kill stories

You guys might have read this one already

hey years ago when I had my duster (70 340 4spd) I got caught red handed. The guy I was racing blew thru the next light and I got nabbed. The cop made me wait in the car for 20 minutes . I filled my pants and was thinking racing? dangerous driving ?,,,,,,,,,,,oh boy . I am in for it. He looked at my car with the skinnys on the front, aluminum dash with switched and SW gauges AND gave me a ticket for no seatbelt.............I was a lucky little fu%%^er. I have a few.

Here is another one,
At our hang out up at Finch/Weston for you GTA guys there was a 67 Fastback Mustang with a velocity Stack, flames etc and somthing new to us at the time, Nitrous. He was pretty proud of this car and always wanted to run somebody. We decided to run so we headed down to a marked off 1/4 mile (Park Lawn cut off) we used to use. It was part of the hwy you could get out of the car and walk around . We had no starter for this one so agreed on a rolling start. We approched the start , slowed down , and just in time I noticed a cop pulled over out of his car sitting a couple of lanes over seperated by a gaurd rail with his arms folded watching us coming to the line at 3/4 grand in first. We just drove the rest of the 1/4 at about 40 mpg side by side laughing. A flamed mustang and a 70 340 Duster. Good times.

65Vart said:

Here is another one,
At our hang out up at Finch/Weston for you GTA guys there was a 67 Fastback Mustang with a velocity Stack, flames etc and somthing new to us at the time, Nitrous. He was pretty proud of this car and always wanted to run somebody. We decided to run so we headed down to a marked off 1/4 mile (Park Lawn cut off) we used to use. It was part of the hwy you could get out of the car and walk around . We had no starter for this one so agreed on a rolling start. We approched the start , slowed down , and just in time I noticed a cop pulled over out of his car sitting a couple of lanes over seperated by a gaurd rail with his arms folded watching us coming to the line at 3/4 grand in first. We just drove the rest of the 1/4 at about 40 mpg side by side laughing. A flamed mustang and a 70 340 Duster. Good times.

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Man i wish it was still like that in the GTA...sure street racing is bad, but there is a way to do it without killing others like these import goofball kids...heck the other nite on hwy7 a couple of high dollar imports were going at it and there were cars like 10 feet in front..one guy almost smashed!!!! its idiots like that i tell ya, they think its cool to speed in traffic...im just glad they dont have cars with real power- if they cant handle a go kart with a mower engine, they probably royally screw themselves with anything v8

nice stories by the way!:-D

Another one, not so good,
Same scenario Park lawn cut off against a 71 GTO/Lemans. We had a crowd and a starter so it was pretty cool. I waste this guy out of the hole and see him in my rearview by 3rd I had him done BUT then my Duster shuts off and does a nose dive. I had wired the fuel pump into the fuse box (rookie)and kicked it out with my foot. He under stood and said we could go again double or nothing.
Second race he smokes me by 3/4 cars and I brake my 4:56es and pay him 40$ . He claimed he only had an intake /carb/headers..........to this day I swear that pontiac was on the drugs.

65Vart said:

Another one, not so good,
Same scenario Park lawn cut off against a 71 GTO/Lemans. We had a crowd and a starter so it was pretty cool. I waste this guy out of the hole and see him in my rearview by 3rd I had him done BUT then my Duster shuts off and does a nose dive. I had wired the fuel pump into the fuse box (rookie)and kicked it out with my foot. He under stood and said we could go again double or nothing.
Second race he smokes me by 3/4 cars and I brake my 4:56es and pay him 40$ . He claimed he only had an intake /carb/headers..........to this day I swear that pontiac was on the drugs.

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71 lemans eh???by any chance was it a greek dude by the name of panos or george? i know some guys who raced 71/72 lemans on the street in your day
and do the names googler, bla bla, or freak ring a bell??? LOL there still goin strong those guys lol

It might sound funny, but street racing in the GTA completely changed after The Fast & the Furious came out. Then the ricers started killing people and the cops got serious about it.

