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Old 04-25-2012, 07:54 PM   #38
LOWDOWN
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Originally Posted by 429ci View Post
Shelby GT500 FTW. Very very impressive car.
Indeed...reminds me of the winter of '69 when Ford announced their killer plans for the Shotgun BOSS 429 on F60s..."gonna annihilate the Camaro!"...and it struggled to run high-13s (the 13.60 listed was by far the quickest that nose-heavy slug ever ran)...while the ZL1 on 70-series tires ran 13-teens...

http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclec...s-50fast.shtml

The more things change, the more they stay the very same...
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