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6130 · 01-03-2021, 11:36 AM

1979, right after I got my driver's license, right after my 16th birthday. 1964 Chevy Nova SS with the stock 2-barrel 283, floor-shift 'glide, and open 3.08 10-bolt. It got 28 mpg on the highway, and ran 10 flat on the eighth at Portland International Raceway on Wednesday nights and mid-15s on the quarter at Woodburn Dragstrip on Sunday mornings, on a pair of G70-14 sticky recaps.

The first car I ever made money with, was a '71 Pinto coupe (the one with the separate trunk, not the hatchback). It had the stock 1.6 and a 4-speed, and had been repainted the color of a green crayon. I raced it one season, in 1981. It ran surprisingly consistent 21-flat ETs, and more than one opponent threw a temper-tantrum after losing to it.

01-03-2021, 11:36 AM	#18
6130 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 409 Likes: 295 Liked 117 Times in 50 Posts	Re: First Car to the Strip 1979, right after I got my driver's license, right after my 16th birthday. 1964 Chevy Nova SS with the stock 2-barrel 283, floor-shift 'glide, and open 3.08 10-bolt. It got 28 mpg on the highway, and ran 10 flat on the eighth at Portland International Raceway on Wednesday nights and mid-15s on the quarter at Woodburn Dragstrip on Sunday mornings, on a pair of G70-14 sticky recaps. The first car I ever made money with, was a '71 Pinto coupe (the one with the separate trunk, not the hatchback). It had the stock 1.6 and a 4-speed, and had been repainted the color of a green crayon. I raced it one season, in 1981. It ran surprisingly consistent 21-flat ETs, and more than one opponent threw a temper-tantrum after losing to it. Last edited by 6130; 01-03-2021 at 12:22 PM.