Circa 1972-Place Lake St.Mpls Minn.-Warm summer night.
Vehicles
#1(My Car) 1968 Cougar GTE 427 C6 3.89:Locking.Nordic Blue w/white vinyl top.
Modifications 950 Holley 3Bbl,80/20 Gabrial Adjustible front Gabrial air shocks rear.Additional 10% advance on timing.H70X14 polyglass tires on rear.Hood scoop opened up with 428 CJ ram-air air cleaner.
#2 1970 Challenger 440 4Bbl 727 Axle unknown Plum Crazy
Obvious modifications.Headers and larger than stock rear tires.
The Events of that night.
My Buddy Brent and I were out as usual on a Friday night looking for a street race.We had not been on lake st long when a plum crazy 440 challenger pulled up on my right and thru us some revs.Brent all ready knowing what they wanted played dumb and asked what they wanted.The Driver Stated he wanted to race.Brent looked at me an I nodded in the affirmative and Brent relayed my answer only to get the response of "How much money you got"Well...Since it was friday and payday for both of us it didn't take long for the two of us to be waving several hundred dollors in the air.Suddenly there was silence in the challenger and then a somewhat more serious face meekly replied "How bout we just race for fun"Again I noded in the affirmative and suggested we take our race to the interstate wich crossed lake st. just a short distance ahead of us.
Once on the highway we waited for a break in the traffic and slowed to a near stop and on the count of three the race was on.
If you could call it that as I pulled away quickly on the purple dodge.After cleaning his clock I couldn't resist in slowing down and asking the driver if he wanted to try it again for some money this time.Funny he just slunk down in the seat and didn't answer.
This story just one of many in which the locals learned to stay far away from my GTE!
Vehicles
#1(My Car) 1968 Cougar GTE 427 C6 3.89:Locking.Nordic Blue w/white vinyl top.
Modifications 950 Holley 3Bbl,80/20 Gabrial Adjustible front Gabrial air shocks rear.Additional 10% advance on timing.H70X14 polyglass tires on rear.Hood scoop opened up with 428 CJ ram-air air cleaner.
#2 1970 Challenger 440 4Bbl 727 Axle unknown Plum Crazy
Obvious modifications.Headers and larger than stock rear tires.
The Events of that night.
My Buddy Brent and I were out as usual on a Friday night looking for a street race.We had not been on lake st long when a plum crazy 440 challenger pulled up on my right and thru us some revs.Brent all ready knowing what they wanted played dumb and asked what they wanted.The Driver Stated he wanted to race.Brent looked at me an I nodded in the affirmative and Brent relayed my answer only to get the response of "How much money you got"Well...Since it was friday and payday for both of us it didn't take long for the two of us to be waving several hundred dollors in the air.Suddenly there was silence in the challenger and then a somewhat more serious face meekly replied "How bout we just race for fun"Again I noded in the affirmative and suggested we take our race to the interstate wich crossed lake st. just a short distance ahead of us.
Once on the highway we waited for a break in the traffic and slowed to a near stop and on the count of three the race was on.
If you could call it that as I pulled away quickly on the purple dodge.After cleaning his clock I couldn't resist in slowing down and asking the driver if he wanted to try it again for some money this time.Funny he just slunk down in the seat and didn't answer.
This story just one of many in which the locals learned to stay far away from my GTE!