Folks Of Interest why do they want to race me?

I think the great Spirit is telling you to build a sleeper

 

i can relate to this.
i drove this for 4 1/2 years every day. rain or shine. never got pulled over by police or anyone wanting to race.
sbc chevy, straight axle, 9" ford rear, very fast!

this is another car i drove while i was building the "j".
slant six stocker. everyday i drove it someone wanted to race me. go figure!

 

Or, do all of the above on red a red light and watch his ass get a ticket in the mail.

 

I dunno Joe,
I think the better question is why are you driving a 4 door Falcon wagon?

You have lots of other cool stuff, maybe they are teasing you.

I think maybe an intervention is needed at this point.

I'm telling you this because I care, not to hurt you.

Love,
Cheatercarl

 

hey Carl I've got 2 kids now so I needed a family cruiser besides almost all my cool shit is half way across the country(literally) the falcon cost less than it would have to ship something out here.

 

fair enough,
maybe sell the kids on ebay & use the cash to ship a car out.
just an idea.

I love you
Cheatercarl

 

I also drive a 4-door wagon.

Nobody picks on me though, although a few have tried. Go figure.

545 hp sbc, 6-speed stick, 3.89:1s, and some well-planned suspension mods. Oh- and big brakes. It handles too.

I don't run the stickers on the street. That's just for the track stuff. But I run it at the track the same way I drive it on the street. Same tires, full exhaust, pump gas, etc.

 

Jimmy Brookes had a six with a 4 barrell carb in 62 Nova he used to run with no hood to suck in all the V-8 guys into a race, then blow their doors off. he ran the dyno at Foothill Speed Center and was doing Cam testing for Sig Erson. I know he was running in the 12's in the early 60's might have touched 11's in street trim that was better than the super stock street Hemi's in the day.

 

Mines not even subtle... I think they want to see a show when they see my car.

Your's I would have no idea why they want to race it... maybe just want to catch up because they can't believe their eyes that they see a Falcon that hasn't rusted in half????

 

I'm thinking the
'Yeah it's got a hemi' bumper sticker isn't helping

 

yeah the lack of rust is what caught my eye

 

Great thread. Funny, too. My high school /technical college car in '79-'83 was a yellow '63 hardtop Falcon. Cars came from surrounding counties to get a stop-light drag with me. Won a few, lost a few. I'd blame the "Race?" attention your Falcon wagon is getting on all the over-horsed-dare-to-be-different magazine articles over the years. Just stay cool. Nowadays I do what so many hereon have said, do a little power-brake wiggle at the light and let'em smoke me. I don't think they're any dumber than I once was ...

The 3 '63s I've had in 30 years:

 

Hilarious, thanks for the laff.

 

In 1988 I bought a 1969 Plymouth Valiant with a 225 slant six and automatic. You couldn't buy a slower Mopar. The car had skinny 14" wheels and tires on it. I bought a set of rally wheels, bought new trim rings and caps, and a set of E70-15 Ployglass GT's on them. That was all I did. Everyone on Gratiot Ave wanted to race me at every light. I had to explain to them it was only a six ("Check out the rear pipe!").

I did race it at Milan Dragway in brackets and was a quarterfinalist. I dialed in at 19.20 seconds and was consistent with my times (19.23, 19.21, 19.24, etc.). I lost to a 12 second Maverick. It was funny because I was usually 1/2 way or more down the track and I could watch the other car launch and chase after me. I won 5 or 6 races and only lost the last. Fear the mighty six!

 

Went through the same thing all through high school in my 64 falcon with a 170.Guess people like a sure thing.Meaning they are sure they can win but it is funny as hell when they run into a sleeper.

 

Helped a buddy build the ultimate sleeper a few years ago when I worked at a salvage yard in Mass. We got in a 440 six pack Cuda some kid had wrecked bad. 4 speed car with a Dana 60 rear. Transplanted all the running gear into a 4 door Volare. That car caught more than it's share of people by surprise..

 

I had a knob-end revving up at the lights next to me, I gave mine a little rev and took off slowly, and while he was looking back at me, he ran straight up the arse of a parked car. I had to go home and change my pants cause I laughed so hard!

 

Cuz even a geo needs to win now and then.

 

thats funny as hell