This site is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of 1960's and '70's Musclecars. I will answer any and all questions about what is original, and what are "Period Correct" modifications. I will also post my personal opinion about what is and is not proper. People are encouraged to debate me or share their own opinions or experiences.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
No you didn't!!......Race one "Just like that"
In relation to the last post, almost as annoying are the idiots that swear they beat an ultra fast car in a drag race with either a four-cylinder import ( and I don't mean a Subaru WRX STI ) or something else equally slow-i.e. their mother's station wagon or their dad's pickup. Apparently, "Just Like that" means either the same bodystyle or the same color to these fools. A few cases in point. Moron #1. This clown had a 1965 Impala 4-door sedan. It had a 327 / Powerglide drivetrain. It moved ok for a big car, but not exactly a rocket. He swore up and down that he had given a "Helluva Race" to a Firebird Formula "Just like" a friend of mine's. He was aghast when my pal's car blew him away by about 15 or 20 car lengths. The difference? The one he had the "helluva race" with belonged to a girl in his office and was a "California" model with a 2bbl 305 Chevy engine, a TH350, and a 2.56:1 axle ratio. How shocking that my pal's 400 4bbl Pontiac engined, 4-speed, 3.42 geared Formula smote him in biblical fashion! Moron # 2. This buster claimed his 390 powered, 4-wheel drive F250 pickup outran a Dodge Challenger T/A. Again-the same color-his victim was a "Hemi Orange" Challenger-but it was a 1973 318 2bbl model owned by a teenager in his apartment complex, and I know that the car hadn't had a tune-up or even an oil change in god-knows-when, and was probably running on 7 cylinders, because his mother was a good customer of mine, and asked me to help the brat keep it running, even though he never had any money for even the slightest repair. "Supertruck" was astounded when an acquaintances 360 / Automatic '74 Challenger blew him away by about 10 car lengths. Moron # 3. I have personal experience with this clown not once, but twice. ( Apparently he didn't learn the first time.) He had a 1973 Mustang Mach 1 with a 351C and an automatic and 3.25:1 gears. He swore he blew the doors off a 442 "Just Like" my Hurst / Olds. The one he beat was a 442, and it was white and gold, but it was a 1976 model with a 350,TH350, catilyst-choked single exhaust, and a 2.41:1 axle ratio. He was utterly stunned when my 455 powered, real dual exhaust, 3.23:1 geared 1973 Hurst / Olds ate his lunch. A couple weeks later he challenges my brother's 400 / built-to-RAIV / Edelbrock Performer RPM spec '69 GTO. Huh? A heavy,7.9:1 compression 351 Mustang tugging on Superman's cape? After little bro blew his doors off so badly that it wasn't funny, this guy actually says-"I don't understand it-I beat a convertible like that this weekend." "Did it have the chrome front bumper and Cragar mags on it?" My brother asked "Yeah it did." We started laughing. My brother knows the guy from his GTO club, and the car is you-guessed it-a LeMans with a 350, a 2bbl, and a Powerglide!! I swear, the next time some clown claims that his wood-sided LTD wagon out ran an LS6 Chevelle, I'm going to tazer him. Mastermind
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