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From: man@bocar.UUCP (M Nevar)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Speed, H.P., and Corvettes
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 13:18:17 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 13:18:17 1985
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<  0-60 in 4.2 sec, 0-100 in 8 sec. 0-140 in 17 sec., 1/4 mile in 11 120 mph

This is very impressive, but lets not forget the fastest production car ever
built:  The 1967 427 Cobra that went 0-100-0 in 12 seconds.  That's truly
amazing.  It's top speed was around 190.  Note that this was a 'production'
car with sales over 100 per year.
The ZL-1 was never a 'production' car.  Shelby also had a limited run Cobra.
He only built two.  One for himself and one for Bill Cosby.  It was a 
427 Cobra Semi/Competition roadster with an out-of-the-box NASCAR engine
(which all S/C roadsters got, but not all 427 Cobras) with TWO (count 'em)
Paxton superchargers, and a 40 gallon fuel tank.  This car was actually
gotten up to 210 by a test driver (pilot ?).  On one of Bill Cosby's
comedy albums, he relates a great story on recieving delivery of his baby.


							Mark