Quote: Baddest of the bad, in it's own time and place, was my buddy's '67 Belvedere. In Minneapolis, in the mid-80s, for one or two summers, nothing would touch it. I'm talking 30 wins, zero losses record. It was a 440, .590 DC cam, tunnel ram, 3800 stall Turbo Action, 3.91s, SS Springs, subframe connectors, L60-15 street tires. But that thing would always hook hard on the street. The fastest it ever ran at the strip was low 12s but that was fast enough at that time and place to be untouchable on the street.
The body had been pulled out of a junkyard, and it had "Rock and Roll Machine" painted in big letters on the sides. Everyone laughed at it until they got stomped by it.
Big Al's gold one?
No, but I remember that car and guy. It was a gold '66 or '67 Coronet that used to cruise Central Ave. in northeast Minneapolis. I remember he was running aluminum rods on the street, something we considered pretty radical at the time. I don't think my friend ever raced him.
Big Al is a trip! He's like an idiot savant with a six pack set up- he's helped me tune my T/A, and A-12 Bee. He really knows his stuff- and a lot of tricks too. He still has the Coronet- and has rebuilt the motor again- now a very nasty set up- he figures he'll get into the 10's now. The one thing that blew me away about him- is that he's gotta have a burning in the ash tray at all times. I used to go on tour with the Dead in the 80's, and I have NEVER seen anybody get after it like that in my life. Great guy- he should have the Coronet back on the street by now- if not, spring for sure. He has TONS of street racing/cop ditching stories. One thing I think is nuts- is he has a nasty shot of NOS on his car- and a 4speed to boot. The car looks exactly like you remember it- as he's never restored it cosmetically- old school look still-
burning in the ash tray at all times. I used to go on tour with the Dead in the 80's, and I have NEVER seen anybody get after it like that in my life. Great guy- he should have the Coronet back on the street by now- if not, spring for sure. He has TONS of street racing/cop ditching stories. 
One thing I think is nuts- is he has a nasty shot of NOS on his car- and a 4speed to boot. The car looks exactly like you remember it- as he's never restored it cosmetically- old school look still- 
