Re: More old photos
From the article in the 4/68 Cars: (photo attached)
"Charlie Mason of Stamford, Conn. is a young, avid drag racing fan who doesn't believe in buying a compromise supercar, then going to usual soup and sweat route. Being a young, avid drag racing fan who has to work for a living he couldn't afford the two-car bit, which ruled out a workhorse for daily transportation and a race car in the garage for Sunday service. Charlie Mason was almost ready to compromise. There seemed to be no other way out.
Just when things were getting pretty bleak, Charlie picked up on some ads in national performance auto magazines pertaining to ultimate street-strip supercars. The ads were for Baldwin Chevrolet's line of SS-427 Camaros, Chevelles, Chevy IIs, Chevys and Corvettes. Five weeks after he paid Baldwin Chevrolet a visit, he drove out of the showroom with a magnificent SS-427 Chevelle loaded with a host of factory and specialty performance options. Two weeks after that momentous occasion, Charlie drove from his home in Stamford to New York National Speedway (over 100 miles) in his 4.88-geared Chevelle and smartly set a new B/HR track record. After a few weeks he was running consistent 11.50's with trap speeds of 120-plus mph. And he was still driving the car to and from the track and using it as daily transportation during the week. Just for the record, his best time to date is 11.50-123 mph. And that's with a showroom stock, 3350-pound legal street machine that's used as a weekday workhorse."
Read that and weep.
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