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What this car is FUN. First, it does not have any cup holders, nor any fu-fu items like power door locks and power mirrors or 12-way power front seats, or dual-zone automatic climate control, cruise control, variable-speed intermittent wipers. What it does have is a big block V8 with 300-horse power. A large gas drinking 4-barrel carb. No idiot lights here just the temperature and oil presser gauge, with a large visible tac and a 150-mph speedometer, just to make sure the cops raider gun is accurate. It also comes with the Sure Grip REAR wheel differential, made to keep both wheels hooked up, and to get those wheels hooked up is a Hurst manual 4-speed transmission. I am telling you 1st gear is for pulling out tree trunks. It has so much low end you could eat Goodyear's all day. Second gear is just to try to get the car to go straight again as you counter steer and pull 3rd gear. Once you do let the clutch out, you are violently thrown back into your seat watching the tac move off of 6500 and climb back up as you keep your foot planted to the floor. No NOS needed here for this ride. Do I have your attention yet? Once you make it to 4th, this car is one sweet ride. It comes stock with heavy-duty torsion bars, heavy-duty rear springs, sway bar, heavy-duty shock absorbers, and the big fat 14" wheels make this car a dream to drive. I can see why Buddy and Richard did so well with this STOCK car in the seventy's.
When I pull up to a light and some rice burner sees that shark nose, the four fat tires and the sound from the rattle of those dual exhausts, I know they are just a little afraid. They wonder what's sittin under that mean lookin bulge hood. When I get the nod, I rev the thing up to about 6 grand then dump the clutch as the light turns green and boil the back tires to the point of catchin fire and when the smoke clears the only thing I want darker than the dual black stripes I left on the road is the single brown strip left in every pair of underwear around me!
In 2002, unless you layout the green, nothing can touch the feeling or turn heads as a ride from the past.
Known owners:
John Bober Florida current Tag "BEE 1971"
Shawn Meadows Texas
Kevin Webb Toledo Ohio
Titled in Florida on 7/13/89 Tag SPRBEE Expired in 1999
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