Yards And Yarns

[Oldfart]

In the What where when, I mentioned stories at Tarawera.
To start; at this particular event Jim Boyd had the Lycoming, and was regailing us all with the tale of having been stopped by a cop at Waharoa, just north of Matamata. "But officer, I was only doing 1500rpm, the previous owner told me that was 55mph, and becuase of when it was built I don't have to have a speedo."
Cop says, "well I reckon you were going too quick, but I did not get a reading"
Boyd then says, "How about you head off down the road, I will follow you, when you are doing 50, stick your arm out the window, I'll look at the revs, and I promise I won't speed again".
Cop agrees, as described, it all happens and Boydie is on his way to Tarawera. The final line is, "and the bloody thing only fires every alternate lampost down the back straight at Puke when it's flat out, dumb cop!"
In reality the language was somewhat more colourful, but I do remember forum etiquette!