jclalor 12 #1 March 4, 2015 Anyone know the model and year of this truck? It's minutes away from accelerating quicker than any earthbound vehicle ever has... I think. 0 MPH to 150 MPH in 2 seconds, I wish I could find video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #2 March 4, 2015 And FWIW, it's the flight deck of the USS Constellation, somewhere in the eastern Pacific, returning from the Persian Gulf in 1980. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayneflorida 0 #3 March 4, 2015 jclalorAnyone know the model and year of this truck? It's minutes away from accelerating quicker than any earthbound vehicle ever has... I think. 0 MPH to 150 MPH in 2 seconds, I wish I could find video. I think it is a 1954 chevy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #4 March 4, 2015 Did they launch it off the deck? "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #5 March 4, 2015 BillyVance Did they launch it off the deck? They did Somebody thought they could sneak it home from the Phillipines in the hanger bay. The captain found out on the way back to San diego. He simple said "Get it off my Ship" I'm on the ship's FB group and there seems to be only a few pics and no video. The truck seems so much older than I remembered. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #6 March 4, 2015 BillyVance Did they launch it off the deck? The only other pic I could find. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 197 #7 March 4, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zzdzZxgbsE Not the same thing but you get the idea.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #8 March 4, 2015 A truck being smuggled back is a bit unusual, but I know of more than a couple of harleys that made the trip. Disassembled, crated, banded, in a secure magazine. When I PCS'd from the PI I legally brought back a 1970 Pinto that had been hand painted with OD and yellow paint to look like a bomb body modified to a sea mine! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GD64 1 #9 March 5, 2015 wayneflorida ***Anyone know the model and year of this truck? It's minutes away from accelerating quicker than any earthbound vehicle ever has... I think. 0 MPH to 150 MPH in 2 seconds, I wish I could find video. I think it is a 1954 chevy. wayneflorida........I totally agree......1954 Chevy. Dang waste of a "nice" steel truck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #10 March 5, 2015 jclalor ***Did they launch it off the deck? The only other pic I could find. If a Chevy had wings...I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 256 #11 March 5, 2015 jclalor ***Did they launch it off the deck? The only other pic I could find. I hope they let the guy sitting in it out first? Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 197 #12 March 5, 2015 I got this explanation from a friend on FB...Catapult of outgoing Air Wing Commander's unit 'toy' while ship is testing newly installed catapult systems... a morale building event for the flight deck crewPlease don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
