Sure is fun to reminisce! Funny how things just keep going round and round. Too many forget about or even bother looking back at history. It's all about NOW. Its crazy how fast things change. Henry Ford at a Pig Slaughter House was amazed at the efficiency of the slaughter line and how each butcher had a certain amount of time to do a specific task...... The birth of the assembly line! He realized at that moment the same could be done with the automobile. Which resulted in a dramatic price reduction and made the car affordable to the masses.
Then with our young men coming home from the war with a little cash in their pockets and inexpressive model-As it didn't take long for competitive Hot Rodding to start! Boys will be Boys and that need for speed is still being chased today! Crazy how fast these machines are today. Zero to 60 times in the 3 second mark! Monster size tires, traction performance unimaginable just years ago, computer enhanced everything, it just keeps getting better and better.
Learned my first lesson about Traction Control, or the nonexistence of it, back in 1970 when I totaled out a 302 Boss Mustang. Pedal to the Metal on a dirt road, yep, crash and burn is the end result. Shoulda waited till I was old enough to get a drivers license before doing something that stupid. Not sure if even today's technology would of helped. Lesson learned.
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