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The Good Old Days

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I think this is a Sox and Martin 'Cuda and they were 4 speeds ! ya baby !

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Ronnie Sox was known as Mr. 4speed. I read he got out of racing when manuals could no longer keep up with the autos. Not sure if that part is true.
 


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Most of them guys are dead I'm sure, they would be so impressed with the hellcat, I'm sure
yes.... this was back in the suicide day motor up front rails.....
 


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I remember the old times when Pro stock cars could barely break the 10's in the 1/4 mile. Now Hellcats with air conditioning and comfort can achieve these numbers

When you stepped on the throttle with mechanical linkage and that huge 4 barrel carburetor opened up those secondaries, oh what a glorious sound and a big kick of power.

Or at the Englishtown track, now gone, and Big Daddy Don Garlits did that wheelie and back flip, in 1986, racing Darryl Gywnn! I was there.

We didn't realize they were the best of times.
Speaking of Don Garlits, my buddies dad raced with him in the day. a life of speed
 


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1968.... Me at Lions Drag Strip in Long Beach, CA. 1961 Ford Falcon with a 327 Chevy/4speed. Classic 60’s Gasser straight axle front end. View attachment 22649
Awesome. What did it run in the quarter?
 


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yes.... this was back in the suicide day motor up front rails.....
You ain't bullshitting, not just not just 1/4 tracks but circle track as well.
 


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1968.... Me at Lions Drag Strip in Long Beach, CA. 1961 Ford Falcon with a 327 Chevy/4speed. Classic 60’s Gasser straight axle front end. View attachment 22649
why a chevy engine?
 


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why a chevy engine?
Best affordable small block at that time. You could get parts and work on them. 283’s and 327’s had been around for years and were a better choice for hot rodding than a 289 Ford. Nobody was building those. You didn’t really see the rabid factory loyalty smack talk like now because there was no internet with keyboard racers. 😂
 


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You are not alone digging the '60's and I wasn't even born
I was...It was a glorious time...till 71...
 


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I like getting on youtube and watching stock car and drag races from the 60's 70's and 80's. So cool seeing a 70's stock car race with all the aero cars:)
 


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