My second car was a '58 Chevy Impala, four barrel carb and 358. Took up Central
Expressway in Dallas to Richardson and got it up two 122 coming back! The
telephone poles looked like picket fence post and I almost wet my pants!

Bobby

>My first car was a '64 1/2 Mustang Hardtop with the 289 and the dinky
>little 2 Bbl Stromberg carb.  My dad's boss' (spoiled) son had a Lotus
>that he'd totaled, but the engine was still good, so I bought it from
>his insurance co. for $400. The insurance company threw in the tranny,
>gated shifter and all!  My new powerplant was a 351 Cleveland bored 80
>over with a Holley 1200 cfm.  Man, that carb looked like a washtub!
>Anyway, the 351 was way too big to fit, so we had to cut out the wheel
>wells and rebuild the shock towers.  We also had to cut a hole in the
>hood because it would not shut with that big Holley stuck on top.  I
>wanted to put a blower on the thing, but I'd done run out of $$$ by that
>time.
>
>The 351 was so heavy I had to put in oversize coil springs so the shocks
>wouldn't bottom out.  It came with the Lotus headers and made this
>wonderful bubbly sound at idle.  I ran it through a pair of Cherry Bombs
>for around town (or when the state police were out), but on the open
>road I had cutouts for straight pipes.  God, it's no wonder I can't hear
>squat these days.
>
>At first I left the stock rear-end in, but I kept burning the right rear
>tire (L50s were expensive), so I found a Muncie 411 limited-slip at a
>junkyard.  That car was quick out of the hole, but if you really got
>into it, the thing would wheel hop something awful (couldn't afford
>traction bars).
>
>Man, I wish I still had that car, but it did pay for my freshman and
>sophomore years at school.
>
>The guy I sold it to burned the motor up by running regular (unleaded)
>gas in it without a lead-additive.  Idiot.  I heard the he spooled it up
>and blew big holes in the pistons.  Broke my heart.
>
>-Kyle
>Barber, Kenneth L. wrote:
>>
>> oh, i struck a cord. i  liked and dreamed of the shelby mustang. they had
>> that little 289 motor reved up to 350 horse power and it could really get to
>> peak quickly. i also liked the "GTO" OH, THOSE WERE THE DAYS, WERE THEY NOT.
>> ?
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Kyle E Cleveland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> > Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 8:04 AM
>> > To:   [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject:      Re: Working @ home
>> >
>> > Martin and Karen Logan wrote:
>> > >
>> >
>> > > The last big car I remember was my parents 1978 Chrysler Cordoba.  It
>> > > had a 380 ci V8.  It was a lovely brown with a cream (shag) interrior.
>> >
>> > Yes, with that "rich, Corinthian leather".  (BTW, there is no such
>> > thing.  Just some marketing phrase Chrysler cooked up.)
>> >
>> > > The other car I remember was my uncle's 1968/9 Dodge Charger with a 440
>> > > ci V8 and six barrel carb.
>> >
>> > Wow! A 440 with a six-pack.  If I remember correctly from my muscle-car
>> > days, didn't that carb run something like 1000-1200 cfm?  I suppose it
>> > had the posi-trac rear end too, huh?  SCHWA-A-A-A-NG!!!!