » Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:30 am

CBD oil is the best for speed.
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Bob McDaniel » Tue Apr 02, 2019 11:43 am

Does CBD oil make the car smoke?
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Rich Bingham » Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:07 pm

Only if the car is equipped with a starter and generator. Smoke is what makes electrical items like that work.
If you really want to "go fast", try castor oil !! :lol:
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Dan McEachern » Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:57 pm

Ya gotta take it off the trailer for the speed to count!
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Ruxstel24 » Tue Apr 02, 2019 2:07 pm

Dan McEachern wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:57 pm
 Ya gotta take it off the trailer for the speed to count!
There you go making up the rules as we go along !! :lol:
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Derek Kiefer » Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:38 pm

Now that April Fools is over, everything on the internet is true again.

With my 1925 Touring, I managed to tickle 60mph (GPS verified) with it for the first time in 2017, so I like to tell people that its 0-60 time is 92 years. :lol: I have been 140mph on a race track in a modern car, and 60mph in the T was a scarier experience.
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by DHort » Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:11 pm

Derek
You need to get a Volkswagen wagon up to 120mph on the Autobahn with your wife and kids in the car.
Then you can say you went fast, and you sure get to where you are going in short time.
Never been on a race track.
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Bob McDaniel » Tue Apr 02, 2019 9:19 pm

Dan McEachern wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:57 pm
 Ya gotta take it off the trailer for the speed to count!

Long time listener, first time caller.

Gee Mr. Obvious, never thought of that. :oops:

You guys think of everything.
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Joss » Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:27 am

My 1911 years ago on flat road clocked at 66mph. This was done on a 2 mile long new piece of road not yet open to public. The concern would not be how fast a T will go, but how fast it will stop? 50, 60 or 70mph in any T with traffic and debris on a road is not very smart.
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Adam » Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:35 am

Almost time to move the “April Fools” posts to the Off Topic Forum?
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Re: 65 MPH stock Model T!!!

Post by Oldav8tor » Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:48 pm

I saw an old B&W movie in which a stock Model T achieved a speed in excess of 100 mph! Of course, it was driven off a cliff.........
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