I traded that '68 Coronet for this car ..was a real sleeper w/3:91's in the back and that 340 had headers, 780 Holly, Weiand intake .. ran 13.90's at Pomona as she sat.. even on them lil skinny back tires.
Then came the era of Duster. I stuffed a 440 6-pac motor into a '71, and it was a bit of an animal.
(taken the day we fired it up .. car still in primer an all) Had a 10" converter, 3.91's in the back, could drive it anywhere ..and did. She saw Van Nuys, E-Street in San Berdoo, Burnout on Fremont Street in Vegas, Central Avenue in Phoenix ..but most of the time I owned it ..we were up in beautiful downtown Victorville, CA ..on 7th Street any weekend.. cruisin.
It was primer awhile ..about a year
Then came Hemi Orange paint job ..she hooked purty good
Weren't a street tire made that could hook that beast tho ..not even 13x31's
Ended up with a tunnel, 4:89 gears, 8" converter ..and still streetable .. barely
I worked as pit crew for a coupla years on this B-econo dragster
..while I was gettin parts for Duster. 327 powered, it went 9.30's. Just the most evil soundin small block I ever heard, the cam was over 700 lift!
My last project car
I never finished it.. too many layoffs, I had found Air Warrior ..just didn't have the funds or the time to do the deed. Engine mounts were set back 13" ..rear axle was set forward 5", windows were Lexan, front end was fiberglass.. she was tube-framed underneath, I had the driver side rear spring up one notch in the pix, is why she was sittin a lil crooked. Pix was taken the day I got it together as a roller, still had to add the upper roll cage.
Yassir.. it had 14x32's stuffed up under the back .. would have been an animal.
-GE (that's my story an I am stickin to it)
