A guy layed that one on my in bragging about his 58 Olds (J-5?) back around 1961 when I was in the Air Force. I took him up on the bet (deal was if I could not get his $20 off the dash, I gave him one of mine). Me and 3 of my buddies got drunk off of his $20. Might have had a bit of a problem there if he had been a better driver and could have kept the acceration constant, but probably not that Olds couldn't actually pull a g. Nothing but a dragster could back then because road tires just didn't have the stiction needed.
He had gotten the idea, I believe from an article in one of the car magazines. Which goes to show you should always check out these stories for yourself before putting your money on the line (grin).
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Cotty wrote:
On 23/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Cotty blurted out -- "Did you try the 100 dollar bill on the windscreen trick"?
I have some ideas about this but what did you have in mind?
I seem to recall a TV motoring program ('The Car's The Star, Quentin Wilson) here in England featuring the Cobra and if I'm not mistaken (it was some time ago), the presenter recounted a tale about Carol Shelby (?) placing a hundred dollar bill on the dash, and telling the bewildered occupant of the passenger seat that once they accelerated off, if they could reach the bill, they could have it.
Am I right in thinking zero to one hundred mph and back to a stop again in ten seconds? Fearsome.
Cheers, Cotty
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