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I remember when "trick", was a Mr. Gasket in-line shifter. That was the neatest thing I ever put in my Mustang. In the 70's. a rev limiter, wasn't that keeping the rods in the motor! Which I failed at, a couple times. With all the gadgetry today, driving a car by the seat of the pants is a lost art. There was a real feeling, a stiff clutch, slamming against a 50 lb flywheel at 7000+ rpm. Planting a set of 10.5 x 29.5 M & H Racemasters on old heavy Cragar SS wheels. Hoping you don't leave something setting on the starting line, like your tailshaft, driveshaft, pinion gear or an axle, LOL! Oh, yes, those were the days.
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Hey, don't forget Butch Leal....no tach....EVER!! His shift points were made with the two holes on the sides of his head!!
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Tommy don't be too quick to Dis these old timers, in case you haven't checked we are already getting old enough to be the "new" old timers. LOL Some of these guys broke more parts than you could count. It scares the poop out of me when I race street car stickshifts. If it wasn't for your Dad, probably would be a lot less of us racing stickshifts.
Where you been hanging out? Thinking of dragging the Chevelle out again? I bet there are a couple of Div. 3 Moostangs that would be a heck of a match up with you. Shoot me an e mail let me know what you are up to. jimschaechter@earthlink.net
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Larry,
I used to run NMCA for points from 1997-2000. I have never run anthing like it since, I very much miss it. I went back to one race a few years back in Columbus. They still had a very professionally run race. I just can't run their schedule because large area that it covers. Be sure to check their rules on contingency decal placement. I believe that they will only pay if you run the decals on the back windows. I would recommend them to anyone. Jeff Day #3731 |
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yea, thats it, lets all go back to the dark ages of drag racing. While we are at it, lets take out the tachs, line locks, inline shifters, ect.
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04-27-2009, 07:51 PM | #29 |
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Heck, I drove a stick, SS/K 283 in the 70's and 80's, without any electronics, just an Accel dual point distibuter, small gold coil, rapping near 10 grand on the old Moroso cable drive tach [which I still have,on my trophy shelf], won 2 Mile-high nationals, all with a total of about 5 grand in an old Chevy II sedan that I bought for 25 bucks. On top of that I only popped 3 engines in 20 years of racing small block stick cars. Of course at 70 years young, it's like the tee shirt my son got for me, that says "The older I get, the faster I was". Keep up all the good talk on this web site it's great entertainment for this old drag racer.
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