20 dollars on dash

i've read in 2 threads today,about betting someone 20 dollar bill on dash if you can get it you can keep it, want to hear more bs about that lol Butch

 

$20 bills were ALL B/S stories. The REAL stories all used $100s. DD

 

funny shit there

 

in the south, we would jump a coke bottle with front tire, i was told,

 

bad part about it some think it's true LOL Butch

 

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Three threads now.

 

It wasn't a 20, it was a 710 cap

 

I got into one of those 100 dollar bill deal's back in the late 70s.I was showing a car at a local show and next to me was a fellow with a real 427 Ford Cobra.I couldn't keep my eyes off that car all day. When the show was over the fellow offered me a ride,of course I said yes. After i buckled myself in he stuck a 100 dollar bill to the dash and said If you can get it through the first 2 gears it's yours. I couldn't reach the dam bill. From that day on I was impressed with ford cobra and yes this is a true story.

 

My favorite: my buddy had a xxx in high school and he never was beat. I think I was the only guy who used to lose when he raced . . . Either that or everyone knows that same guy

 

Was it upside down?

 

yes GoatDave new him too ! he never lost LOL

 

Shit, we musta drove some slow cars! I always heard the story with a 5 dollar bill. N.N.

 

We used an Eisenhower dollar. Damn thing chipped my tooth when it hit me.

 

Ha, I bought that story hook line and sinker when I was 10 or 11 years old. took some living for me to let that one go.

 

Yeah, same here but it was also a loooong time ago.

 

I was in service in 1968 and we did not have that much to bet. But it would not have mattered with my buddy's 57 Chevy 150 sedan with a 409 425 horse engine in it. In first gear you could not get your back off the seat. First real hot rod I rode in.

 

I had a 65 Cuda with a Crane SSH 320 nc cam and a 4 speed. Torker and a 780 holley exhausting through fenderwell headers.

The rule was that you could not pull yourself towards the dash with your arms, hands etc.

That car would glue you to the seat back through 4 gears, no chance you could reach the dash , not a hope in hell.

It really isn't all that far fetched.

 

I can see where that might work------------------------------------------


if you were buckled into a 5 point harness.

 

Where I come from they used dryer sheets.

 

I'm calling BS, I've only been a 1.53 60' (mid 10-second car, short times stink) on slicks but the forces aren't that stout. Perhaps there are street-tired cars that will launch a lot harder than that but I've never seen any.

 

Yeah, my buddy used to put a twenty on the dash and say "if you can beat it, you can eat it"...no wait, that isn't right.

 

that's why i posted this. have had a low 9sec car it's B/S or better yet i want to ride in one/so i can get the money LOL Butch

 

I always thought it was a pure BS story just like the one of the gal who's car had this painted on it- If you beat me you can e** me. Its all BS.

 

No, no...that was the blonde female in the red Corvette...bumper sticker on the rear of the car...

R-

 

I don't care what the vehicle may be...... a tight wad like me would have a sudden burst of super human strength and have that 20 in my pocket in the blink of an eye.

 

this thread reminds me of "uncle Buck" from Saturday Night live who put a 20 in his pants and had the girls search for it, then he played glass bottom boat on under the coffee table.

 

hows the 20 stay on the dash if its so fast?

 

Buddy of mines street car ran low 1.40s on M/T DOTs. We were horsing around on the street, on the first hit, I'd heard a rattle coming from the back of the car, I thought it was something in the rear end, but I didn't hear it again. When we got back to his place, he couldn't find his house keys in his coat pocket. I remembered the ratlle I'd heard, Thought "naw, it COULDN"T be." Looked in the car. found them on the package shelf. Absolute truth.

And no, this DOES NOT mean I buy the old "$20 on the dash" BS.

 

I was going to post that I always heard the $100.00 bill story involved a 427 AC Cobra. Then I read your post.