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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: 2Red2LoudDodge]
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09/17/12 03:36 PM
09/17/12 03:36 PM
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Phoenix,Az.
hemicop
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And after racing on a Saturday night you could go for fine dining and a show at the White Castle on Bell and Northern Blvd in Bayside.
You forgot Wetson's on Northern Blvd in Flushing & out by the Nassau County line.  Of course there wewere the "baby bars" on Bell Blvd where alot of us went---but that's another topic  ..
"The Marina" was a great spot--not just 'cause of the racing it offered, but it was close enough that guys from the Bronx would come down & occassionally guys from Brooklyn, it was all good.
There used to be some Croatians that would tow in from Brooklyn with a white Corvette on a trailer & would occassionally get a money run. They were way out of my league but one night when they tried callin' me out, I told 'em if they took the car off the trailer & drove it over to the Cross Island Pkwy (about 6-8 miles) I'd run 'em. They squacked & cried, saying thay were there to race, not cruise. My take on it was it was a STREET race with STREET cars, Trailering in was BS--- we never ran, but that was the sort of thing that went on. You had to know your opponent as well as your own car, which, as closely as they guarded any info on streetracers, was often hard to find out.
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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: RoadRunnerJD]
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12/20/12 12:55 PM
12/20/12 12:55 PM
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Sebring, Florida
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How many street Mopars that were not trailered in were bonafide 12 second cars back then?
In reality...probably very few but in some peoples memory there were a lot of them, or at least they thought they should have been 12 second cars.
And I always enjoy the stories that a B body 6 pack car, with bias ply tires and a stock stock drive train could pull the front tires 2 feet in the air out on the city streets. Those streets must have really been sticky back in the day.
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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: snuggles]
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03/26/13 07:33 PM
03/26/13 07:33 PM
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Sebring, Florida
Mopar Grandpa
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Found this on what I believe is the last page about to be lost and I haven't read it yet.
Thanks for viewing as there are a lot of good stories about our ventures from the past.
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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: Mopar Grandpa]
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03/26/13 09:36 PM
03/26/13 09:36 PM
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Great Neck,LI,new york
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You guys from College Point remember Pudlin Auto Parts?? Peter was a mopar guy 
HEMI-ITIS has no cure.
My condition is fully BLOWN!!
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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: RSNOMO]
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03/26/13 10:55 PM
03/26/13 10:55 PM
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Castlegar, BC, Canada
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The sad fact of it all is if you got caught doing anything like this now, you get treated like a terrorist. 30 Days Jail, License Suspended, in some cases, vehicle gets destroyed....
All in the name of a little light-hearted fun.
And they wonder why there's a juvenile delinquency problem today when these poor kids aren't allowed to do anything.
Bloody Mary, Full of Vodka, Blessed art thou among cocktails....
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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: That AMC Guy]
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03/26/13 11:02 PM
03/26/13 11:02 PM
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That's so true. Back in '72 on one fine fall evening I was racing a friend. I beat him so the officer came after me. While talking to the cop he said that he HAD to call it in because the plates were out of state, I hadn't registered the car in that state yet, but had the state's driver's license. Anyway, instead of a drag racing etc ticket, he gave me one for 'exceeding the speed limit' = $29. 
Tom
"Everyone should believe in something; I believe I'll go fishing."
-Henry David Thoreau
Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths
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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: RSNOMO]
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03/26/13 11:45 PM
03/26/13 11:45 PM
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Detroit area
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You dudes from the east-side of Murder City...
Al from Lee's High Performance is still out there...
I used to buy parts at Lee's High Performance quite a bit, along with Custom Speed Enterprises and Gratiot Auto Supply.
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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: crazyjjk]
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03/27/13 10:53 AM
03/27/13 10:53 AM
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Sebring, Florida
Mopar Grandpa
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Well I had this Boss 429 that was just the baddest thing on the street. The Hemi guys would park their cars in the garage when they heard it coming.   
what is the flavor of Kool aid you are drinking?
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Re: Street Racing in the 60's & 70's - Tell them your story
[Re: Mopar Grandpa]
#506596
03/27/13 04:12 PM
03/27/13 04:12 PM
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Endicott, NY, USA
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Well I had this Boss 429 that was just the baddest thing on the street. The Hemi guys would park their cars in the garage when they heard it coming.
what is the flavor of Kool aid you are drinking?
SARCASM!
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