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Old 06-21-2024, 04:44 PM
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My uncle John’s brand new Heavy Chevy Chevelle. 6 months later in the junkyard after a street race gone bad. He survived amazingly. He was my hero and where my car passion came from. Rob
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Stretching the definition of muscle car a bit (model year wise) but my first car and daily driver back then.

Dad ordered this car for my mom to drive. She had it four years and I got it after she was done with it.

I have been racing this same car for 46 years. First time out it went 14.90's. Best pass on the original motor was 12.20.

It now regularly goes 9.80's at 136 mph.

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https://www.motortrend.com/features/...hevy-chevelle/

https://www.nmcadigital.com/blog/kei...g-classes/2148
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Stretching the definition of muscle car a bit (model year wise) but my first car and daily driver back then.

Dad ordered this car for my mom to drive. She had it four years and I got it after she was done with it.

I have been racing this same car for 46 years. First time out it went 14.90's. Best pass on the original motor was 12.20.

It has now gone 9.80's at 136 mph.

K

https://www.motortrend.com/features/...hevy-chevelle/

https://www.nmcadigital.com/blog/kei...g-classes/2148
Ran across this car at Firebird raceway in the 80s, ran 11.80s at the time, I thought to myself what a well thought out car.
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Old 06-24-2024, 12:19 PM
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Ran across this car at Firebird raceway in the 80s, ran 11.80s at the time, I thought to myself what a well thought out car.
Thank you so much for saying that.

We kept it at 11.80's for a long time (trying to avoid putting a roll bar in it). Once we put the bar in it was on to 10.70's and 10.50's before the next big jump.

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Thank you so much for saying that.

We kept it at 11.80's for a long time (trying to avoid putting a roll bar in it). Once we put the bar in it was on to 10.70's and 10.50's before the next big jump.

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Did you know Elmo Hodges and Deb from the proving grounds? Debbie 18 at the time prowled the streets in her L88 70 or 71 stick Camaro.
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Did you know Elmo Hodges and Deb from the proving grounds? Debbie 18 at the time prowled the streets in her L88 70 or 71 stick Camaro.
I did; I recognize the name.

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Our '64 GTO on display at the Michigan State Fair.

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