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To: painter

No but I wish I did. Was working down in Phoenix out at the Palo Verde Nuke plants in 1981 and got into a late night high speed race on the freeway with a 280Z, while I was bit over the legal limit...

Forgot about being almost out of gas and the speedometer was pegged when it blew. The Z car pulled up as I coasted to a stop on the shoulder. The driver asked how fast was I going and said he was doing over 130. But she went out in memorable style.

The Z got the jump on me and I was doing about 80 and so I slammed it back into 2nd gear and walked away from it. When I put some gas in to start it the next day the dipstick blew 30 feet out in to the desert and the oil/breather cap blew off so hard it dented the hood. It still ran but I was blowing smoke out of the left side so bad it was looked like I was crop dusting, I was putting in about a quart of oil on every fill up. I ended up selling it to a guy for $500.


42 posted on 08/17/2015 2:50:12 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: shotgun

Had a Duster with a heavily modified 360 in it, giant 4bbl, headers, racing cam, driveshaft loop, had to chain the engine to the frame, the works.
Barely idled at a light.

But it was enormous fun giving corvettes a head start, at lights, then blowing their doors off.


49 posted on 08/17/2015 3:09:17 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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