On Sunday, 10 May 2020 22:25:27 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 10/05/2020 15:46, Weatherlawyer wrote:

You don't really believe that a mid-1930's first generation solid
block 8 cylinder 1/4 ton of cast iron was capable of even glancing at
a peak of 40mph on rural US highways, even downhill.

Capable certainly. Retired racing driver Eddie Pullen (and other
co-drivers) conducted an endurance speed run for Ford in the Mojave
desert in 1933 with a stock V8 Saloon. Covering over 33K miles in a
month. That was an average speed over 40mph, and that included
servicing, refuelling, and driver changes.



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Cheers,

John.

It is amazing what a lot of information can be gleaned from usenet. Did you have this stuff lurking on your files or did you resort to doing what the firts correspondents urged? Either way I am grateful. Had you considered the average journey on any leg of the course was somthing like 10moh faster than the average daily commute anywhere on earth these days?

And that it took an highly motivated team of not specified attendants, and professional racing car drivers with a network of enviable logistics to accomplish this on a deserted highway?

And you have not supplied fuel consumption figures. Which raises the question of what the performance would do vis a vis the time taken with tyre changes and accidents as the cars deteriorated if they had introduced chicanes and what have you corners and hills?

It was, I presume, hardly the course of a vehicle testing station that would be set up to test fuel figures on average road journeys these days.

I would like to watch the video though. Got a link or failing that, what fuel and oils were they using and how were the bearings and linkages set up?