ET mag selection for my '62...Opinions????

[Verne_Frantz]

I took my '69 Road Runner to a CC Street Machine Nats at Indy one year (in the early '80s). Worst car experience of my life. The participants blocked off streets and formed a cattle chute and made each car do a burnout in water and bleach. They stood right next to the cars and threw beer on them if you didn't please them. The cops were out of control too and acted like thugs. They banged on fenders with their billy clubs to control traffic. I walked from my motel to witness one of the larger burnout fiascos and the cops showed up each with a K9 and proceeded to "clear the street". I got clubbed in the back of the head while trying to cross the parking lot back to my motel. I turned to look at him and the veins were popping out of his neck. He was holding his German Sheppard with one hand and had his club raised in the other. He said, "just try something, PLEASE just try something". I kept my hands in my pockets to avoid possible provocation and they made me run the rest of the way back. Left the next morning for home. I figured it might not get any "better" than that and I didn't want to stay around to see if it got worse. Never attended another one.

I would have rather had to change a cam in the parking lot. That would have been a LOT more fun.

As for the voting, thanks guys Natural is the winner by a 2-1 margin. That's pretty much the way I wanted to go, so I feel better now.

Verne

[427TJ]

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I'm know, I'm late to the party but the five-spokes and witewalls look fantastic! Great picture.

[njsteve]

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I took my '69 Road Runner to a CC Street Machine Nats at Indy one year (in the early '80s). Worst car experience of my life. The participants blocked off streets and formed a cattle chute and made each car do a burnout in water and bleach. They stood right next to the cars and threw beer on them if you didn't please them. The cops were out of control too and acted like thugs. They banged on fenders with their billy clubs to control traffic. I walked from my motel to witness one of the larger burnout fiascos and the cops showed up each with a K9 and proceeded to "clear the street". I got clubbed in the back of the head while trying to cross the parking lot back to my motel. I turned to look at him and the veins were popping out of his neck. He was holding his German Sheppard with one hand and had his club raised in the other. He said, "just try something, PLEASE just try something". I kept my hands in my pockets to avoid possible provocation and they made me run the rest of the way back. Left the next morning for home. I figured it might not get any "better" than that and I didn't want to stay around to see if it got worse. Never attended another one.

I would have rather had to change a cam in the parking lot. That would have been a LOT more fun.

Verne

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That must have been 1980 in Indy. I have the photos of the Indiana State Troopers walking down the median carrying 4-foot long billy clubs. (I'm not exagerating here, they were literally skinny Louisville sluggers). That was the year I brought my orange Superbird.

Verne, Do you recall seeing a couple of scrawny teenagers sitting on a Superbird wing drinkin' beer? We thought we were oh so cool.

[Xplantdad]

Holy crap...you east coasters need to mellow out! LOL

I never had any issues at any of the C.C.S.M.N. or Super Chevy events that I was at...I never even heard of anyone having issues either...

Everybody was just having fun and cruising...and the police near Devonshire Downs were cool as heck!

[Verne_Frantz]

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Holy crap...you east coasters need to mellow out! LOL

I never had any issues at any of the C.C.S.M.N. or Super Chevy events that I was at...I never even heard of anyone having issues either...

Everybody was just having fun and cruising...and the police near Devonshire Downs were cool as heck!

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I WAS mellow; it was everyone else who was over the edge!.

I blew a heater hose in a tunnel on the way out there (had to throttle it to enjoy that sound). Pulled off after the tunnel and found a creek to gather water. Cut the hose off and taped it off in a 180. That was all the excitment I wanted for the trip!

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

Man the Nats were crazy. I was at a few, indy and springfield, Indy was crazy. I remember a cop wacking the door of a 69 pace car with his club, the streets were out of control. To much beer, Girls, cars, remember the chant "show us your t..."

Bruce this was stuff which was so insane to this day I cant believe some of the stuff that went on

WOW

[Xplantdad]

I guess the west coast guys were just "taking it easy"! LOL

Carl...you and I are the same age...

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

Next years the BIG one.

[Xplantdad]

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Next years the BIG one.



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Thanks for reminding me