i had a 273 formula s 1966 cuda (glass bubble).
then went for a 1968 notch back 383 formula s cuda,
electra blue with white vinyl top and white leather interior 4 speed possi traction duel exhaust.
2/10 of a second short of a national record holder at st. louis international raceway. beat every car on the road including those above my class, 428 cobras 442 olds,
427 chaveles. the only cars that ever gave me fits was of all things a396 (i think) javalin tricked out to the nines and a 289 tri-pack commet. yow, that one hurt!
oh yea. it was also back in the muscle days when it had a 10.5 to 1 compression ratio and i was running a 355 rear end when most had 411's. if they beat me from a dead stop i would challenge them from 100mph on. they were already wound out and my cuda was just gettin warmed up.
speed ometer had 150 i burried the needle and chickened out when the nose started to float
During this period factory teams would race on the streets in the Detroit suburbs. The cars only looked stock. They were altered wheelbase, acid dipped, frame drilled, plastic windowed, interior gutted, dyno turned, trailer hauled, fuel burning 8 second monsters complete with parachutes.
There was even a national TV ad that showed one of the Chrysler hemi-cudas loping through Ted's drive in restaurant in Bloomfield Hills.