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11-29-2017, 04:36 PM

A buddy of mine was changing valve springs in my car at his place of employment after work. I had a bracket car; 1970 Monte Carlo with a BBC, open headers, slicks, ... After we finished he told me to blast down the street to see that everything was in order before I put it on the trailer to go home. What could go wrong?

Well, you know it took about 200' to get passed, in the opposite direction coming at me, by a State Highway Patrol car and of course I was wide open throttle at the time. What did I do? I immediately pulled into someone's drive and luckily they had an open garage door. I pulled in the garage, jumped out, hit the door opener, and got back in the car while the door went down. I stayed in the car several minutes too scared to see if the officer turned around.

In hindsight, that would have been a good way to get shot by the homeowner. Luckily they weren't home.

11-29-2017, 04:36 PM	#9
Tar Heel Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Interesting or Funny Car Stories A buddy of mine was changing valve springs in my car at his place of employment after work. I had a bracket car; 1970 Monte Carlo with a BBC, open headers, slicks, ... After we finished he told me to blast down the street to see that everything was in order before I put it on the trailer to go home. What could go wrong? Well, you know it took about 200' to get passed, in the opposite direction coming at me, by a State Highway Patrol car and of course I was wide open throttle at the time. What did I do? I immediately pulled into someone's drive and luckily they had an open garage door. I pulled in the garage, jumped out, hit the door opener, and got back in the car while the door went down. I stayed in the car several minutes too scared to see if the officer turned around. In hindsight, that would have been a good way to get shot by the homeowner. Luckily they weren't home.