Yes, very similar. When I left drag racing, it wasn't exactly voluntarily.
It was an addiction with me. I was newly married at the time, and was
spending household money to support my racing habit. My wife sat me down
and simply stated the facts. "Do you want to go racing, or do you want to
be married? Your choice".
So I cleaned out every last bit of stuff related to racing, shoeboxes
full of receipts and invoices, trophies, everything. I made her a promise,
No more race cars. I still remember the sound that small block made. It
still invokes memories when I hear a well tuned engine run.
Ah yes, TransAm Camaros. Probably the same block and etc. Chev made a Z-28
OPTION in 67-68 with a similar motor, before they went to the 396 in 69.
What a giant leap backwards that was. As Johnny Carson used to say, thanks
for the trip down memory lane.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 6:04 AM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist <
> Hupy, I be;ieve that motor was the Can - AM engine fitted to Camaros
> (Think COPO order Z280) which didn't make quite the power of the Ford tunnel
> port motors, but the Camaro stuck better and often won even with less
> power. If memory server, '68 Sebring Mark Donahue had the Camaro and George
> Folmar had the mustang. They'd hit the back straight and Folmar would put
> the motor on him and pass easily. Comes the crooked and the reverse -
> Donahue would blow past at about the second turn and keep gaining through
> the crooked.
>
> --johnny
> \
> --
> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
> Braselton, Ga.
> I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
> in hell
>
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It was an addiction with me. I was newly married at the time, and was
spending household money to support my racing habit. My wife sat me down
and simply stated the facts. "Do you want to go racing, or do you want to
be married? Your choice".
So I cleaned out every last bit of stuff related to racing, shoeboxes
full of receipts and invoices, trophies, everything. I made her a promise,
No more race cars. I still remember the sound that small block made. It
still invokes memories when I hear a well tuned engine run.
Ah yes, TransAm Camaros. Probably the same block and etc. Chev made a Z-28
OPTION in 67-68 with a similar motor, before they went to the 396 in 69.
What a giant leap backwards that was. As Johnny Carson used to say, thanks
for the trip down memory lane.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 6:04 AM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist <
> Hupy, I be;ieve that motor was the Can - AM engine fitted to Camaros
> (Think COPO order Z280) which didn't make quite the power of the Ford tunnel
> port motors, but the Camaro stuck better and often won even with less
> power. If memory server, '68 Sebring Mark Donahue had the Camaro and George
> Folmar had the mustang. They'd hit the back straight and Folmar would put
> the motor on him and pass easily. Comes the crooked and the reverse -
> Donahue would blow past at about the second turn and keep gaining through
> the crooked.
>
> --johnny
> \
> --
> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
> Braselton, Ga.
> I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
> in hell
>
>
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