It worked out well for me, because I was over the whole street racing thing by that point, and since then the cops have totally focused on the ricers and left the muscle cars alone.

Soo ont. Many street races down Queen and Bay. Three great places to race without endangering others was the industrial park right behind the cop shop, abondoned Northern Race Ways and way out Wallace Terrace beyond the steel plant dumping grounds. I never lost a race in my 70 340 duster with 3.55 gears and never hurt anybody (thank God). Late one night on Bay a guy with a yellow Camaro with 4.88 gears and slicks shows up driving from Wawa (100 miles north) That must have been a long ride!. He lines up and pulls the front wheels on untreated pavement. I turned on my blinker on that one.

Old days, young and dumb, but man....I lived through it all and wouldn't trade it for anything!

autopar3000 said:

It might sound funny, but street racing in the GTA completely changed after The Fast & the Furious came out. Then the ricers started killing people and the cops got serious about it.

It worked out well for me, because I was over the whole street racing thing by that point, and since then the cops have totally focused on the ricers and left the muscle cars alone.

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fast and furious is what killed street racing...here you had guys racing for years, rarely if ever hurting anyone besides themselves (and thats if they hurt themselves) and then as soon as the movie came out every punk in his moms civic thought he was a race car driver and started racing on major roads filled with cars doing things as though they were invincible...like the kid a couple of weeks ago-140 in a 70 zone???what are you thinking???

I just hope the cops dont bother me...especially when im goin at it with my buddies lol

mshred said:

fast and furious is what killed street racing...here you had guys racing for years, rarely if ever hurting anyone besides themselves (and thats if they hurt themselves) and then as soon as the movie came out every punk in his moms civic thought he was a race car driver and started racing on major roads filled with cars doing things as though they were invincible.

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EXACTLY.

Confession time first, yes, I'm a reformed Pontiac owner.

Had a '68 Ram air 400/4sp Firechicken and yes, it was a formidable car. The previous owner had a 12.1 second time slip and he was always in a rivalry with the owner of a local 383 GTX 4 spd. The chicken was always a couple tenth's faster than the GTX. As the original owners got into that family thing and sold their cars, I ended up with the Firebird and a friend bought the GTX. Of course, we were young with more BS than brains, so we would trash talk the other car every chance we would get, promising we would line them up one night and settle this. Anyone who has ever owned a Pontiac knows that while they can make great power, the bottom end simply will not hold up. Spinning a bearing was a regular occurance and that kept my chicken laying eggs in the garage. After about a year or two of this, I decided to buy a new Firebird. I ordered a '77 Formula 400/4 spd car just in time for the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Rev limiter kept the engine below 5600 rpm, so this one might live. The '68 was running a 4.88 gear and it was entertaining to see the gas guage dip to 0, then return 1/4 tank less than where you started everytime you mashed the throttle, but the new fowl was reasonably economical with low 3.xx gearing. Anyways, this got the owner of the GTX absolutely ROFLOL. I was pronounced the biggest pussy on the planet and he was now the undisputed king. So, naturally, (and kids, it was the 70's, don't try this at home!), we lined them up one night and I beat him. Not badly, maybe a car length, but a win nonetheless. Of course GTX owner was stunned. This was not possible, so we lined up again and I beat him again. No more trash talk from him! Of course, now I'm feeling pretty good about myself, so I line up against this beat up 340 Duster. I got humiliated. I had pulled the engine from the '68 Firebird when I sold it, so I promptly traded the Poncho engine for a '68 Cuda notch with a destroyed 318. Bought a 70 Fury with a 360 for the drivetrain and transplanted it into the Cuda. Engine was worn out, car was worn out, but it was possibly the best car I ever owned.

I've still got a healthy respect for the Poncho and I must admit, I'd be proud to have that GTX in my garage today, but that is how I became an A body Mopar fan.

More GTA,
One night up at Finch & Weston the police closed off the big parking lot and started running plates and checking insurance. It was serious back then . Guys would pull cars up on trailers with slicks and open headers.crazy stuff. I had a guy in a vega pull up beside me at 50mph , gear down and pull his front wheels 3ft off the ground, We are talking early 80s here. I agree that the law is more focused on the import crap now. They tend to leave us alone unless you are stupid.

