I had a friend in Canada who's father was a Chief Superintendent in the RCMP. He would get the police interceptors unmodified from the police. He had a 76 Fury with the police 440 which I recall my friend saying that he got upto 145 mph.
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From: "David Barker"
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: IML: Figuring top speed
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:34:17 +0000
This makes me curious about 69 Imperial top speed. My parents had a 69 New Yorker with a 440 when I was a junior in highschool and one night when I wasn't doing my parttime brain surgery job, I thought I would impress a guy in his 69 Charger. It wasn't quite so embarassing after about 110mph or so, but I do remember the 120mph speedo wasn't near enough. And the New Yorker is probably 6 or 700 lbs lighter that the Imperial(2dr hdtp). The only top speed they talked about in one of the magazines on the site was 28mph per 1000rpm in 3rd gear.
Dave
67 Haze Green Sedan
Covington, WA
>
> ---- PAUL WENTINK <randalpark@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> =============
> To find out the top speed of a stock Imperial, all you need to do is
> read the contemporary road tests of the time. 1956 cars with the
> Torqueflite transmission would do an honest 120 miles per hour. I
> believe that this may have been true through 1958. The later models
> that I read about up through about 1966 topped out between 116 and 118
> off the showroom floor.
>
> Nearly every road test done by MI, Car Life, or Motor Trend would
> perform a top speed run. Many of these are reproduced on the OIC for
> your information and enjoyment.
>
> Paul W.
>
Fred Joslin
