Things I Miss....A Lot!

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Postby draglist » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:57 pm

Nice... bp
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Postby RH » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:53 pm

Open 16 car flopper shows.
The East Coast swing.
Hilborns on pop!

Ron
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Postby Murff » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:59 pm

I kind of miss having a cool street car. My last one was a '65 Buick Gran Sport, nailhead 4-speed car. Sold it 17 years ago to buy our house(which we raised the kids in and still own, so no regrets on the decision to sell).


When I did have the GS I missed cruising, real cruising, not the parking lot cruises that are the norm today, but 'cruisin' the loop', wherever the loop may have been. 10-or 20 laps, a few stoplight launches (maybe side by side with another car) and even the $1.75 gallons of crappy pump gas available then.

Renton, Seward Park, Colby Avenue, Golden Gardens, Alki Beach, were the hotspots around here, back 'when'.



Murff
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Postby bandit » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:10 am

I miss the Draglist Nationals
The World Series of Drag Racing
Starter Dan Carter
Turning into the pits at Oswego Drag Raceway
Trick Titanium halter tops
All the "Back Me Up Betties"
Ramp trucks
Richard Tharp
Always my mom and dad.
Fosdick timing company
Wiping all the slimey stuff off of my visor
Towing back from US 30
Nano!!

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Postby stimpy » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:47 am

I miss my mind the most ....... has anyone seen it ????

I miss racing superstock and pulling the wheels out of the lights

the sound of a roller cammed pontiac 400

a quadrajet opening up the back two barrels at speed and the wommping sound it made

the running to Detroit to get a new engine in the middle of winter and stopping at Platos in Garden City for a coney Dog on the way home .

the mad Kaos of having to load everything on Thursday night to be out the door friday night after work and to the track By Saturday and then be home 2 hours before work on monday .( actually now thinking about it I don't miss it that much....)

the holloween bash a Norwalk !

the explaining to the local cops that the race car is actually a lawnmower when they got a noise complaint ... :roll:

Beating a punk with a fancy paint job with a beater looking car ..
the Groom that went Vroom At DLN IV


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