Toronto.Harveys 1979.On the street.

[ZiggyL78]

That COPO looks familiar Barry.What colour was the interior?
Funny story.I remember being at the track one night.I was up in the tower talking to the owner and I saw this gold Camaro coming up to the line.I had seen this car earlier in the pits and the guy was borrowing a set of 9 x 28 slicks from a friend who had an LS6 Chevelle.He had already made a couple of passes with the Camaro and it was having trouble getting off the line as the tires were too much for the car.It was a 4 speed and no matter how hard he came out,it would bog.I remember looking down on the car from the tower.It was dark.The lights came down and the Camaro guy drops the clutch at hi revs.The car bogged so bad that the alternater light came on and I could see it from the tower.LOL.
Another time a guy in a Chevelle blew his clutch and pieces of debri actually hit the glass in the tower.I guess he didn't have a shield..
Cars in those days with a 4 speed and slicks would break on a regular bassis.I had a 65 Chevelle with a done 327,4 speed and 4:88s.The car only ran 12.90s but it left real hard with 26 x 10 slicks and the 4:88s.I would actually drive the car to Georgetown as Cayuga was all highway and too far for those gears.Driving along #7 to Georgetown was NP.I broke the rear end one day as I had a spacer plate on my crown gear and sheared all the bolts off when I left too hard.We had no trailer so a friend flat towed me home in his Biscayne.I forgot my tow rope and all I had was a light weight dog chain.The chain was about 12' long when we left the track.The chain was not strong enough to pull a car so we had to take it easy.We were pretty good at flat towing in those days and the right 2 guys could pull a car anywhere as long as they were insink.We still broke the chain about 5 times on the way home and just tied it back together.By the time we got home the chain was about 2' long.Too funny.
Rant over.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BARRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">m

y old car gold 1969 copo and a396 375 hp car </div></div>