VOYAGER in a show of global superiority. In the States, NASA pursued space exploration by developing both manned and unmanned spacecraft. Of the latter, one of the most famous and successful was undoubtedly the Voyager 1 space probe, initially launched on September 5, 1977 to study the outer reaches of the Solar System. Voyager 1 is still operational, travelling at a speed of 55,900 feet per second (38,100+ mph) while transmitting data more than 13 billion miles to Earth, taking its place in trivia as the most distant manmade object to ever travel the galaxy and beyond. As impressive as those facts are, it is highly likely that most RPM readers are far
more familiar with a different Probe: the blue 1995 Ford of Jerry & Darryl Bird of reality TV street racing fame. While this tube chassis, bigtire brawler might not reach escape velocity to exit the atmosphere, the Bird Boys won’t be happy until it gets close! The Bird brothers are no strangers to running a Ford Probe, campaigning a first-gen body style for several years before recently upgrading to the swoopier second-gen 1995 shell for 2018. The chassis consists of a 25.1-certed chromoly single rail configuration that was recently upgraded by Wizard Race Cars. “The car was totaled in January 2018, so we had the entire front half repaired and updated,” Jerry
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