These are some great stories. Makes Me wanna get my license!!!

Funny story. My father-in-law and I were out of town not too long ago picking up a 5th wheel camper that he had purchased a couple of months ago. We had the intentions of bolting on an adapter from the 5th wheel to the king pin in order to pull it with his short bed cummins. Anyway the metal around the king pin was too thin to drill and tap so we had to have it welded. We were a couple of hours from home so we called around to find a welding shop who could do it. We found someone and pulled off the king pin assy. and went to his shop. As soon as I walked in I noticed a Vega with a Big Block and a big weiland blower sticking out of the hood. We started talking about cars and he told me he was a big street racer back in the early 70's and him and his buddys had camaros and one guy had a 396 car. I told him that I am building a big block pro-street duster and he started laughing. All he could say was "That Damn 340 Duster". He told me a story about a guy that would show up while street racing with a 340 Duster and spank everyone, even the big block camaro. He asked me what makes those cars so fast. I just said "it's a mopar".
By the way, for a Chevy guy he was a pretty good welder.

I would have to agree about the Pontiacs. At one time, along wih my 68 I had a 72 cutlass I stuck a 455 in. Awesome torque in that engine and with the 2?? gears in the rear it would pull pretty hard on the highway. One night comming home I had a guy in a green 70 SJ GranPrix pull up on me while we were on the highway. We slowed down to about 20 and hit it with me jumping him by about 6 cars up until about 100mph when he blew past me. We went at it again at about 65 and I jumped him again by 3 or 4 cars until we hit a little over a hundred. The last time was at a 100 punch where he walked from me like I hit reverse. I sold the Olds the next day.

From March 22, 08...

I love messing with them in my 340 Dart. Last year I pulled up next to a Civic 4 door with the proverbial fart pipe and TRIPLE wing on the trunk.
The light turned green and he did the usual rev it up and sqeaked the tires.
I stayed up with him just enough so he could see my hood scoop out his right door. At the next light he yelled out that my car ran pretty good for such an old car. I mentioned that I was only running on the primary side of the carb and let that sink in. The light was about to change and the weed wacker started to rev up. About 1 second before the light changed, i brought the revs up against the converter and let the beast loose. I probably had 2 cars on him before he knew it. A couple of blocks down the road, I pulled into a Subway and he followed me in and asked ..WHAT HAPPENED??
I politely informed him that the 2 and 1/4 secondaries in my original Thermoquad are each bigger than his exhaust pipe and the .508 cam makes for a lot more airflow than his stupid little cold air intake. The final blow was when I informed him that it would run a bit better if I turned off the A/C !
I popped the hood and his eyes got real big.
I told him to remember the old saying..." V8 NOT V-TECH !"



Then I informed him that I have a stock Slant Six at home that is even faster than the 340. I pulled out my digital camera and showed him this:

Yellowdart - I'm betting you're single, I can't imagine my wife letting me put my bikes in my kitchen. Nice picture.

Juvat,
Yes, have been for 17 years. The reason they are in the dining room....
ran out of room in the garage as my 2 other bikes are in there as well as the Dart and they are much easier to keep clean.

AnD I have been one-upped................

thanks for the replys guys gives me more reason to build my motor

Ok guys this is from today in my 410 4spd 70 Dart!!!!!!!!!!

Drove car to work today, beautiful cool air in California. I live in Murrieta/Temecula kind of rural in some parts.

Think there is a car show or something in town this weekend, need to find out.

Took MADDART out for lunch and boy was she hungry today here is what was eatin' for lunch!

