Re: 13.72 Lighning

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 09 1999 - 19:03:22 EDT


So does the Lightning have the same tow rating/ payload as a regular truck?
Between the Cougar, new T-Bird, and the Lightning, Ford isn't that bad after
all....Chevy still is pretty much stagnant crap.

Patrick Delgado wrote:

> Just got my Truckin'. The Lightning did 13.718 @ 99.939mph in the Truck Of the
> Year competition. This is bone stock, no mods. It seems like it went slower
> when C&D tested it.
> Anyhow, my point is that they admitted that the Ford *badly* beat the
> chebby(15.25@88) in *every* category but that they couldn't in a clear
> concience(???) give the ford the win over the chebby because of "production
> numbers". What a quandry they were in; on one hand you have a clear
> winner(ford) on the other hand you've got their biggest advertiser. Oh me, Oh
> my, What should we do? "I KNOW" shouted a geek in the corner "We'll call it a
> tie!"
> What a crock of shit. (Zipping up my nomex suit) I wonder if a Lightning can
> fit through my garage door?
> Dr. Pat

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