Notes on the Quarter Million Quarter Mile

**lowmile** · #1 03-04-2009, 11:31 PM

125000 per car.m

'69Novajoe · #2 03-04-2009, 11:40 PM

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125000 per car.m

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Missed that. Wow, that's a lot of money any way you look at it.

And I thought "Pinks" was crazy.

Joe

cammer427 · #3 03-04-2009, 11:45 PM

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125000 per car.m

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Missed that. Wow, that's a lot of money any way you look at it.

And I thought "Pinks" was crazy.

Joe

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Crazy, huh? I read somewhere that Tab Talmadge (who bought an ex-Dyno Don Nicholson '65 A/FX 427 SOHC Mustang in 1969) reportedly bid $150,000 on a single run one time.. but then rumors can become a little skewed after changing mouths enough times

**lowmile** · #4 03-05-2009, 12:36 AM

pm your email address. m

**markjohnson** · #5 03-05-2009, 01:33 AM

Another interesting note: If you've ever seen the movie "American Gangster" with Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe, the character that Denzel plays, Frank Lucas, was a drug lord in New York. It's been reported that he had a Joel Rosen-built Motion 427 car. I wanna say a Camaro, but I don't remember. He said it was so fast, it scared the crap out of him and he gave it to one of his relatives. Would love to know more about it. Anyone?

cammer427 · #6 03-05-2009, 04:26 AM

That's pretty interesting. I'd sure like to know more about that too!

cammer427 · #7 03-05-2009, 08:09 AM

Here are some scans lowmile sent me out of his May '87 issue of Muscle Cars which also published (as well as Cars magazine) DeFeo's story!

(courtesy of lowmile)

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