You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[flyingn]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

The Only 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake In Existence Is Coming Up for Auction (Mecum - FL)

I saw and touched it at MCACN last month

[Crush]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Over the last few decades, the health associated with smoking have become more well known, and the share of Americans who smoke has declined considerably, from 45% of U.S. adults in the 1950s to 16% today, an all-time low.

They all vape now!!

[Mr70]

Or they're Dead..
I've personally attended 4 funerals in the last 2 years..All were heavy smokers.

[Charley Lillard]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

The Only 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake In Existence Is Coming Up for Auction (Mecum - FL)

I’ve driven the crap out of that car..wish I still had it.

[olredalert]

----Charley,,, I'm just guessing but the white wall tires must have something to do with the storyline on this iconic Shelby. I do remember something about tire testing,,,I think, but my memory is a bit fuzzy on this one!...…..Bill S

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----Charley,,, I'm just guessing but the white wall tires must have something to do with the storyline on this iconic Shelby. I do remember something about tire testing,,,I think, but my memory is a bit fuzzy on this one!...…..Bill S

Here you go

This one-off GT500 was built as part of a collaboration with Goodyear to help them promote a new line of economy "Thunderbolt" tires. Shelby's goal was to build a car that could outperform anything else while wearing these tires, so he had a GT500 built with a 427 cubic-inch racing V8 to the same specifications as the GT40 MkII raced at Le Mans, along with an upgraded transmission and rear end. He then had the car driven for 500 miles at an average speed of 142 mph as a test to see if the tires would hold up. The test was a complete success, with the Thunderbolt tires retaining 97 percent of their original tread, and the car topping speeds of 170 MPH.

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

It's a well-known fact that the original formula for the world's most popular soft drink featured cocaine, but did you know that the original also contained alcohol? The carefully guarded secret formula for Coca-Cola is derived from 'Pemberton's French Wine Coca,' a concoction of coca leaf, kola nut, and damiana, a fragrant flower often used to make a stimulating tea. Its creator was Atlanta pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton, who touted the wine coca's medicinal qualities for anyone who was 'devoted to extreme mental exertion.'

However, in 1886, when temperance laws went into effect in Atlanta and Fulton County, Pemberton had to change the tonic’s formula so it was alcohol-free, although it still contained cocaine and would until 1905.

[Lee Stewart]

Beyond its carbonation and cola flavor, Pepsi shares something in common with its main competitor, Coca-Cola. Pepsi also was originally formulated by a pharmacist: North Carolina's Caleb Bradham, who in the 1890s began selling the concoction as 'Brad's Drink.' He touted the drink's medicinal properties. Indeed, the name Pepsi-Cola, introduced in 1898, implies its origin as a health tonic: 'Pepsi' is taken from pepsin, a digestive enzyme used in Bradham's original formula. Just as Coca-Cola no longer contains cocaine, Pepsi no longer includes pepsin. In 1898, Bradham wisely bought the rights to the trade name 'Pep Cola' from a bankrupt competitor. He trademarked the new name in 1903.