History Imagine,street race 1948

You pull up to a stoplight,a long flat stretch of road off into the distance.You're in a 30's Ford hot rod,full cubic inch flathead V-8 with all the tricks.You hear a racket next to you,look over and see the same car only a 30's Chevy with a full house 270 GMC inline 6 at idle shaking the sheemetal like tissue paper in a Hurricane.
The light turns green,engines roar,burning rubber,who wins????

 

no one, you wake up

 

In a short run maybe the Chev -1/2 mile or more the Ford .
What bout the Grahams, Cord 812's, or the Green Hornet's car?

 

The county wins when the Sheriff pinches you both for illegal display of speed.

 

the ford did. the 270 blew its transmission. However I witnessed a scenerio just like that and the 270 would just blow away almost everyone he raced, and it was in a 37 chevy coupe.[after he installed a LaSalle floor shift] There was some pretty hot Jimmies in the Riverside [ca.]area, especially the Jacksons out in Rubidoux.