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We bought our 1929 Tudor from the original owners in 1968 with it having only 53,000 original miles on the speedometer. It had spent its whole life on Shaw Island so I know the mileage was correct. As purchased, the car easily ran 70 mph on the freeways for about 10 years until it finally threw a rod bearing. I had to replaced the original engine and it is now a strain to get it to run much more than 60 MPH. It will do it, but I am using most of the throttle to get past 60. For about 30 years now, I have been occasionally freeway cruising at 60 mph with no ill effects. The Tudor is all stock and now has over 100,000 miles on it. I really prefer to run the back roads at about 50 mph or less, and that is a lot more fun. Likewise....a head wind will really slow the model A down. Another experience....a heavy tail wind at 60 mph has occasionally overheated the radiator. ....Not enough of a headwind for complete cooling.