Road speed with a 3.73???

[MBF]

I'm with Dutch on this-he and I have spoken together about this before. These vehicles were designed to run 40-50 mph. Anything over that and to me you're out of brakes and steering. I'll be with Dutch on the backroads with the bugs on my back window instead of the windshield. Life was better than-I'm for slowing down and enjoying the ride. If all goes well I'm planning on taking mine down to Macungie next year on the back roads from the Hudson Valley. I used to have this dog that loved to ride in my PH. I'd take her to the farm road that runs through our property and let her loose-she'd take off like a bat outa h3ll and it'd take me a while to catch her from a standing stop. About 1/4 mile up the dirt road she was ready to climb up in the cab and ride. Mike

[48Dodger]

So the question seems to be: is moving faster the answer to feeling "safer" on the road.....

In my opinion, you have to take into account that saftey wasn't as sophisticated as it is now. They weren't crash testing the B-1-B over 60 miles plus and measuring the results and modifiying the frame, etc....

1st test dummy wasn't until 1949. Better to think like and engineer and develop the whole project as a 60+ mph truck.

48D

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