68 Valiant

Todd V actually lived in Larry's neighborhood.. a few steets west and a bit north. He graduated the same year as I did.. saw him occasionally after graduation on the street and at auto shows but it's been 20+ years since the last time.

The story I heard about the Chevelle was it used to be a Super/Stock or serious bracket car and that Larry didn't get the motor it was fast with.
I sure did look awesome with all that rubber under it though.

The Abbot drive story as I remember it went like this.. we had gone to the auto show, watched the power display on Sunday night when everybody came out of the Civic auditorium, and headed down to Abbot to see what was down there.
Larry (and you, apparently) wound up down there too.. My friend Gary had a gold 73 Nova with SS stripes, a decent 350, turbo 350 with 4.10 gears and an cocky attitude... they wound up racing, got a fair start and Gary won by a length or so... and afterwards Gary asked Larry what the Chevelle ran and he said 11's...

I was the smartass that said something like "so, Gary, you ran a 12.80 at Scribner, I guess that makes the Chevelle the slowest 11 second car I've ever seen...".

I always disliked guys who made their cars out as faster than they really were, and still do... and I was young and a lot less tactful than I am nowadays.. and after all, there was no shame in having an ex-race car with a mild motor.. it looked more badass than anything anyone else we knew could afford at the time!

Also, I remember him getting into a little trouble with the cops afterwards because he didn't get it back on the trailer before the cops arrived.. which is one real disadvantage to having a trailered car.

Anyhow, thanks for the trip down memory lane. One of these days I'll get my pix put on a CD and I'll post them here. And I will give my car it's own post this week, and stop cluttering up your thread!

Looking forward to more progress on your Valiant. Take care!
I attached a pic of me... try to imagine 80 pounds less weight.. more hair.. less 20+ years of age.... LOL!

Alan