by "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
Published 02/06/2017 at 10:59
by "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
Published 02/06/2017 at 10:59
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...that a Beetle once went 183mph, driven by a rocket turbine.
"Boosted2k - I Make Videos and Put Them on YouTube" (boosted-2k)
02/06/2017 at 11:07, STARS: 0
Ayyyyyeeeee!
"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
02/06/2017 at 11:11, STARS: 0
Remember my motto: anything can fly if apply enough thrust
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
02/06/2017 at 11:13, STARS: 1
Some of them do 200.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 11:13, STARS: 0
Flying may have been the problem, here.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/06/2017 at 11:15, STARS: 0
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Back in the 70's some brave bastard raced a Beetle with a Chevy 305 hanging out the back.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 11:16, STARS: 0
|well placed 911 joke
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 11:18, STARS: 1
And yet, I’m going to have to give the MASSIVE NUTZ prize to Roy Drew. Dragger wheel + turbonique axle + cage(?) + otherwise stock Bug + basically no control over speed. Oh, right, and it was A FUCKING ROCKET
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
02/06/2017 at 11:19, STARS: 0
Best friend goals. High five like Top Gun.
Well now that Kenny Loggins song is stuck in my head.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
02/06/2017 at 11:20, STARS: 0
This should be the new “speed” post. Instead of blackbird, insert black widow.
"Milky" (jordanmielke)
02/06/2017 at 11:22, STARS: 0
Crazy to think how much work went into only to roll. Now you can buy a used ZL1 and do that speed I’m assuming regularly / reliably.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 11:28, STARS: 0
Well, the CPI value of $36k today in 1966bux is $4800. Given the ‘66 Bug MSRP of just under $1600, a Turbonique axle costing around $3600... the conclusion I draw is that it was shockingly cheap in 1966 to do things that were (no pun intended) bugfuck insane.
"Milky" (jordanmielke)
02/06/2017 at 11:39, STARS: 0
Lol, it was shockingly cheap to hit that speed once .
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 11:43, STARS: 0
Hey, if you count practice runs and the exhibition race against Tommy Ivo’s Showboat, he hit in excess of 160 at least a handful of times. So, 160 sort of reliably, 180 less so.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
02/06/2017 at 11:56, STARS: 1
Not in a quarter of a mile, you couldn’t.
183 MPH before the 1/4 mile traps in a Beetle is, as RamblinRover puts it, bugfuck insane .
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
02/06/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 2
This is some real-life Herbie stuff. Roy Drew is my new hero.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 0
Insane rocket sled shit without the rails, basically.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 0
The front page tried to put together an article a while back, but it turns out information on Mr. Pitiful and the Black Widow is scant at best. Sadly.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
02/06/2017 at 13:26, STARS: 0
Yeah I Googled his name after seeing this, nothing on Roy. One of the top results was some KC forum post asking if anyone knew about him. If the man’s still alive, I want to buy him a beer.
The google search did lead to these though:
Sweet shit, the drag axle was cool/diabolical.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 0
My favorite Turbonique abomination is the Tobacco King Galaxie. ‘64 Galaxie fastback done up by an R.J. Reynolds tobacco heir, who (get this) kept the interior intact, and had a Turbonique axle *AND* a blown four-carb 427.
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
02/06/2017 at 13:46, STARS: 0
That couldn’t have been completely terrifying.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 13:49, STARS: 2
Let’s be frank, though. If you’re getting in a 160mph+ basically unimproved Bug more than once, something about the fear instinct is flat-out busted. I’m betting on “felt no fear, because crazy”.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
02/06/2017 at 14:09, STARS: 0
That car came up for auction not too long ago, didn’t it? I distinctly remember my head exploding when I learned about that one.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/06/2017 at 14:16, STARS: 0
Yep, sold at auction a while back. Such a great car. “Sure, install the turbonique axle and gasser lift on the front suspension, but it needs to have the full black 500xl premium vinyl in place - I’m not a savage. Oh, and make sure all the rocket axle and supercharger gauges match the interior.”