Well, take a look at these mods: (Wonder what he clocked in the quarter mile)
. . . The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of
> smoldering metal embedded into the side of a cliff
> rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The
> wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but
> it was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at
> the scene. The lab finally figured out what it was and
> what had happened. It seems that a guy had somehow
> gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off
> -actually a
> > solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy
> military transport planes an extra "push" for taking
> off from short airfields. He had driven his Chevy
> Impala out into the desert and found a long and
> straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO
> unit to his car, jumped in, got up some speed and
> fired off the JATO!
>
> The facts as best as could be determined are that the
> operator of the> 1967 Impala hit the JATO ignition at
> a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from the crash
> site. This was established by the prominent scorched
> and melted asphalt at that location. The JATO, if
> operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust
> within 5 seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds
> well in excess of 350 mph and continuing at full power
> for an additional 20-25 seconds.
>
> The driver, and soon to be pilot, most likely would
> have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog
> fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, causing
> him to become insignificant for the remainder of the
> event. However, the automobile remained on the
> straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20 seconds)
> before the driver applied and completely melted the
> brakes, blowing the tires and leaving thick rubber
> marks
> on the road surface, then becoming airborne for an
> additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a
> height of 125 feet leaving a blackened crater 3 feet
> deep in the rock.
>
> Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable;
> however, small fragments of bone, teeth and hair were
> extracted from the crater and fingernail and bone
> shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to
> be a portion of the steering wheel. Epilogue: It has
> been calculated that this moron nearly reached Mach I,
> attaining a ground speed of approximately 420 mph.
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. . . The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of
> smoldering metal embedded into the side of a cliff
> rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The
> wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but
> it was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at
> the scene. The lab finally figured out what it was and
> what had happened. It seems that a guy had somehow
> gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off
> -actually a
> > solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy
> military transport planes an extra "push" for taking
> off from short airfields. He had driven his Chevy
> Impala out into the desert and found a long and
> straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO
> unit to his car, jumped in, got up some speed and
> fired off the JATO!
>
> The facts as best as could be determined are that the
> operator of the> 1967 Impala hit the JATO ignition at
> a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from the crash
> site. This was established by the prominent scorched
> and melted asphalt at that location. The JATO, if
> operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust
> within 5 seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds
> well in excess of 350 mph and continuing at full power
> for an additional 20-25 seconds.
>
> The driver, and soon to be pilot, most likely would
> have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog
> fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, causing
> him to become insignificant for the remainder of the
> event. However, the automobile remained on the
> straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20 seconds)
> before the driver applied and completely melted the
> brakes, blowing the tires and leaving thick rubber
> marks
> on the road surface, then becoming airborne for an
> additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a
> height of 125 feet leaving a blackened crater 3 feet
> deep in the rock.
>
> Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable;
> however, small fragments of bone, teeth and hair were
> extracted from the crater and fingernail and bone
> shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to
> be a portion of the steering wheel. Epilogue: It has
> been calculated that this moron nearly reached Mach I,
> attaining a ground speed of approximately 420 mph.
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