05-05-2022, 08:54 AM
In the 1960s after weekends I often used to leave my parents home at 6 am for the city 60 miles away, allowing for the traffic there, for 8am. Then there was no other traffic before 7am
As I left I saw the silhouette of a Ruby cross at the junction 1/4 mile ahead. So it was pedal to the mettl even more than normal. 30 miles later the SAE50 had thinned and I caught up and on a very long straight crept past. He slowly disappered in the mirror. Was a university student car i knew. He would have had at least 30 miles of warm up when I first saw.
On some cold Wellington days with the notorious southerly winds the Seven on 50 grade could not hold top gear..
As I left I saw the silhouette of a Ruby cross at the junction 1/4 mile ahead. So it was pedal to the mettl even more than normal. 30 miles later the SAE50 had thinned and I caught up and on a very long straight crept past. He slowly disappered in the mirror. Was a university student car i knew. He would have had at least 30 miles of warm up when I first saw.
On some cold Wellington days with the notorious southerly winds the Seven on 50 grade could not hold top gear..