A good friend of mine in high school had (I believe) a 1969 or 1970 Cuda in “Hairy Canary” yellow. He pulled the 340 motor and dropped in a baaaaad ass 440 Magnum with a similar set up to yours. I’ll never forget that pistol grip shifter he had. I had an 8 ball, but that pistol grip was perfect for the real short throw on that Cuda.
The most truly frightening vehicle I ever locked horns with (and he kicked my ass mightily) was a 1969 Challenger R/T that the owner had dropped a heavily modified 426 Race Hemi into. He told me, after embarrassing me horribly in the 1/4 mile, that he was turning somewhere north of 600hp.
If I had the jingle, I’d love to lay my hands on a 1965 Stingray with a 427TP. Get it in the gorgeous red with Rally wheels and nothing but Beach Boys on the radio.
I loved Tron, by the way. I saw that movie at the Century Theaters in San Jose in 1982, right after seeing Journey in concert (“Escape” Tour at Oakland Coliseum) that same summer (they did the closing song, “Only Solutions”). I drove my Mach I to that damn movie, too. Man, getting old sucks.[/quote]
Allan/Flu – Holy hole in the donut Batman, it took me 5 minutes to find my post, which was only a couple of days ago!! This thread needs to die. I think I’ll start another thread after this post.
The old vettes are classics. I love them too. My challenger had good low end torque, but was never that fast in the quarter. Last time I aggressively raced it, I blew out my 3 speed trick shifter tranny. It cost a small fortune to fix, certainly more than a lowly grocery store bagboy could afford. Eighties were good times. We were simple juvenile delinquents tooling around town, yacking on CBs and trying to pick up chicks. Saw lots of good concerts as well – Stones, Who, Rush, and even Ted the Man Nugent. My only regret was missing Led Zep. I had 4 tix and 2 weeks before the concert, Bonham kicked the bucket. I was truly depressed for a month. Not a big Journey fan ever since Greg Rollie left. Ironic that the lead singer is now a Phillipino kid from youtube.
C’mon getting old isn’t all that bad. You have lots more money now to buy that overcorrected house that you can atm to death in the future to buy that stingray. Carpe diem.[/quote]
Cabal: Speaking of the ’80s, I saw the “farewell” tours for both The Who and The Stones (’82 I think?) and bought up all their merchandise at the concerts because they weren’t ever going to tour AGAIN. Yeah, what a dumbass I was. They’re all in their 80s and touring like crazy.
Concert of all concerts, though: US Festival ’83! I saw Rik Emmett of Triumph fall drunk off the stage and jump right back up and keep playing. Good times, man.
