Posted on 08/22/2016 7:52:42 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Yes.
His wasn’t, thus the letter from Dodge. It was sold to him as a 383 hipro. but when he reported to Ft. Rucker after driving it from San Francisco he went to tune it up. Bought new plugs, wires, and rotor for the 1968 383 hipro. But the plugs weren’t the same. So he took the parts back to the gas station (yes in those day you could buy auto parts as gas stations) and they sent him to the Dealer. The parts guy at the dealer gave him the same parts he had just returned. So they took the VIN number and that’s how they/he found out it was some specialty car. Dodge was changing body styles and falling behind Ford and Chevy/GM muscle cars so they built 7 of these to hit the streets and take on the Fords and Chevys/GM. That is whey then sent him the letter to sponsor him at the drag races.
Car would probably be worth several hundreds of thousands of dollars today with that pedigree...
You are correct, but that is still an incredible feat
OK Thanks TG.
You da man!
That could be useful on the Trafffic light Grand Prix. :)
I stand corrected it was 14 seconds. As for traffic light to traffic light racing, my Dad had 1970 Eldorado 500ci/425hp with front wheel drive and would dominate any “hot rods” that dare rev up at stop light next to him...
” thus the letter from Dodge. “
May be a bit of lost history. He should get this documented on the superbee registry.
That sound good. (500ci).
You’d have enviroWeenies splatted like flies on the windshield these days. The wipers just can’t clean them off fast enough to be safe. :)
“my Dad had 1970 Eldorado 500ci/425hp with front wheel drive and would dominate any “hot rods” that dare rev up at stop light next to him...”
Don’t know what you mean by ‘hot-rods’ but all the muscle cars back then were faster by a lot.
About the same as the base Civic of today.
“You da man!”
Nope. Just a man enjoying his cars.
Some racing slicks, maybe headers, what would you suppose about the numbers?
“Some racing slicks, maybe headers, what would you suppose about the numbers?”
A stock GT with drag slicks ran a 11.87.
RE: 14
Wow. That brings back memories!
I had a ‘70 Dodge SuperBee I stupidly sold to some goofy chick before I left for Basic Training.
2 weeks later she hit a train! Totaled it. No on hurt.
Glad you all were okay too....
What would you guess about the Hemi? I had a friend with a ‘66 Belvedere Hemi. Play with the tune, timing, etc, add a set of headers and BINGO! somewhere around 550 HP.
“What would you guess about the Hemi? I had a friend with a ‘66 Belvedere Hemi. Play with the tune, timing, etc, add a set of headers and BINGO! somewhere around 550 HP.”
The old Hemi was rated at 425 @ 5000 rpm or probably about 475 hp at peak rpm. Given that these ratings were on a test platform at optimum (not street) tune, without exhausts, water pump, etc, I seriously doubt you were getting 550 at the flywheel.
My Mustang weighs about the same with 435 hp and has better quarter mile times and top speed.
Correction. The Belvedere was lighter. I was thinking of the SuperBee.
Room-a-zoom-zoom!
Thanks for da ping.
I’m over 50. Heard the old v. new discussion/debate/bar fight for years.
Without delving into all of it, I’ve come to believe that folks who side with old are putting a premium on the visceral aspects of it all over and above the actual performance numbers.
There’s just something primal about the full-throated battle cry of an old big block motor howling for all it’s worth — you can’t quantify that. Bolt that into a chassis that handles like the USS Nimitz with seating for six bug-eyed ass-tronauts...WOO-HOO!
It’s not really about the numbers at the track; it’s about the “HO - LEEEE — AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!” factor you experienced getting the numbers at the track.
So, yeah, you can top 110 through the traps in a modern Mustang GT, but that’s a different animal than doing the same run in, say, a ‘67 Chevelle SS. Bigger, louder, looser — it’s just more intense in an old muscle machine.
And that’s a whole ‘nother thing again than bombing a two-lane country road at 135 in a ‘68 Camaro. Now THERE’S an experience that’ll bring you closer to God!
“And that’s a whole ‘nother thing again than bombing a two-lane country road at 135 in a ‘68 Camaro. Now THERE’S an experience that’ll bring you closer to God!”
Considering the lousy handling and braking of the old cars guess that would bring you ‘closer to God’ but maybe not in the way you meant?
Personally, When doing over 100, I will trade intense for bliss.
“Without delving into all of it, I’ve come to believe that folks who side with old are putting a premium on the visceral aspects of it all over and above the actual performance numbers.”
I think there are a lot of ‘enhanced’ memories.
On this thread I have seen it posted that they were told that their buddy saw 190 (in a car where the speedometer only registered to 150 and redlined at less than 150...
... The Cobra 427 went 0-100-0 is SIX seconds ...
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