My favorite Hurst girl.
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My favorite.

Oh man we are walking down memory lane now. I remember a bunch of those cars racing at Dragway 42 and Thompson back when I was a kid and caught the drag racing bug.

Thank you so much for the memories I can almost hear the 427 in that Fairlane screaming to the moon

Gus

I knew one Ford Racer, Ted Wells, that had one of the 50 1966 lightweight Ford Fairlane that Ford had assembled and prep for drag racing only, his was a 410 HP with a single four barrel originally.
We were talking about engine RPM during a rain delay at the Orange County track back in 1975 or so, I was racing my 1970 Cuda stick shift 426 Street Hemi motor and he ask me what RPM I shifted it at and cross the finish line I told him I let the clutch out above 6000 RPM with throttle on the floor and shifted it at 7000 RPM with 5:38 gears and 9x30 inch bias ply Firestone slick it would cross pretty close to 7000 RPM in the 1/4 mile.
He told me he let his clutch out at 8800 RPM and shifted around 8000 RPM and cross above 8000 RPM
I didn't have a clue how high those 427 FE motors would rev

wonderful to remember the past as it was ! i thought i was being tricked by the things that make the cobwebs my ol noggin has an abundance of !
it's great to see all those cragar, keystone, and chromed steel slot wheels as i remember.
with that said, has anyone weighed a 15x10 of the above, and compared them to a 15x10 aluminum slot [anson or fenton ?] wheel ?
i just remember all those wheels were pretty heavy back then.
at one time, i weighed a 15x4 cragar wheel, and i think it weighed more than the factory 15x5 1/2" steel wheel.
they sure looked much better though !

Me too thanks!

Mostly 64 and 65 cars pictured. Don't let the cover shot fool you, there's lots of AWB Mopars in there.

Thank you for all your effort in posting these fantastic great quality pictures.

You're welcome. It's my pleasure.

My lord, that was Modified Eliminator-type RPMs back then not so much Super Stock at least with big block cars.