Posted on 08/22/2016 7:52:42 PM PDT by MtnClimber
No car sums up Chrysler's utter insanity during the muscle car era better than the Plymouth Road Runner Superbird, and its Dodge companion, the Charger Daytona. These so-called "Aero Cars" were designed as NASCAR racers first, street cars second, and they're among the most outrageous things to come from Detroit.
Road & Track contributor Steve Lehto wrote the book on the Aero cars, and he found us an example of a Superbird at the Woodward Dream Cruise this past weekend. Along with a fellow Mopar expert, Lehto tells you more than you ever thought there was to know about the Superbird.
(Excerpt) Read more at roadandtrack.com ...
“Considering the lousy handling and braking of the old cars guess that would bring you ‘closer to God’ but maybe not in the way you meant?”
No, I think you read me right; I meant that, in those older cars, when you were pushing the envelope, the line between control and disaster was real thin, and — for real — God was just on the other side of it.
“I think there are a lot of ‘enhanced’ memories.”
‘ZACKLY!!
What’s that Springsteen song “Glory Days”?
Everyone wishes they lived a few.
So, hey, looking back the cars were faster, the girls were better looking, the parties were wilder...
Writers call it romanticism & everybody does it to a degree. And booze makes it worse. LOL!
My Cyclone has an FE 390 big block. The NASCAR Cyclones started with a 396 ci, then a 427, and finally the Boss 429.
Please contact. They are interested in hearing about this in more detail.
Johnny Bee
www.71SuperBee.com
www.SuperBeeRegistry.com
www.71ChargerRTRegistry.com
Thanks, I’ll let my brother know!
I had a friend with a 67? Fairlane and it had a lot of torque.
Delivered a friend’save 68 Torino 390 from FL to WA. Saved me a plane flight but cost a fortune in gas!
Odometer or mile markers and a stopwatch or clock with a second hand. We learned to do that in the dreadful days of 85mph speedos that even a Chevy Chevette could peg.
“the dreadful days of 85mph speedos that even a Chevy Chevette could peg. “
Downhill with a tailwind while drafting a semi ....
Maybe ...
“Odometer or mile markers and a stopwatch or clock with a second hand. “
Burying the tack doing 10,000 rpm with an engine that could only pull 6,400 rpm on a public road doing 190 on a buried speedometer on tires not rated for that speed ...
I call bs.
I’m not verifying anyone’s story, I simply explained HOW you could determine speed without a speedometer’s help.
“I’m not verifying anyone’s story, I simply explained HOW you could determine speed without a speedometer’s help.”
OK. Just the picture in my mind of these dudes doing 190+ down a public road with stopwatches ....
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