Does any one remember this Chevelle?

[mockingbird812]

Terrific photo Bruce. Hmmm wonder what caused the name "semi-hemi" with a solid lifter Mk IV? Makes you wonder if Smokey was messin' with it! Appears to be running in a stock class though. Very nice Chevelle!

[Donutblue]

That Chevelle looks great - but what else caught my attention were those gas prices I remember as a kid !!!!

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yep, I remember those gas prices had you water skiing all day for about $2.00 !!

[COPO]

When Mark IV's Big Blocks initially came out they were often called semi-hemi due to the combusion chamber shape.

[Bill Pritchard]

Really picture.....thanks to Dave for submitting and to Bruce for posting

I see the road sign for Alt. 19 at the intersection in the background. I remember that Alt. 19 was (or perhaps still is?) the main north - south road through the Gulf Coast towns of Tarpon Springs, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg. My grandparents lived just south of Tarpon Springs back in the 60's, but I don't recall any drag strips in the vicinity.....they may have been farther inland.

[jbsides]

Those gas prices bring back some great memories. I was driving a burgundy '63 Impala SS 'vert in high school. 327/glide. Could cruise the ville all evening for a few bucks, with cash enough left over for a burger before heading to the house. Drove that car for years, and never computed the mileage it got... never cared.

A simpler time...

JB

[six-corners]

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Really picture.....thanks to Dave for submitting and to Bruce for posting

I see the road sign for Alt. 19 at the intersection in the background. I remember that Alt. 19 was (or perhaps still is?) the main north - south road through the Gulf Coast towns of Tarpon Springs, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg. My grandparents lived just south of Tarpon Springs back in the 60's, but I don't recall any drag strips in the vicinity.....they may have been farther inland.

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It is also one of those color-coded signs Florida used to dstingiush direction and destination !

[427TJ]

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That Chevelle looks great - but what else caught my attention were those gas prices I remember as a kid !!!!

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From quarterly-report.com March 23, 2000: "The Department of Energy (DOE) reported this week that the average price for unleaded, regular gasoline rose to an all time record high of $1.53 per gallon. In a recent analysis of spiraling fuel costs, the DOE predicted that gasoline could reach $2.00 by the summer. In Nevada, gasoline is already $1.80 a gallon."

$1.80 a gallon. Those were the good old days!

[x Baldwin Motion]

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From quarterly-report.com March 23, 2000: .....an all time record high of $1.53 per gallon. In a recent analysis of spiraling fuel costs, the DOE predicted that gasoline could reach $2.00 by the summer. In Nevada, gasoline is already $1.80 a gallon."

$1.80 a gallon. Those were the good old days!

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That report seems a little odd as I clearly remember the shop I was at in 1977 on the front page of Newsday reporting we were the the first to hit $1.50 with everyone following and it was climbing then.