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Originally Posted by w123fanman
We're missing one of the straps, the other one is fine and holds the whole shelf. That picture was from when we were picking it up, got it in an auction (plus a 1990 300D and a 91 F150, and things such as a sofa, loveseat, and chair set for the house where we have most of our parties) so we were stuffing the thing full of cushions and such as they wouldn't all fit in the van.
Here's an interesting number:
We decided to do a proper 0-60 test in it today, with about 400lbs of passengers, we got 11.52 seconds and our tires are too large so it reads slower than it's actually going. Official number was 13.2 seconds to 60, and I'll bet it's with one passenger. Seems that opening up the exhaust really helps with power.
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These days, car testers whine if something can't hit 60 in under 10 seconds.
Around 12 seconds is pretty decent for that car, especially if well loaded and
wearing oversize tires.
Back in 1960, Mercedes Fintail 220S 0-60 times used to road-test at around 13 seconds, and the Ponton gas 180b came in around 21. I think the diesel Pontons took at least half a minute!
Happy Motoring, Mark