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I loved every one of them….the Orange 1970 440 Cuda owned by Gary Wood



I knew Gary from the Webster Groves Steak N' Shake days in the early 70's. Didn't that 6-pak Cuda have a bench seat, column automatic?



Hello Allen! What a small World. I don’t remember the options as well as you probably do but I remember standing in his garage when he started it and blew the mufflers off. Seriously! He forgot to tighten them and they blew right off. He also had (one of three in Missouri at the time) a maroon 69 Boss 429 Mustang. His Mom cosigned for the car when he was 15 years old. Can you imagine having a Boss 9 and being 15 years old? Do you remember his Kawasaki triple motorcycles? How many other guys do you recall from that group? How about Greg Fiezer or Mike Stecher’s 69 Z28 Camaros? What about Marty Faith’s Super duty Trans Am? I made an effort to go back and collect every car (or similar style) that used to pull in my driveway in those days. My corral consists of a 5462 original mile 69 Z28 (I shouldn‘t have sold that one), a 1969 Ram Air III Firebird, a 1970 Grabber blue Boss 302, a 70 Cuda and Challenger and last but not least, a bad to the bone 1970 four door, slant six Valiant! The new cars out weigh the old ones but I would be asking for a beating if I listed those makes and models.



Dave, I didn't know Gary real well, but i do know he married one of my sister's friends. The name Greg Fiezer does also sound very familiar.

I had just bought my 73 Challenger back then, but it was a 318. After too many prior moving violations, that's all my insurance company would "let" me buy... I was relegated to a spectating role rather than a participatory role in the street racing that went on I-44 between Elm & Berry. Course since I have still have the car, and the horsepower is doubled, I might be able to keep up with them now... Wonder if any else from that old crowd still has their cars...

I do remember one guy had a silver/black stripe, 70 Chevelle, SS-454. Don't remember his name. He showed up one day with brand new Dickie Harrell emblems on the front fender. Says he had Harrell "tune" the car. We always suspected that he did nothing more than get his hands on a new set of emblems...

As far as my memories and recollections of the 70's, let's just suffice it to say that most of them are very "hazy"...