[Alvin]

"Surf's Up!"

[Alvin]

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Alvin

"Surf's Up!"

Don't know when that was taken but the saltwater is already doing a number on that '66 with the surfboard.

[Alvin]

"I want to ride my bicycle" http://youtu.be/2CTPLUcQAjk

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Don't know when that was taken but the saltwater is already doing a number on that '66 with the surfboard.

Yes. Also, zoomed to the license plate frame. I believe it says: "COAST PONTIAC"

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Cool

[MikeNoun]

Great shots Alvin, never saw those before!

Here's one, courtesy of the Pontiac Museum. This is an original photo from Battjes Pontiac in Indiana. The museum has a boatload of memorabilia from that dealership.

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by Alvin

"I want to ride my bicycle" http://youtu.be/2CTPLUcQAjk

I'd love to know what the top end speed was with that gear ratio!

[Chris65LeMans]

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

I'd love to know what the top end speed was with that gear ratio!

I'd like to know how he pedaled that thing while wearing leathers!

[Alvin]

Here's "The Rest Of The Story":

The Martini Porsche 935 and the World Speed Record for Cyclists
03 May 2013
Don’t try this behind the No. 9 bus. In 1979, racing cyclist Jean Claude Rude wanted to be the fastest cyclist on Earth. Clearly, while his legs might have been up to the mark, there was a little matter of wind resistance at the anticipated 120mph+ speeds...
Step forward, then, the factory Martini Porsche team which offered the Frenchman the use of a specially adapted, 800bhp 935 and the facilities at Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessien test track. Rude’s intention was to beat fellow Frenchman José Meiffret who had clocked 204.7km/h (127.2mph) in 1962, when riding in the slipstream of a Mercedes-Benz 300SL on a closed section of Autobahn.

With Grand Prix and sports car driver Henri Pescarolo at the wheel of the mighty 935, Rude set off behind the windtunnel-tested rear enclosure of the Porsche. Note the roller at the rear to safeguard Rude touching the back of the car at speed. Also, the model’s legendary ability to spit gouts of flame on overrun was neutralised as the exhausts were re-routed to the side of the car. The idea was not only to receive the benefits of streamlining, but also to obtain a ‘tow’ from the massively fast racing car.



From a slow rolling start, Pescarolo gradually piled on the power until the combination was travelling at 100mph… when Rude’s rear tyre exploded. By smart riding – and no little good fortune – he managed to bring the bike to a safe standstill. Having ordered more durable tyres from Michelin, the attempt was repeated, sadly without success. And sadder still, the plucky Rude was killed on a later date when investigating the effect of cycling at speed alongside an express train. He was sucked into its path.

The current cycling World Record stands at 278.8km/h (167mph) set by Dutchman Fred Rompelberg in 1995.

Photo: Porsche Archive

http://www.classicdriver.com/en/arti...ecord-cyclists

More images of the same:

[Alvin]

Rude's attempt was to beat José Meiffret's 1962 speed record.

José Meiffret

[Alvin]

"Allan Abbott, a cycling enthusiast and motorcycle racer, elevated the motor paced bicycle
speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, reaching 223 km/h (139 mph) in 1973.
John Howard, Olympic cyclist and Ironman triathlon winner, reset the record to 244 km/h (152 mph),
also at the Bonneville Salt Flats, on July 20, 1985.

Fred Rompelberg from Maastricht, the Netherlands is the current holder of the motor paced speed
world record cycling with 268.831 km/h (166.9 mph). He used a special bicycle behind a dragster of
the Strasburg Drag Racing Team at the Bonneville Salt Flats."

[Alvin]

[Alvin]

[rexs73gto]

With a front sprocket that big he had to get a running start to get that thing going. It would take some strong legs to turn that big sprocket from a stop. TORQUE !!!!!!

[pontiac1981]

Spock.

[pontiac1981]

A friend of mine restored this old Esso gas station in WVA.

[pontiac1981]

A few more pictures of the Esso station.

[pontiac1981]

Red necks gone camping.

[Jeff Hamlin]

Originally Posted by pontiac1981

A friend of mine restored this old Esso gas station in WVA.

Now that is COOL, I'd would love to do something like that.