Well, this is not my experience, but one
from Kit Car Illustrated a couple of years
ago. Rick Merz owned a GTD40 with a 351 and
Porsche G50/50 trans. He would commute to
work every so often. According to him, one
morning at around 4AM, he was sitting at
an intersection, contemplating that he could
probably hit 50mph by the time got through
at a light change. Well, he decided to test
his theory, and sure enough, he was right.
He eased up to 45. Unfotunately for him,
there was a black&white sitting behind him
at the intersection. The officer pulled him
over, abd said something ot the effect of:
When I saw that thing take off, I was
expecting it to sprout wings and take off!
After a conversation about the car with Rick,
the officer let him go, saying (again, in
paraphrase) - I'm sure you've got a lot of
time and money in that car, just watch your
takeoffs in the future.
I'll hunt up the print date of that issue if
anyone is interested.
Ian