Comments on: Zero to 60 in 7 Seconds! (Aug, 1954) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/21/zero-to-60-in-7-seconds/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/21/zero-to-60-in-7-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-1069964 Firebrand38 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:22:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8000#comment-1069964 Toronto: http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Superman-Complete-First-Season/dp/B000A5046K Toronto: http://www.amazon.com/Adventur.....B000A5046K

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/21/zero-to-60-in-7-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-1069963 Toronto Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:06:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8000#comment-1069963 And Sunbeam Alpines got V8s and became Tigers. Those Ford and Caddy V8s really got around! Degutie: Do you mean the George Reeve version of Superman? I haven't seen that since the '60s - is it available again? And Sunbeam Alpines got V8s and became Tigers. Those Ford and Caddy V8s really got around!

Degutie: Do you mean the George Reeve version of Superman? I haven’t seen that since the ’60s – is it available again?

]]> By: -DOUG- http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/21/zero-to-60-in-7-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-1069917 -DOUG- Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:38:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8000#comment-1069917 In another 7 years, a British car company called AC would come out with a 4 cylinder car called the Ace. At that same time, former Le Mans winner Caroll Shelby would have heart trouble that would force his retirement as a driver. and he ordered an Ace that would be built with room for a V8 engine. He would start out using the 4.3 liter Ford VB, but switched to the 289 and then the 427. And he called the car the COBRA. The 50's was not an era when a small car was what dreams were made of. Nor the 60's, etc. In another 7 years, a British car company called AC would come out with a 4 cylinder car called the Ace. At that same time, former Le Mans winner Caroll Shelby would have heart trouble that would force his retirement as a driver. and he ordered an Ace that would be built with room for a V8 engine. He would start out using the 4.3 liter Ford VB, but switched to the 289 and then the 427. And he called the car the COBRA.

The 50′s was not an era when a small car was what dreams were made of. Nor the 60′s, etc.

]]> By: Don http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/21/zero-to-60-in-7-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-1069911 Don Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:12:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8000#comment-1069911 Zero to 60 in 7 seconds. (car) 60 to zero in .001 seconds. (tree) Zero to 60 in 7 seconds. (car)

60 to zero in .001 seconds. (tree)

]]> By: dergutie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/21/zero-to-60-in-7-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-1069867 dergutie Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:36:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8000#comment-1069867 This was the original Nash Healy before it was extensively restyled and built by Pinin Farina. It was hugely expensive, costing more than a Jag. Even then they lost money on each one, but it drew customers into the showroom where more sensible models where available. They've now become valuable classics due to their rarity and hand built Italian body work. If you're old enough to recall, "Clark Kent" drove one on "Superman" the TV series of the 50's. So did William Holden's character in "Sabrina." This was the original Nash Healy before it was extensively restyled and built by Pinin Farina. It was hugely expensive, costing more than a Jag. Even then they lost money on each one, but it drew customers into the showroom where more sensible models where available. They’ve now become valuable classics due to their rarity and hand built Italian body work. If you’re old enough to recall, “Clark Kent” drove one on “Superman” the TV series of the 50′s. So did William Holden’s character in “Sabrina.”

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