Flat six, light body. Will you get rear ended on a 55 mph highway?
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Jan. 8, 2011 3:35 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
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Jan. 8, 2011 3:36 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
it'll go faster on the back of a rollback, LOL. buy it anyway!
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Jan. 8, 2011 3:47 p.m. eastsidemav Reader
Probably. My father-in-law's 30 Chevy 6 cylinder is screaming at 45 MPH, but has a theoretical top speed of 55-60, I think. At that speed, the generator is also overcharging the battery - the end result was not good.
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Jan. 8, 2011 4:03 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
I would imagine one in good condition will go 55 on the highway, but it probably won't be very happy doing it for very long - per the site below they had a 4.33 rear axle ratio. On the plus side, they had hydraulic brakes so you may able to stop the car. ;)
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Jan. 8, 2011 4:07 p.m. Rob_Mopar HalfDork
A guy I used to work with had a '34 Plymouth coupe. He said it would cruise comfortably at 45 all day long. I think his might have had an overdrive of some sort. He usually stuck to back roads when he was out and about in it.
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Jan. 8, 2011 4:21 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
It will accelerate at 9.8 m/s^2 and if you drop it from high enough it will 200+ before terminal velocity.
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Jan. 8, 2011 8:18 p.m. 1988RedT2 HalfDork
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
It will accelerate at 9.8 m/s^2 and if you drop it from high enough it will 200+ before terminal velocity.
Yay, physics!
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Jan. 8, 2011 10:04 p.m. wheels777 Dork
I do know of a 1939 P8 that went a little over 100, but the flattey was still at the house
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Jan. 10, 2011 12:28 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork
My buddy's 39 did 55+ but it was very, very unhappy about it.
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Jan. 10, 2011 12:38 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
The '33 in question has larger diameter I-H wooden wheels out back, maybe more top end but less grunt off the line.
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Jan. 10, 2011 12:54 p.m. minimac SuperDork
The better question would be "who has the cajones to drive it @55".
