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When a kid, dragging grand with one block street racing was the thing.

I built a 55 ford custom line with a 272 CI Y block engine, 4:11 gears, standard overdrive transmission for even lower gear ratio,  dual point distributor from a 312 CI Police interceptor also in Y block, 3/4 marine cam for low end horsepower and G sized tires which was big back in the day.

The 396 Chevy's and 440 dodges didn't stand a chance in a block. Past that, they would smoke me.

The one vehicle I regret not keeping was a 66 Ford GT 390 with the NASCAR heads. It would smoke the tires at 60 mph when hitting passing gear, getting 16 MPG in normal driving.

Sold it when the frame started cracking around the rear wheels cheap which was a huge mistake. I've seen that same vehicle go across the Barrette auction at well over $250,000.

One never knows. The 55 chevy two door we had with the first indash AC probably would have been a big collector item as well. Sold it for $50 when the slush box two speed tranny went south.


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