Author Topic: "Lawman"  (Read 1956 times)

AlliBird

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"Lawman"
« on: February 09, 2006, 13:45:27 »
Skemmtileg umfjöllun um þennan á bíókvöldi Fornbílaklúbbsins í gærkv.

AlliBird

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"Lawman"
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2006, 13:50:47 »
Upplýsingar um skrímlið....

In 1970, lawyer and drag racer Al Eckstrand put together a Lawman Racing Team, consisting of two 780hp Boss 429 Mustang drag cars and six 428 Cobra Jet Mach 1s, to tour U.S. military facilities around the world. It was during the Vietnam War, and servicemen were happy to see some of the musclecars from back home. Of course, Ford also hoped they would visit their local Ford dealer when they returned to the United States.

Two Lawman Boss 429s were built, one for Eckstrand demonstrations in Southeast Asia and the other for use as a show car in Europe. The first car was destroyed at sea when an 8-ton ship container fell on it, so Eckstrand hastily finished the second car, which was flown by Air Force transport to the south Pacific. Over the next three years, the Lawman United States Performance Team performed demonstrations to an audience of over 240,000 servicemen.