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Do you all get “challenged” at stop lights?
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<blockquote data-quote="John_C" data-source="post: 1443673" data-attributes="member: 97819"><p>Years ago, 1968, I was stationed in Barstow, CA. Buddy had a '64 Pontiac Grand Prix convertible he had bought from a friend. We had gone down to the local U-Haul to mount a trailer hitch, then drive up to Oakland to tow a '35 Ford pickup truck back to base. Afterward, we were in town to drop off the trailer hitch when we stopped at a red light. A couple of kids in a new Camaro pulled up beside us and raced their engine. The light changed and we left them in the proverbial dust. After we slowed, they flipped us the bird when they passed.</p><p></p><p>The Grand Prix? Not the usual Grand Prix. The car had few options: no power steering, a manual four speed on the floor, and the engine. Instead of the stock 389, Steve's friend had taken a 421, bored it out to 454 cu. in., installed 454 heads on it, installed a four barrel the size of a small doghouse on it, and stuffed it back into the car. And remember, this was before all the Federally mandated pollution control equipment. Sleeper, indeed.</p><p></p><p>Me, on the FJR? Nope. I have heard too many horror tales of a damaged second gear, even on a five speed. I just smile, shake my head, and gesture, "After you."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John_C, post: 1443673, member: 97819"] Years ago, 1968, I was stationed in Barstow, CA. Buddy had a '64 Pontiac Grand Prix convertible he had bought from a friend. We had gone down to the local U-Haul to mount a trailer hitch, then drive up to Oakland to tow a '35 Ford pickup truck back to base. Afterward, we were in town to drop off the trailer hitch when we stopped at a red light. A couple of kids in a new Camaro pulled up beside us and raced their engine. The light changed and we left them in the proverbial dust. After we slowed, they flipped us the bird when they passed. The Grand Prix? Not the usual Grand Prix. The car had few options: no power steering, a manual four speed on the floor, and the engine. Instead of the stock 389, Steve's friend had taken a 421, bored it out to 454 cu. in., installed 454 heads on it, installed a four barrel the size of a small doghouse on it, and stuffed it back into the car. And remember, this was before all the Federally mandated pollution control equipment. Sleeper, indeed. Me, on the FJR? Nope. I have heard too many horror tales of a damaged second gear, even on a five speed. I just smile, shake my head, and gesture, "After you." [/QUOTE]
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