monkeyswrench
To The Rescue!
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I was on some goofy road in Tucson, by Davis-Monthan. It's a divided deal, walls and median. Some jackass in a late model Mustang GT350 cut me off, and speed down the road. Well, he was caught at a light ahead, next to a Tesla. Not the sporty Tesla, the grocery getter one. The light turned green as we closed in, and neither moved. as I was slowing down, the Mustang launched, and then so did the family wagon. In less than 660, that Tesla had flat embarrassed the mustang. 3-4 cars ahead, and then flipped on his hazards as a signal of ass whoopin'.
I've never actually seen a Tesla in the wild. Not going fast at least. I don't know if it was stock, tuned or had Doc Browns "Mr Fusion", but that thing impressed me.
So, I've been a hot rodder most my life. I like fast stuff, no brand loyalty anymore. LS, Hemi, Coyote? Sure. Supercharged, naturally aspirated, gasoline, methanol, nitro? Yep, I'm a whore. I like the sounds of V8's, in liners, flat and V 10's or 12's...even a rotary now and again...just different music really.
As of Saturday, I've had some "impure" thoughts. Hot rodding in it's infancy was nothing more than a quest to go fast. The lakes racers of the 30's and 40's used whatever bigger motor they could scrounge or build, and shoved it into whatever body they could assemble. Graham's, Deusenberg's and Packard's were stripped of their power plants, sometimes less than lawfully, to fuel a quest for speed. So, with the sudden influx of damaged Teslas, and people dumping them, I was thinking. Thinking can be dangerous, expensive and, simply put, stupid. There are repop 65 Mustang fastback bodies and 40 Ford coupes, both in steel. A whole slew of fiber bodies. A fastback, Tesla powered Hoonicorn type creation could be pretty bad ass. Not with all the Tesla tech BS, just the "skate", batteries and drivetrain. A modern version of the old tradition.
I've never actually seen a Tesla in the wild. Not going fast at least. I don't know if it was stock, tuned or had Doc Browns "Mr Fusion", but that thing impressed me.
So, I've been a hot rodder most my life. I like fast stuff, no brand loyalty anymore. LS, Hemi, Coyote? Sure. Supercharged, naturally aspirated, gasoline, methanol, nitro? Yep, I'm a whore. I like the sounds of V8's, in liners, flat and V 10's or 12's...even a rotary now and again...just different music really.
As of Saturday, I've had some "impure" thoughts. Hot rodding in it's infancy was nothing more than a quest to go fast. The lakes racers of the 30's and 40's used whatever bigger motor they could scrounge or build, and shoved it into whatever body they could assemble. Graham's, Deusenberg's and Packard's were stripped of their power plants, sometimes less than lawfully, to fuel a quest for speed. So, with the sudden influx of damaged Teslas, and people dumping them, I was thinking. Thinking can be dangerous, expensive and, simply put, stupid. There are repop 65 Mustang fastback bodies and 40 Ford coupes, both in steel. A whole slew of fiber bodies. A fastback, Tesla powered Hoonicorn type creation could be pretty bad ass. Not with all the Tesla tech BS, just the "skate", batteries and drivetrain. A modern version of the old tradition.
