He’s got me; best I ever did was 115 in my 1972 Mustang Mach I on I 465 in the wee hours of the morning. It had more to give but the Ford steering was so bad, I was starting to drift between lanes. That was enough for me.
I got up to 140 in my Z-28 and it felt like I was gonna go air born any second, so I backed off.
147 in a stock GT.
henkster you must have needed a tune-up, I was able to get to 131 in my 1972 Mach1 :)
I used to regularly bury the speedometer past 120mph in my old 1968 Chrysler Newport, and that was on a two-lane country highway. Yep, lucky to still be on this side of the sod.
I had my ‘74 Vega up to 65 once. I thought the front end was going to come apart.
Did 155 in my GTO on Business 288 (Brazoria County Tx) for a brief moment and then 150 on 288. 135-140 too many times to count.
Now...I can barely make myself go over the speed limit. We are making a trip across TX later this month and I have no idea how I'm going to drive 85...
In my youth, I was an absolute hellion behind the wheel.
One Sunday morning I received a ticket for going 120+ on the Golden State (5) freeway. It was kind of a joke, because the car in it’s condition wouldn’t actually go quite that fast.
Nobody was on the freeway early that morning. I was just letting off steam and cleaning out the carburetor.
The officer was shaking when he came up to my vehicle. It scared him to drive fast. I was respectful to the guy. He calmed down and didn’t give me too much grief. Kindof felt sorry for him.
Youth: Too soon old, and too late smart...
Used to work for parts store. Owner and his daughter had MK IIIs as well as others. She went out partying 1 night with 1 of our younger workers and got too drunk to drive. Jeff claims he drove that MK III 120 mph down 70 across the county. I was envious he could drive it, but even though I liked him I thought that was horribly irresponsible!
I have seen that happen to a Mustang. I had a guy in a 70's era Mustang II trying to keep up with my Saab Turbo in Oklahoma. At 105, he had a hard time tracking his lane. I pushed it to 140 and he quickly disappeared from view.
Similar experience back in high school with a 74 Malibu. Buried the needle at 120MPH. That thing was all over the road.
Some years later I was riding with a friend on his Ninja. He hit 130. At the next light, I hit him square on the back for doing that. That's just too fast for me on two wheels.
But last summer I hit 150 at the NASCAR experience at Texas Motor Speedway. THAT was fun!!!
I was coming back from Alabama to CA in a 1972 chevy nova, with a 350 in it, driving in Arizona doing 100 MPH when I noticed a car coming up behind me in the fast lane(I was in the right lane, night time, no other cars around), I paid no attention until it was right beside me and matched speed. I glanced over and saw it was an Arizona State Trooper. He waved and then took off like a rocket. I slowed down to about 80 for a while after that.
Exact same thing happened to me at 100mph in my 1965 289.
It wasn’t drift, though. It was more like a violent shake...
I know that feeling! My dad has a ‘69 Mach 1 (428) and we encountered the same problem at about the same speed one day on a narrow two lane road (Old HWY 61 in Tunica County Mississippi). The front end lifted and it put us in the oncoming lane...thankfully it didn’t send us to the right in the oncoming ditch!
Dad has since had the front end rebuilt and it is quite a bit more steady at those speeds. Must be the way the aerodynamics of those cars are as the air tends to lift the front end. My 1975 Ranchero was smooth as silk at 125 (400 ci motor).
Speaking of Ford front ends..have you heard of the Ford Death Rattle? I believe that is what it’s called. You can look it up on youtube. It is a problem with the F-250 and up Ford trucks where when you hit a bump at speed the front end shakes violently for a while before smooting out. I just came back down I-40 from a job and a guy in an F-250 hit a bridge expansion joint at 75mph and it was a sight to see...I had never seen this in person before. He had to slow down and drive down the shoulder till it smoothed back out.