# Model T beats Hummer in hill climb. **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 16, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/model-t-beats-hummer-in-hill-climb/191841 "2007-08-16T14:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/model-t-beats-hummer-in-hill-climb/191841/1 "2007-08-16T14:01:13Z")
That’s awesome. [http://www.forbes.com/free\_forbes/2007/0813/112a.html](http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0813/112a.html) > Dressed in white coveralls and wearing a crash helmet, Gary Le Fever, 70, sat gripping the wheel of his 1921 Model T speedster. Before him loomed a 475-foot-tall hill that in Evansville, Ind. passes as a mountain. He revved his engine, waiting for the climbing contest to begin. Competing with him were other vintage racers and, at FORBES’ request, a 2003 Hummer H2. > > Le Fever’s speedster had 100hp, rather than the Model T’s customary 20. Its transmission, wheels, chassis, frame and radiator all came from 1921. But it also had some non-original parts, including Model A cranks and rods, an overhead valve unit built for 1920s dirt-track racing and dual carburetors from the 1930s. > > When the flag dropped, Le Fever punched both feet to the floor. He crossed the finish line in 9.96 seconds. Later the Hummer had its turn: 10.74. > > How? Why? Weight has much to do with it. The 316hp Hummer weighs twice as much per unit of power. Not only did the Model T beat the Hummer, it beat every other comer, including a modern turbocharged Dodge diesel and the county sheriff’s patrol car. > > The Hummer’s driver was none too pleased. “If you gave it another 1,000 feet, it would be a different story,” groused Thomas Effinger II. His father, the H2’s owner, had driven a Model T when a kid. “Like a mule to an airplane,” says the elder Effiinger of the H2’s superiority. Except the mule kicked butt. ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/model-t-beats-hummer-in-hill-climb/191841/2 "2007-08-16T14:29:48Z")
Good. I hate H2’s/H3’s. ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/model-t-beats-hummer-in-hill-climb/191841/3 "2007-08-16T16:08:52Z")
H2 off road action. Action happens at the 29 second mark. [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4964411816246855842&q=h2+tie+rod&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4964411816246855842&q=h2+tie+rod&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0) ---
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/model-t-beats-hummer-in-hill-climb/191841/4 "2007-08-16T21:00:31Z")
easy to believe… ---
**Author:** ![Fiji\_Mazda3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fiji\_Mazda3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fiji_Mazda3)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/model-t-beats-hummer-in-hill-climb/191841/5 "2007-08-16T22:10:13Z")
Too bad the Hummer didn’t explode halfway up the hill. ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/model-t-beats-hummer-in-hill-climb/191841/6 "2007-08-17T05:53:40Z")
> [@parking rates for bills games](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parking-rates-for-bills-games/31941/15): > > H2 off road action. > > Action happens at the 29 second mark. > > [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4964411816246855842&q=h2+tie+rod&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4964411816246855842&q=h2+tie+rod&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0) Prowess my ass.:bowrofl: