Dedicated Day 2 Thread

[novadude]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BillD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> &quot;And fender flags changed from 427 to 307....&quot; Now that is the way to do it!! Great car (L72 Biscayne) and thanks for posting the pictures </div></div>

My uncle had a 1964 Impala SS 409/425, White-on-white back in the '60s. He pulled the 409 numerals and replaced with '327' emblems. Apparently, there used to be a lot of street racing by the eat n' park on Banksville road in Pittsburgh, and he participated frequently. People couldn't believe they got beat by a '327'. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

As a tribute to that old street racer trick, I still have '283' emblems on my '65 Nova, even though it has a Vortec head, roller cammed 355 and M20 now. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[markinnaples]

novadude, I know that area on Banksville. That would look like a pretty good area to race (BITD, not now of course), then hit Eat-N-Park afterwards.

[Day2_69Z]

The Eat n Parks all over the Pgh , Homestead, Monroeville areas were Hotbeds,
Theee &quot;Place to be&quot; back in the day if you were looking for a race or to settle grudges.
(a lot of money changed hands ) Bragging rights were one thing but they raced for &quot;the Crown&quot; of King of the Streets.
Sunday nights seem dull today as I &quot;rode with my Dad as a Kid&quot; as he held or took the Crown many a times,....in any of dozens or so &quot;Fast cars&quot; he ran on the street and the tracks across the Tri-State area.....Very often the Heavy Hitters he beat regularly came back seeking, asking and paying good money for His Tune Ups.
The Missile Silos off of Rt 130 was a back drop to many 'serious' street races

.sometimes with bullets fired from the local police, high speed pursuits....crowds and too many cars to count were abundant

[anodyne33]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Day2_69Z</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
The Missile Silos off of Rt 130 was a back drop to many 'serious' street races
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Where is that?

[mockingbird812]

&quot;<span style="font-style: italic">sometimes with bullets fired from the local police, high speed pursuits....crowds and too many cars to count were abundant</span>&quot; [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

&quot;...bullets fired from the local police...&quot;

Really? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] Why?

[markjohnson]

Where I come from, high performance engine emblems on front fenders were removed or exchanged for smaller CID emblems for fear of the car disappearing from your driveway in the middle of night!

[mockingbird812]

you're missing the point Marlin - it's a cool story!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img]

[Verne_Frantz]

Sometimes you didn't have to replace emblems with others. Just remove the one with the evil numbers below the crossed flags. Just a 327 car...... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

Verne




Recognize those slicks and Cragars Grady???

[Day2_69Z]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">you're missing the point Marlin - it's a cool story!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img]</div></div>


True story...... on my mothers name.
She was there !
In the passenger seat of Dad's Corvette.
The cops raced in , blocked cars in that were waiting to run.....people scattered, cars peeled out in all directions.
Dad ran back to his Vette
(I think it was his turn to flag/flashlight the previous run off)
Started it up, open headers, slicks...etc...and launched it like a missile (as he &amp; mom relayed it to us many different times......and the story never varied)
Shots were Fired as he spread off........they didn't even try to chase it......
When home ,hiding the car and cooling off......he looked it over ,to his amazement there were NO Bullet holes in the rear of the car, him or my mom....

A few years ago I took Dad to the P.I.D. Reunion in Bridgeville.....he sat next to the Original Christmas tree where albums &amp; albums , news prints, trophy's were on display for All to look at and read .....
A few &quot;old guys&quot; came up to him and asked , are you the 'Joe' with the Vette. ...Harrison City Missiles.....and the Bust ?
Dad grinning ear to ear....said .. why ?
Those guys said . We were there !
Dad. .... 'were you the cops who.. ....
Response . No ! I'm the guy that stalled his car in front of the Cop cars. !!!!!

I never saw a bunch of Old Guys go from Red to White back to Red in 5 seconds before.... tears, laughs, cheers, oohs and ahhhs. And handshakes, hugs all around as by then a nice crowd had gathered......

Mom passed 19 years ago. ...Dad is at every racetrack event he can be at. ..each week end.
I heard the SAME STORY from these 3 as Mom &amp; Dad. told it over the Years....

Tom