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Old 03-13-2018, 06:57 AM   #5
1project2many
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Re: I'm trying to find a magazine article from the mid-1990s

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Originally Posted by 1957 Chief View Post
I dig that picture. Any more info on it?

Bubba
According to the site where I found it, Motorspeed says Smokey drove the truck 132.353 mph in the flying mile on Daytona Beach in '58.

http://murdercycles.tumblr.com/post/...-pickup-at-the

If you look through the pictures in this article you'll find some TF trucks working in the background:

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/mayhe...rom-auto-1956/

Here's another neat one:
http://www.trucktrend.com/news/163-1...ic-flashbacks/


There's also a picture of a '55 or '56 that Smokey taped up and drove at Daytona in '56. That one is recorded at 116 mph.
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