The Ford Barn

pistonbroke · 01-30-2023, 09:39 AM

Good morning, I have driven Seattle to KC , Oklahoma City and back in a 51 F1. The average speed was 70 at 2000 ish rpm in overdrive. Yes you can drive it at speeds but stopping is another thing as you don't have anti-loc power disc like the of the cars out there. Add heavy traffic and now we have a comfort level that I don't care for. One other thing about the early F1s was the farm fan as we called it,(big six blade with a shroud) screams at 2000 rpm so loud you would swear you were at 4000 plus rpm. This too can affect your comfort speed. Bottom line, find your sweet spot and some open road and when your smile goes ear to ear your doing the right speed. Tim

01-30-2023, 09:39 AM	#21
pistonbroke Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Perry Mo. Posts: 838	Re: Driving on the freeway Good morning, I have driven Seattle to KC , Oklahoma City and back in a 51 F1. The average speed was 70 at 2000 ish rpm in overdrive. Yes you can drive it at speeds but stopping is another thing as you don't have anti-loc power disc like the of the cars out there. Add heavy traffic and now we have a comfort level that I don't care for. One other thing about the early F1s was the farm fan as we called it,(big six blade with a shroud) screams at 2000 rpm so loud you would swear you were at 4000 plus rpm. This too can affect your comfort speed. Bottom line, find your sweet spot and some open road and when your smile goes ear to ear your doing the right speed. Tim