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To: Red Badger

125 HP. Lol. Younger people have no idea just how slow cars were just a few decades ago. Most mid-sized cars in the 50s and 60s had 6 cylinder engines of around 130-140 hp and weighed like 3500 pounds or more. You could get V8s in some cars but most people didn’t. My Dad had a 1959 Chevy station wagon with the 140HP 6cly, 20+ sec 1/4 mile performance. 4000 lbs. Many hours spent in it with the family and a trailer grinding up mountain roads in second gear. Lol.

A 50s era pick up truck would have a very numerically high rear end ratio making freeway speeds near impossible. A friend’s 55 Ford would rap out at about 55mph. You could haul most anything in it though. I think 1st gear was lower than reverse.


28 posted on 04/13/2022 12:47:00 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

Trucks were for hauling stuff not hauling a$$..............


29 posted on 04/13/2022 12:48:55 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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