Ah, reading about street racing on Fluer drive and the "loop" in DesMoines brings back a few memories. Was running a new 69 Torino Cobra and mostly just racing friends early on. The old ford held it's own pretty well, cept I got really tired of getting whooped by a buddies 69 Z28.

Picked up a 69 427 Vett to solve this problem. Now the Vett did well, even running it pretty much in stock form, but seemed the guys running the blowers really liked picking on me. I was getting more into racing top end on the back roads then. Found I really appreciated 4 wheel disc brakes when I got run down the exit ramp on Euclid off of the freeway at about 130mph.

By 1971 I had 3 Vetts setting in the garage all setup a little different to meet the situation. I'd go home and get the one that would give em the worst whoopen. The 67 327/350hp 4 gear coupe I had at the time was the best all around Vett I owned. I should have kept that one. Still one of my favorite cars.

Now I am building a 53 Studebaker Starliner Cpe from the ground up. How much of a switch is that?