Cadillac: Video - 1964 "New" Holman-Moody 427 Ford Fairlane taking a lap at Germany's Nürburgring

On 05/11/2010 20:24, RoadRunner wrote: 

Well, I enjoyed that!

I have the Duke Video DVD of Derek Bell lapping the 'ring. Even better,
though both are punctuated by awful sounds from the gearbox...

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Chris

I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

On Nov 5, 4:24*pm, RoadRunner <com> wrote: 

Fab! Brave lad, I think those still had drum brakes on them. What a
torque monster, the footage of that frankencar sucking up the Porsche
924 (944?) is priceless.

Mower Man wrote 

In the muscle car days, the Ford Fairlain was right up there with all the ugly cars
that your mother drove. Like the hopped up Dodge Dart, with a 360 under the hood!

As American satirist PJ O'Rourke said in a recent book about muscle cars in his day
(and mine).

"When you couldn't pay for a car or a Thrush muffler, you drilled holes in your
mother's muffler, and it made the sound that attracted the chicks."

And I can say that I agree.

Been there, done it! I have the T-shirt!

On 06/11/2010 01:04, xxx wrote: 

I loved the British Saloon Car championship races where the 427 Galaxie
rubbished Jaguar MkIIs.

Then along came the Mustang, which often beat the Lotus Cortina on
handling - not performance!

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Chris

I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)