And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
what were funny cars, IIRC
ReplyDelete"Gassers" are still big, at least in the Southern U.S.
ReplyDeleteGiven: 500 lbs engine at 144" arm. 20" dia drive wheel at opposite end of arm.
ReplyDeleteSolve: Estimate torque required to raise engine 96"
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Deletecars that pull wheelies typically run at 10 seconds or less in a quarter mile.
ReplyDeleteit seems to me that every 1940s Willys ended up as a gasser.
I used to love watching the NHRA Nationals on Wide World Sports back in the day. Funny Cars were the best of the bunch IMHO.
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Check southeasterngassers.com
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