Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2015/6/10 12:16:46

Dual quads are great for conversation pieces and smiling contests but that's about all.

I surely can't agree with that, not one bit. Yes, it's a conversation piece and yes, it was important to advertise more horsepower in the top-line car (Caribbean) to remain competitive, but the cars with dual quads, properly set up and synchronized, are just pure delight to drive. If you never open the secondaries you wouldn't know it had dual quads, and when you do, you do know.

Now just what the driving experience will be with the setup pictured above, I have no idea. But the Caribbean setup was refined and very driveable. Can't say about performance at 5000 rpm or 120 mph, I never go anywhere near that and think you'd be a fool to do so in a $90,000+ car that's well over a half-century old.