Amusing Launch With A Ford GT 40

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Amusing Launch With A Ford GT 40

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I had my vintage wood/canvas canoe on the roof rack, and everyone knows that old wagons with canoes or bikes on the roof are not fast.

This canoe is 18 feet long and has a lot of sheer so I secure it with some 6 feet of it hanging out the back. That's so it doesn't obscure the view ahead. Of couse I always have a red flag attached so I'm legal.

At a red light on a main thoroughfare I'm stopped in the left lane, there is an ordinary car next to me and then a black GT 40 pulls into the inside lane.

Because there were cars paked in that lane across the intersection the GT 40 had to launch on the green.

So did I and with a roar there I was beside him and the look on his face should have been photographed.

An old Legacy, with a huge canoe on it and a grinning driver :-D

Quite likely the Ford could out-accelerate at most any speed, but with the high-stall torque converter the old twgn is rather effective on the launch.

This was not a kill, but a good surprise. :shock:
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Post by DLC »

Awesome!
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Post by farfrumwork »

:-D

that is great. I can see his face now.

And I've seen that face before :twisted:

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Ford GT or Ford GT40?
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Ford GT40--The one that looks looks the Le Mans winner in the 1960s
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Post by Splinter »

Wow... thats pretty freaking cool. Ive only ever seen one of those in person. Lots of new the GTs tho
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Post by evolutionmovement »

They're a popular replica, like the Cobra. Still, would likely at least have a 5.0 and less weight than a Mustang.
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