Clear up something in the original trans-am cars?

When I was at Navy electronics school at Treasure Island, 68-69, there was the "orange club." One guy had a 69 Z28, another had a 67 GTX painted that color, and a fellow student had a brand new 69 383 4 speed RR that Daddy had bought him. They used to park up against one of the fences during morning muster LOL

One evening the guy who owned the RR, Dave, came to the ham club which was on the NW corner of the island. He had "duty" and was in dungarees, and back then you could not go off base in that uniform. He came in and told me "you have to see this." I went out there and here's a brand new Weiand with a pair of 2--4's on there. "Let's go for a ride" says Dave. "How you gonna get off base?" I asked. He fired that ***** up and roared right down the W side of the island, a fairly straight stretch, doing nowhere near the 25mph limit. Suddenly down toward the main gate end, he pulled over. "I'm f##ked". I looked back and you could barely SEE the 1 candlepower blinker on the SP truck. The whole deal was "gone" shortly. He and another student played tournaments in the "golf club" with some Commander. The Commander pulled rank on the head of base security, and all Dave got was "base restriction" for a couple weeks.