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Mr.Pushbutton

Twin-Ultra at the drag races--or: Advantage, Avanti!

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youtube.com/watch?v=hc8yBtAWAUE

Posted on: 2007/7/24 9:46

Joel Ray

Re: Twin-Ultra at the drag races--or: Advantage, Avanti!

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That drag race took place on friday evening at the end of the 2007 Packard national meet in South Bend. The driver of the Packard is Roscoe Stelford. He had a ball on the track.

Posted on: 2007/7/24 11:06

Re: Twin-Ultra at the drag races--or: Advantage, Avanti!

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I don't have all the stats at hand, but regardless of HP, the Avanti must have had about a 1500 lb. weight advantage, no?

Posted on: 2007/7/24 22:34

Brian

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John

Re: Twin-Ultra at the drag races--or: Advantage, Avanti!

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I love the drag strip vid. Did anyone else search Youtube for Packard stuff? I did the Packard factory vids were interesting if you turned the sound off.

Posted on: 2007/7/27 22:27

John Wallis

Re: Twin-Ultra at the drag races--or: Advantage, Avanti!

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The car that you can hear sure sounds like a 3 speed manual tranny....is the Clipper a 3 on the tree? There were a very few Avantis delivered with a 3 speed floor shift. As I recall, the curb weight on an Avanti is around 3500 Lbs.

Posted on: 2007/7/28 20:17

Joel Ray

Re: Twin-Ultra at the drag races--or: Advantage, Avanti!

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I think Roscoe told me it was a three speed. I am not sure, but it may have 2 4bbl also.

Posted on: 2007/7/28 20:41

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