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In a stock Carrera Speedster?

What's the rest of that 303 phone number. Is it still for sale? I'm in the buying mood. Don't care if won't go 160 mph

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160 kph = 99mph; yes

Yes, if you drop it out of an airplane.

It is on the speedo face, so must be true.

Vic Skirmants wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2019 2:39 pm no
160 kph = 99mph; yes

Maybe he just knew more tricks than you Vic!

Hah! Guess someone looked at the Carrera speedo, which goes to 160mph and made the assumption this was the top end for the car. I remember once, when mine was parked on a Manhattan street and I was nearby, a couple of guys looked through the side window and I overheard one tell his friend, "Man, this thing does 160mph!" Of course I didn't enlighten him.

Yes and those poor muscle cars that could only go 85 mph.
Was that 68 or 69?

even if it could go 160mph, not sure I want to be in it at that speed!!!!

My B had a 160 mph speedo in it, most people who saw it assumed it would go that fast. Some years later I heard it was purchased in order to get the speedo. It had the steel trans intermediate plate too, but I am pretty sure it wasn’t ever a C2. Makes me wonder about it’s history.

I drove the Carrera Speedster after seeing an ad for it in about 1975 in the the Denver Post. I was most impressed by the lack of noise from the single oval outlet sport exhaust. The exhaust had a home-made oval baffle just inside the outlet. It had many 1/4 inch holes and was held in place with a couple of sheet metal screws so if you wanted to annoy your neighbors-- or go 160 mph--the baffle was easy to remove. I didn't have a screwdriver with me so I didn't try for the advertised 160 mph top speed. I may have gone 35mph. I didn't buy it, but I soon bought a T-6 B Carrera 2 coupe with AC condensers (that's what the seller told me) in the nose. I didn't argue, even though it had a push rod engine, as the price was $2000.
























































































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