Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bilkerd constantly surveyed the surrounding desert. As nothing untoward was visible, he suggested that it would be a pity to spoil our plans. So we proceeded at good speed...
...When we were about fifty miles south of Zubeir, shots rang out fired at a distance of about 200 yards, but nobody was in view owing to the undergrowth. Our Arab driver immediately turned the car around and with great presence of mind, swerved and went full speed...
...Will sleep two comfortably and luxuriously if they don't dislike each other." Sea Sleds are priced under a thou sand dollars; outboard motors, sold separately, bring the prices to the neighbor hood of $1,100. Model 18 has a minimum-guarantee speed...
...Speed. Motor boats grow yearly more speedy. Most of the runabouts and outboard models will now do around 30 m. p. h. Called the "World's Fastest Stock Runabout" is the Baby Gar "50," built by famed Speeder Gar Wood. The "50'' will do 50 m. p. h.; the "55" (the same boat with a more powerful engine) will make 55. Swift, too, are Chris-Craft runabouts, the Chris-Craft Sport Hydroplane also reaching the 55 m. p. h. mark...
...built for cruises of weeks and months as well as for week-end excursions are boats made by Elco* and by A. C. F. (American Car & Foundry). Elco (boatbuilder for 36 years at Bayonne, N. J.) has a new sport model which combines cabin accommodations for four with a speed of 20 m. p. h. The Elco Fifty (a twin-screw 50-footer) and the A. C. F. Fifty-Four and Sixty-Eight are instances of the motor boat which has virtually graduated into the motor-yacht class...