1000 mph car's rocket test.

Stealhead · 10-03-12, 11:14 AM

I am sure that this is an urban legend but I heard that some guy in Indiana managed to purchase some surplus JATO tanks designed for C-130s supposedly they where still live and he mounted them to his 1977 Firebird in an attempt to make a rocket car.So he got out on the road and let them rip but lost control killing himself in the process.

No doubt they made a Mythbusters episode about it but I heard this long before that show was around.

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10-03-12, 11:14 AM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I am sure that this is an urban legend but I heard that some guy in Indiana managed to purchase some surplus JATO tanks designed for C-130s supposedly they where still live and he mounted them to his 1977 Firebird in an attempt to make a rocket car.So he got out on the road and let them rip but lost control killing himself in the process. No doubt they made a Mythbusters episode about it but I heard this long before that show was around.