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Is that an El Camino?This is the one I raced
I swapped one of these for it
1973 Ranchero (Ford)
Eagle_Eye
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Had one of these too. Put a bored out 429 Super Cobra Jet in it. It was a rocket!
Our first new car. It would light the tires at 50MPH.
Our first new car. It would light the tires at 50MPH.
MOPAR had some nice body styles in those days. I almost bought a '70 Challenger, but the above Mustang came in and...
Eagle_Eye
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Had to sell the Charger when we were sent to Germany. But bought another 70 when we came home, sadly it wasn't as nice as the first one.
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Pretty Rocket.....Had one of these too. Put a bored out 429 Super Cobra Jet in it. It was a rocket!
Mine was blue, but same body. After putting a big block where a small block was and working all the bugs out, I swore I'd never do that again!
Lots of long nights, beer, bloody knuckles and cuss words, but I teased a lot of Corvettes (but not in turns) with it when it was done. I often
wish I'd have kept it, but 8 mpg on race gas was expensive.
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You guys and your racing...I'm not fond of speed on the roads....
But I do love a pretty car...and have lots of respect for the devoted car guys like you...everyone should have a hobby they love so much
You guys and your racing...I'm not fond of speed on the roads....
But I do love a pretty car...and have lots of respect for the devoted car guys like you...everyone should have a hobby they love so much
We don't do the things we did back then anymore. The roads weren't cluttered with idiots on cell phones like today, but we didn't do as much "street racing" as you might think. I spent many Sundays at the drag strip.
Eagle_Eye
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My 57 Chev was light green with a dark green interior man it was pretty. I pulled the 283 installed a ported and relieved 327 with a high lift cam, dual quads on a ram induction manifold, and a Muncie 4 speed tranny. I also had weight transfer bars installed. It would turn low 12's in the quarter. It was as bad as it sounded to the sadness of a lot of fellow dragsters.
This is close to mine.
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Eagle_Eye
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We had a road we called the 8 mile dead end last 2 miles were dead straight and flat. No houses and ended in a bog. The neighboring county was slow in connecting up to it. We marked off a 1/4 mile and that was were we did our street racing.
Mason Michaels
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My 57 Chev was light green with a dark green interior man it was pretty. I pulled the 283 installed a ported and relieved 327 with a high lift cam, dual quads on a ram induction manifold, and a Muncie 4 speed tranny. I also had weight transfer bars installed. It would turn low 12's in the quarter. It was as bad as it sounded to the sadness of a lot of fellow dragsters.
This is close to mine.
I've always wondered why Chevy doesn't make a tribute Impala with the iconic 57 look.
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That is a beauty...I love older cars....My 57 Chev was light green with a dark green interior man it was pretty. I pulled the 283 installed a ported and relieved 327 with a high lift cam, dual quads on a ram induction manifold, and a Muncie 4 speed tranny. I also had weight transfer bars installed. It would turn low 12's in the quarter. It was as bad as it sounded to the sadness of a lot of fellow dragsters.
This is close to mine.
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