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Never saw the Jesus figurine but the hula girl with swivel hips was a sure sell item…Let us not forget the fuzzy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror and the plastic Jesus on the dash...
Those were nice but I would have held out for the ultra-rare welded chain yoke in lieu of stick option. It was a factory order only option early on but was quickly discontinued after reports of broken pinkies during aggressive cruising….Oh, and you could order top stitched hand tooled leather seats and steering wheel cover as a premium.
Here ya' go:Never saw the Jesus figurine but the hula girl with swivel hips was a sure sell item…
I built one some 50 years ago, at least a fairly big yellow Airacobra model, not sure was it a Revell one but probably.Looks like Revell even issues a Kit of the Cobra II
Awesome. I am curious as to what the max gpm of your system was. A V-8 equipped with the largest Hilborn nozzles has a flow rate of 1.6 gpm. For those of you who want to visualize what that looks like turn on your kitchen faucet full blast.I figured it was running a rich fuel mixture, since it was a racer.
My '68 Chevell had a 502 big block running 12.5:1 compression with a Hillborn MFI that metered a rich air-fuel mixture, allowing it to run optimum at peak RPMs, but when it was at idle or lower RPMs, it was a smokey bastard.
Saddest part of this picture is the fact that even the Ford truck qualifies for historical plates
Don't recall the exact diameter of the orifices used, but suffice to say that my mileage on the street was atrocious - roughly 8 to 12 mpg.Awesome. I am curious as to what the max gpm of your system was. A V-8 equipped with the largest Hilborn nozzles has a flow rate of 1.6 gpm. For those of you who want to visualize what that looks like turn on your kitchen faucet full blast.
A friend of mine had a 16 ft boat with a 455 Buick with a 12.5:1 compression ratio. Insanity squared! Great for water skiing. We had to mix octane booster into the unleaded gasoline.Don't recall the exact diameter of the orifices used, but suffice to say that my mileage on the street was atrocious - roughly 8 to 12 mpg.
It was designed to crush a quarter-mile, but carshows and Friday night cruises were a must!
I remember when that P-63 crashed off Seal Beach back in the early 70's.
I remember when that P-63 crashed off Seal Beach back in the early 70's.
If I remember correctly, the engine failed.
I believe it is saying that the highest scoring Soviet pilots were flying P-39s and everything I've read always states the high number of heroes of the Soviet Union awarded to pilots of this aircraft and at least 4 of the 6 pilots with 50 plus kills state they flew a P-39 while doing it.One question as to the P39.
From Wikipedia - The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, and enabled individual Soviet pilots to collect the highest number of kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type flown by any air force in any conflict.
Any airforce in any conflict ?
Is that at all correct or is it outdone by other U.S. fighter types. I have seen this word for word on several websites now as I went looking
for info. All any of them go on to show is data for Soviet aces. There is no actual site I can find that gives a total number of kills for the
P39.
Any thoughts ?
I guess it's possible. In US service the Mustang is #1.One question as to the P39.
From Wikipedia - The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, and enabled individual Soviet pilots to collect the highest number of kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type flown by any air force in any conflict.
Any airforce in any conflict ?
Is that at all correct or is it outdone by other U.S. fighter types. I have seen this word for word on several websites now as I went looking
for info. All any of them go on to show is data for Soviet aces. There is no actual site I can find that gives a total number of kills for the
P39.
Any thoughts ?
The Wikipedia article mentions that but it's the wording in the sentence that conveys the thought that the P39 has the highest number of kills of any US fighterThe Red Air Force P-39s operated in a target rich environment for an extended time, so the individual victory count would be high.
However, I believe the Brewster B-399 (Buffalo) of Finland had a higher a high kill ratio.
The US rarely kept pilots in combat zones for long periods of time (missions flown) although a number of pilots did fly repeat tours.One question as to the P39.
From Wikipedia - The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, and enabled individual Soviet pilots to collect the highest number of kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type flown by any air force in any conflict.
Any airforce in any conflict ?
Is that at all correct or is it outdone by other U.S. fighter types. I have seen this word for word on several websites now as I went looking
for info. All any of them go on to show is data for Soviet aces. There is no actual site I can find that gives a total number of kills for the
P39.
Any thoughts ?
I remember when that P-63 crashed off Seal Beach back in the early 70's.
If I remember correctly, the engine failed.