To All: Better late than never for an introduction. The most relevant biographical data for a car group is probably the cars they've owned. So here are mine: #1. 51 Mercury - White 4 door. First car - Traded a quarter midget the I raced for years for it. Rebuilt the trans. and engine in my backyard. This was in 1960. #2. 51 Mercury - Burgundy 2 door, chopped top, lowered, shaved door handles, frenched headlights. Put the motor out of the white car into this one. #3. 57 Chevy Bel-Air 6-71 Supercharger, slicks, built roller motor, 5.59 gears, ran 11.83 @ 124. Immaculate show quality car. I was probably 18 at the time. #4. 60 Chevy 2 door - beater work car. #5. 58 Thunderbird - beater with a little more class. #6. 68 Mustang 390 Fastback - First brand new car I owned. Rolled it 3 weeks after buying it. My driving skill was exceeded by youthful exuberance. #7. 61 Cadillac #8. DAF - German 2 cylinder opposed, centrifugal belt driven trans., micro box. Met wife to be in this car. #9. 52 Ford - beater. #10. 56 Ford Station Wagon #11. 64 Dodge Polara - another beater. #12. 64 VW - What can I say, it's a VW. #13. 70 Road Runner - 440, Full manual trans., Hemi converter, 850 Holly, Headers, car ran estimated bottom 13's - high 12's. Street raced it on limited basis. #14. Pinto with a 289 V8 - 4 speed, N 50 tires. #15. 68 Corvette - Brown - 4 speed, Multiple engines all big blocks on my own experimental nitrous units. Ran bottom 11's high 10's @ 128 - 134. Street raced it for years. #16. 69 390 AMX - Got it for Wife but it was too fast for her. #17. 72 Trans-Am white - Multiple engines, nitrous, street raced it for years. #18. Monza V8 - Beater - But a peppy little beater. #19. 75 Trans-Am silver - Nice looking car, but just transportation. #20. Mazda Rotary Engine Econo-Box - Wife ran it without water or oil, seized the engine big time. #21. 302 V8 Pinto - Full manual trans. - Wife drove it on freeway in low gear and fried the trans. and engine. As you can tell she's not car savvy. #22. 72 Pantara - Terrible car, overheated in summer, clunky gate shifter, you have to sit sideways while driving. Looked nice though. #23. 84 Corvette White - Nitrous, street raced it. Then made it a project car for installing a big block. #24. 82 Z28 Camaro Gray - Multiple big blocks, Nitrous, 6-71 Blower, street raced it for years. Best 10.31 @ 136 #25. 72 EL-Camino Yellow - Tow car. #26. 67 Camaro - Small block, multiple engines, nitrous, slicks. Estimated time on 13 inch slicks mid 10's. #27. 82 Z28 Camaro Black - Small block, multiple engines, Gail Banks dual turbo'd. Always wanted a turbo car. Only ran 11.05 though. #28. 68 Corvette Red, Wheel flairs, multiple engines, nitrous. Street racer in the 10's. #29. 70 1/2 Z28 Camaro - 468 13 to 1 motor, 14X32 Slicks, Tubbed #30. Austin Mini-Cooper - Right hand drive 10 inch diameter tires. Fun car to do parking lot donuts and cruise down sidewalks. #31. 67 Corvette Black - Multiple big blocks, Dart and Brodix Heads, 1150 Dominator with my Frankensqueeze Nitrous unit on it with 16 small solenoids, 2 plumbed in each intake runner. Ran 9.82 @ 143 #32. 85 Corvette White - Stock transportation #33. 71 Vega - Small block, Tubbed, Slicks, nitrous, street racer bottom 11's on the motor. #34. 72 Mustang Cobra - 351 Cleveland, bottom 13's. #35. 84 Corvette Blue - Bought from N.O.S. for $12,000 was pretty thrashed as nitrous test bed car. #36. 78 Tioga Motor Home #37. 85 Corvette Gray 4 speed - Nitrous, limited street racing. #38. 85 K5 Blazer Black - 8" Chassis lift, 3" body lift, 36" tires, 14 shocks, skid plates, light bar, headers. #39. 75 EL-Camino 454 #40. 82 Z28 Camaro Red - Beater #41. 93 Z28 M6 White - Fun car. #42. 96 LT1 Corvette White New - Totaled after 6 months when Jeep Cherokee turned left in front of me. #43. 96 LT4 Corvette White New - 6 speed, ran mid to high 13's at around 103 mph stock. #44. 99 Camaro Navy Blue Metallic New - 6 speed #45. 2001 Z06 Corvette 6 speed - Stock - Does 0-60 in 4.54 sec. and the quarter around 12.70's (G-Tech times). That's my life vehicle wise except for a few bikes and a drag strip only altered.
lol great list! I'll have to work on mine for you this evening . . . in the mean time welcome from Idaho! If you’re ever in our neck of the woods stop by and say hello. Mark Lester
Newport: You're referring to the following, right? #7. 61 Cadillac #8. DAF - German 2 cylinder opposed, centrifugal belt driven trans., micro box. #12. 64 VW - What can I say, it's a VW. Just kidding ya. -- BottleBob http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlbob
Welcome to the HAMB Bob. I read your street racing story and I thought it was great. I hope you can take the time to write some more. That's why I love this place. Here's a link so everyone can read it. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324021&highlight=street+racing
327-365hp: I'm glad you enjoyed reading the story as much as I enjoyed living it, and then writing about it. -- BottleBob http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlbob
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