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The fastest cars in history: 1894 to 1914
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01-05-2017, 12:04 PM
To drive at 100 mph in 1913 must have been absolutely terrifying.

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01-05-2017, 06:26 PM
Doing the century...

Doing 100 MPH can still be quite scary when you factor in that other drivers... But yeah back then crap suspension and brakes...if you really had either lol
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01-05-2017, 07:20 PM
axle2152 Wrote:Doing the century...

Doing 100 MPH can still be quite scary when you factor in that other drivers... But yeah back then crap suspension and brakes...if you really had either lol

I was also thinking of the tracks they drove on.
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01-05-2017, 07:31 PM
LONDONER Wrote:I was also thinking of the tracks they drove on.

Yeah that too, or you could say or the lack there of lol

...and the tires were basically next to being bicycle tires....It's a wonder that anyone made it out alive lol
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