Thursday, November 23, 2017

Glorious Ruin


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  1. All it needs is a little paint.

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  2. Back when I was in H.S.- a friend's Dad had the hottest car around, but it was invisible. Cops couldn't see it at all.

    It was a Plymouth Belvedere, 4-dr sedan, with paint looking just a bit better than that Jeep. Under the crappy looking paint was a 426ci Hemi, and his exhaust had cut-outs. IIRC, it had a 4-speed box too.

    The first time I saw that car move, I thought I'd lost my mind! A "crappy old family sedan" that looked like it had a jet engine!

    I'll bet that Jeep has some surprises, too!

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    1. I love "sleepers" - had a friend with a 1950 Hudson that had a blueprinted big block 427 cu. in. Chevy and posi-trac with 4.11 gears. Paint about like the Jeep and the Belvedere you are talking about. It definitely surprised a bunch of what their owners thought were quick, more modern muscle cars at stoplights. A little less of a sleeper was a friend's 1969 Chevelle SS-396 - it had the much less common high output engine with aluminum heads and better intake and exhaust (Hooker Headers added) to the tune of well over 425 hp. Made a lot of $$ racing GTO's and such that would normally be able to beat a standard SS396. I would really love to have that car today!! While I'm at it, another friend, who was a great mechanic and fabricator, had an old Dodge Dart (a model before they were cool) that looked like a gandma out to be driving it. But it had a 426 Hemi and the push button Torque Flite. That bucket could also haul a$$! Good times!!

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