Re: [FWDLK] How Fast?

[Brian <xm2cars@xxxxxxx>]

Checking my old Motor Trend issues; the Feb. '57 issue did a special
cover story called "3 Road Tests, Hot 57s - Buick Century, Dodge D-500
and Olds Super 88".  Their results were:

Buick Century  (57) 0-60.......10.1    .(56) 0-60..........9.6
Dodge D-500  (57) 0-60.........9.4     (56) 0-60..........9.5
Olds Super 88 (57) 0-60.........9.7     (56) 0-60........10.8

Buick quarter mile ...(57)  17.6 sec @ 81mph,     (56)  17.1 sec @ 80.5mph
Dodge quarter mile (57)   17.2 sec @ 79mph,     (56)  no test for 1/4
mile in 56
Olds quarter mile ....(57)   17.4 sec @ 79.4mph,  (56)  17.8 sec @ 77mph

The other MT 57 road tests summary showed the fastest 57s to be the
blown T-Bird, blown Stude Golden Hawk and Dodge D500.  Interesting old
stuff!

The March, '59 issue of MT also did a drive test of the 300E with the
following results:

quarter mile ...(59) 0-60........ 8.2 sec [avg. of best 4 of 8 runs]
(58)  0-60........9.7sec [per Chrys Eng.]

Brian
D500s in still frozen MI!


Larry Jett wrote:

> Found an old edition of CAR EXCHANGE from June 1979.  Inside were the 0-60
> times and the 1/4 mile times from cars of the50's.  Motor Trend's report of
> the 48 cars showed the following:
>
> Slowest quarter.......55 Stude Champion/6     22.0 seconds
> Quickest quarter......57 Pontiac Super Chief  16.6 seconds
> Slowest 0-60...........55 Stude again               20.6 seconds
> Quickest 0-60..........57 Pontiac again              8.7 seconds
>
> How'd we do:
> 55 New Yorker...........18.0 quarter
> 55 DeSoto Fireflight....19.2
> 55 Belvedere              20.3
> 55 Custom Royal        20.3
> 56 Fireflight                17.8
> 56 Custom Royal         18.6
> 56 Belvedere               18.9
> 56 New Yorker             18.8
> 57 Custom Royal D500 17.2
> 57 New Yorker             17.3
>
> Sort of underwhelming as the horsepower race was yet to gather sufficient
> steam.  Larry Jett