Yea. I had some friends, twin brothers actually that had one of those 442’s back then. Fastest car in the county for a long time! Changing the subject a little, but I got a 56 Corvette when I came home from Vietnam Nam. Took it to college In Florida. That was the one I should have kept haha, We all had one of those I guess. Got a lot of mileage out of that car. Hot little 265 with 3 on the floor. Blew it up and put a 327 in it with a Borg Warner 4 speed. Sold to a Miami Cop for 1000 dollars when I got married.
Chevy’s 265 and 283 were great little monsters...
You could pull a lot of horses out of them, and still they’d try to give you more.
Think about ALL the engine setups you could choose from then.
Chevy alone: 265, 283, 307, 327, 350, 396, 400, 454...
There’s Nothing like that today. Just Pathetic...