26-06-2021, 03:53 AM
When i was a small boy playmates were very interested in the RP speedo calibrated to 80 mph! Although my father regularly drove long distances at 45 mph, then a generous cruising speed, he professed to only once going to 50. (and the crank was still intact at 110,000) Incidentally the car of the moment amongst schoolboys was the new"coming or going" Studebaker. Many kids boasted to have an uncle with one.The flashest car in town was a dollar grin Buick 8 run by the local canning mogul Wattie.