[Andy]

I got a story about a GTX my dad told me about that happened in the early 70s.

The car was a 1968 GTX 440 4 speed, Dana 60. The owner had made a bet with another guy and claimed he could go from the square in the next town over to our home town's square in 7 minutes. This is a distance of about 20 miles. The last two miles of the trip are straight so he always maxed the car out during this portion of the trip. About 1/2 mile from our square there used to be a truck stop. Well, a 10 wheeler loaded with a 10 ton granite sawblock pulled out into the street and about the time he got the truck straighten out, the GTX plowed into the back of it. Dad said it hit the truck so hard it knocked both axles completely out from under it. He said the engine was inside the car, and the driver and front passenger were killed instantly. A passenger in the back of the car lived. He said it was the worst wreck he had ever seen.