Movie and Delta Blues Muscle!

Took a vacation to Tennessee a while back. Went to see Graceland, Sun studios, the usual tourist stuff. Then I went to Adamsville and toured Buford Pusser's house and museum. For those of you that live in a cave, Buford Pusser was Sheriff of McNairy County Tennesse from 1962-1970, and his life and career were immortalized in 4 movies and a TV series. Joe Don Baker, Bo Svenson, and Brian Dennehy all played Buford Pusser, although the one with Joe Don Baker is the most famous. Pusser fought hillbilly organized crime that made the Sopranos look like kindergarteners. Moonshine runners, drug dealers, pimps, murderous motel owners, illegal casinos, McNairy county had it all. He was shot several times, and his wife murdered in an attempt on his life. He died in a car wreck in 1974 when he crashed his 454 Corvette. Anyway, while touring the museum I met the current McNairy county sheriff who showed me Buford's last police interceptors. One was a pristine 1968 Ford with a solid-lifter 428, that had finned aluminum valve covers, the aluminum manifold and original 735 cfm Holley 4bbl!! He even fired it up for me, and it shook the earth! The other was a 1970 Dodge that was used in the movie that was made in 1972. I'd forgotten how good a high-compression 440 sounds! It had an unsilenced air cleaner and a chrome tab on the AVS carb said "Police Interceptor".  The sheriff said the Ford was quicker off the line, but the Mopar had an unbelievable top end. These cars were so clean, it was like I stepped in a time machine and went back to 1970. The mechanic who cared for them also showed me one of Buford's 'Vettes-( Not the one he died in ) and his own personal toy-a pristine 1968 Fairlane with a 428 and a four-speed!!  He offered to sell me one of his other cars-a really nice 390 / 4-speed 1969 Torino-for $6,500!!. The cost of shipping it back to the west coast and the ensuing probable divorce kept me from buying it, but it was a cool ride. He also told me about a guy that had a bunch of Chevys at a farm up the road, and a guy in the next town who had a ton of old Mopars. If you think all the great cars are gone, take a trip down south or through the midwest. You might find something really cool! Mastermind