OT: Visiting a friend and look what he has! Options

[skline]

Stopped by to visit a friend of mine the other night and he tok me down in his garage to show me the love of his life. It's not a Porsche but I would not mind having it. It's a 1967 with a 427-435HP all stock. He doesnt drive it much anymore, actually never did. He bought it as an investment. After doing a little research, the car is worth about $75k. It is cleaner than when it came from the factory. I am so jealous.

[Rgreen914]

In 1968, while at Pasadena City College, I reunited with a guy I had known in high school. He had just bought a '66 Bel Air (425 hp/427 with 4 speed, 4:88) from Casler Tires in Ontario; this car had been the Stock Eliminator Champ at the '67 Winter Nationals. In those days, Stock Eliminator cars were limited to 7" wide "cheater" slicks. At the old OCIR (Orange County International Raceway), this 3725 lb two-door would "yank" the front wheels about a foot in the air leaving the starting line. Several of the guys we used to run against went on to bigger and better things (guys like Sonny Bryant, Bill Bagshaw and Bob Lambeck were part of the "birth" of Pro Stock); we ran that car for a couple of years and when my friend sold it, it held the national record (we went from Pasaden, Ca. all the way to Amarillo, Texas just to set the mph record). By the way, it was the only Bel Air running in that class--all the other "heavy hitters" ran Biscaynes! Because of this experience I grew to love big block Chevies!