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To: TexasGator

The $50, $75, and $100 cars I went through during my teens in Texas with the bald tires and junk used tire replacements would never make it in today’s America, but most if not all of those old cars would hit between 115 and 120 and deliver some off ground flying on the small rise I used to hit at those speeds when we would go out to that country road outside of Houston.


83 posted on 05/26/2026 6:19:58 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: ansel12

“The $50, $75, and $100 cars I went through during my teens in Texas with the bald tires and junk used tire replacements would never make it in today’s America, but most if not all of those old cars would hit between 115 and 120”

Are we talking about 1950’s clunkers?

Most would never hit 115 even downhill.


84 posted on 05/26/2026 6:35:41 PM PDT by TexasGator (1&1)
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