This will appear as an in-text illustration in Part 42 of Clarence Coyote and Project Courier.
Late afternoon of Sunday, August 14th, 1960.
Al and Marge treated the cubs to watching the airplanes take off at what was then the Albuquerque Municipal Airport. Shown here, Marge driving, the family station wagon (1960 Plymouth Fury 9 passenger station wagon) is speeding down Highway 285 at about 90 mph past the home of Rufus and Laura Opossum and their cubs. Al and Marge had been taking movies and pictures of the planes for Clarence to have to take back with him to 2018, and it has been looking like the time machine is close to finally being repaired. Right now, they're making time to get to the drug store in Vaughn to drop the film off for developing...The drug store closes early on Sunday, and it does take a few days for film to come back developed. Thus that one day earlier dropping the film off might make a difference.
Marge and Al's driving isn't really too unusual for that place and time. Even though the speed limit is 70 mph on New Mexico highways, back in the day in that part of the country, it was fairly common for anthro-animals to drive at speeds between 80 and 100 mph...Though Al likes to push his Chrysler 300 to 140 mph at times.
Danny Otter, who is son of Scientist Greg Otter and wife Maria. Danny road races with his friends, and his Studebaker Golden Hawk can go 140 mph with no problem.
Biff Pitbull, who is older brother of Richie, and older son of Building Contractor Reginald Pitbull and wife Diana. Though Biff is a fast driver, he is also by no means a skilled driver. Unlike Danny Otter, Al and Marge Coyote, Scientist Harrold Wolf, and many others in Torrance County, Biff does drive his Dad's '59 Cadillac at speeds up to 120 mph, but can't really handle a car safely at speeds near and in access of 100 mph.
With Biff's lack of sharp driving skills, he would do best to hold his speed down to speeds like what Poindexter Fox drives his 1956 Nash, and like what Frank and Wanda Coyote drive their 1955 six cylinder Chevy wagon...which is around 50 and 60 mph...But that's something no one will ever get Biff to do.
They were. Though there were parts of the country where the roads weren't patrolled very much.
And if you were ever stopped, warnings were more common that tickets anyway on those rural highways out in the middle of nowhere, unless it happened to be an idiot driver (like Biff Pitbull) who was pulled over.
They were. Though there were parts of the country where the roads weren't patrolled very much. And
Happens in a film called The Worlds Fastest Indian, it was set then and is about a guy who broke speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats. He gets warned for going even faster then this in a streamlined motorcycle!
Happens in a film called The Worlds Fastest Indian, it was set then and is about a guy who broke sp
If I had a '59 Cadillac - or any of the cars mentioned in your story - I wouldn't be driving at or near 100 mph unless I was at a race track. For one thing, the weight distribution of those cars with the heavy engine in the front would make the rear end swing outward in the turns. And I wouldn't want to end up in an accident, seriously injuring or even killing myself.
And what you said about the time machine close to finally being repaired made me think of when Clarence does get back to 2018. Even though he'll be happily reunited with his birth family, he'll still be reminiscing about his time in 1960. That may lead him into finding a way to take the time machine back to that past year.
If I had a '59 Cadillac - or any of the cars mentioned in your story - I wouldn't be driving at or n
Those old cars were also heavier all the way around.
And actually, there is an advantage to cars that are lighter in the rear. I've experienced that by hot rodding around on land acreage that I owned. A car that is lighter in the rear will begin to fishtail easier, but it is also easier to straighten it back out of a slide. It's true a car that is heavier in the rear does not fishtail as much, but when it does fishtail it is almost impossible to get it back under control. In a slide situation with a ass heavy car, you could steer in the direction the rear is trying to go, but most times the car will not respond, and continue spinning out no matter what you do.
I'd rather have a car that is light in the rear, because it promptly responds to how you command the steering wheel if you are in a slide situation.
And maybe it could be my experience of that could be because I learned how to drive driving a pick up truck and a van, and most of the vehicles I owned were trucks and vans, thus light ass end vehicles are what I'm use to how they handle.
Those old cars were also heavier all the way around. And actually, there is an advantage to cars t
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