Never owned a slow car but I borrowed one a few times. Sister-in-law had a late 70's model Ford LTD land yacht with a 302 V8. Saddest excuse for a motor vehicle I've ever driven. Thing required a good quarter mile to get up to highway speed. Got curious so I looked it up on the wiki and found this -
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In that year, U.S. automakers began to quote horsepower in SAE net ratings; the 302 two-barrel carried a net rating of 140 hp (104 kW). By 1975, its power dropped as low as 122 hp (91 kW).
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Hahaha... 122hp pushing ~4400lbs
