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First Car to the Strip
This might be interesting (or maybe not). What was your first car and year to the drag strip.
Mine was my high school 1956 2 dr 210. 265/205 3 speed. Think it went 15.36 with Caslers and 4:11s. Got beat by Judy Lily's 9 passenger 1957. (By a mile) This was in Sioux City, Iowa in probably 1965 before I was drafted.
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Re: First Car to the Strip
1958 CHEVY DELRAY 348 TRI POWER 3 SPEED STICK HURST SHIFTER 456 POSI CUT OUTS FIRST PASS OCTOBER 1964 I WAS HOOKED WENT15.25 @94.45mph still have time slip
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Re: First Car to the Strip
1958 CHEVY DELRAY 348 TRI POWER 3 SPEED STICK HURST SHIFTER 456 POSI CUT OUTS FIRST PASS OCTOBER 1964 I WAS HOOKED WENT15.25 @94.45mph still have time slip irwindale raceway
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Re: First Car to the Strip
1963 Plymouth Spt. Fury 383 Auto
1965 14.9 @ 92MPH
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Re: First Car to the Strip
1990 Englishtown 1977 Honda Civic.
The infamous 500$ racing honda, which had a JC Whitney header, no muffler, accord rims, 4 speed, the best a poor college senior could do. Don't recall the time, but I treed the guy. First time with a real race car was 12 years later 2002 at columbus with my 78 lil red express. 440 with 2 stages of nitrous. Nice memories. Eric
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Re: First Car to the Strip
64 Impala. Had a 307 engine (thought it was a 327) powerglide. At SIR Saskatoon International Raceway. Ran a whopping 17.2@75 mph. Was back in about 1977.
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Re: First Car to the Strip
I started bracketracing and did a long time. 1981 in a 1974 Pinto ran 20.10's.
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Re: First Car to the Strip
In 1969 we took my buddies dad's 1964 El Camino to Lions on a Wednesday night. It was dead slow but I was hooked.
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Re: First Car to the Strip
1963 Biscayne station wagon with a 230 and 3 speed, Fall of 1969 at Englishtown. First time out I was runner-up in U/Stock - I couldn't shift the column shift very well. I put a Hurst floor shifter in and won class the next 4 Sundays. Times were in the 19's.
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Re: First Car to the Strip
My street Car in 1963 a 55 Chevrolet ;It had factory air condition a continental kit and a automatic .I took out the air and the continental kit off and put a stick in it had a blast . the car would be worth a few dollars now just like i bought it .My Dad made me pay for it i paid $600.
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