1) Z06 Corvette at a Roll from light, NO CHANCE after 1st & Second gear..Then he wanted NONE of it.
2) New Charger.......had no chance
3) Boosted Honda Car--that was a joke, felt sorry for the kid
4) 49 retro panel wagon tried to whole shot me...BADDDD DECISION 1st, 2nd-3rd.........dang where did he go??? Way back there!
5) 64 GTO, guy tried to go around me on a straight away right after the swooping right turn off the freeway. Rolled around me I was going about 20 mph in 2nd so I wicked it up and got it in 1st gear around 15mph, he jumps on it so I hit it and pull the guy at least 5 car lengths instantly, go to bang second and well I missed the shift and bounced off my Rev Limiter at 6800RPM he was coming up on me til I get it in second and go APE SHITT on his *** bang it into 3rd gear and I swear I launched another 5 cars look in my mirror and he is WAY back there. He pulls up next to me and says DAMN that thing runs Really Good. So I talk to him out the window for about 10 seconds and I see my next VICTIM in a 69 El Camino SS396, I started taunting the guy while at the red light so we turn onto a Rural Road away from almost everything and everybody. I am in first gear as we turn the corner at about 3800 rpm he takes off so I short shift it into second and just stand on it, the shocks topped out instantly and I am totally gonna smash into the guy if I dont let off, by the way my car in no way hooked it was BLOWING the tires off for about 65 ft or so and sounded like it was going to Suck in birds and anything else in the way. So I let off he pulls in the next lane, I am in 2nd gear and he decides he wants NONE of it!!! Pull up to a light and there is a Beautiful Acura NSX so the guy is looking at me we take off with NOBODY in front of us but behind us was the 64 GTO and the 69 Elcamino. The guy rolled out and then TOTALLY stood on it almost got me by surprise cuzz I was thinking NO WAY will he try anything, So I stand on it in 1st gear at a roll and I pulled him by about 1.5 car lengths he is still on it I can see him in my side mirror, I grab second gear and pull him another 3 cars at least, he is still on it I bang it into 3rd and man I really started movin some ground took it to around 6k in third look in my mirror and he is WAY back there. I slow down to cruzing speed he comes next to me with a big grinnnnnn and thumbs up.... I wave at them all and turn off to head back to the office.........I still got a Big *** grin on my face, you know the kind that stays there for awhile?

Damn that was some fun stuff!!

This goes way back to '68 or '69 and its not a race I was in but...

Astoria Blvd, Queens NY. The highway is sunken about 30 feet below the side streets like a tunnel without a top, kind of. Races every Saturday night. Spectators by the hundreds would stand along the guardrail looking down on the action on the highway. Three lanes each way. The raging noise that got funneled up was intense. So there's two simultaneous races of three cars going west and three cars going east. Its like Ben Hur in the colloseum. Its so long ago I can't recall what kind of car it was but one flipped over in excess of 100mph. Cops, ambulances, the whole bit. When you're sixteen that kind of stuff is FUN at two in the mornin!

But after that the cops were out in force every weekend, giving citations to even the spectators and at one point even had the Fire Dept hosing down the 'track'. I don't know where the races moved to, but I'm sure they raced somewhere.

The good ole days.

Well today I pulled up to the light beside a honda civic si with a turbo and he was looking at me revin his engine, so i had to let him know what a real engine and exhaust sounded like. Light turned green and i left him spinning tires the whole way. Then I finally hooked and a Mclaren Mercedes came flying past me. I have to admit it felt good beating another rice burner but damn that Mercedes was fast. I had no chance.

holy crap madart, you had quite the experience today...i wish there was that many guys to lineup against where i cruise...practically all of them are import guys who refuse to race because they think they are faster (in reality they are crapping their japanese thongs because they know they will lose)

This is a story of a mopar guy (me)with all my chevy freinds and how growing up in chevy land was full of bullshit and fish storys.
I bought a 360 crate motor at a dodge dealer because someone ordered it and never picked it up and the price was right.
It was a original comando crate 360ci engine\300 horse.
This was going in my 67 coronet with 2.94 gears.
I gust got the motor going and by the end of week ,all the chevy guys are talking **** and how there is no way a 360 can beat any of there 396 big blocks.
One freind stops by and says ,let's get this over with and wants to race me with his 1968 chevelle ,with of course a 396.

I didn't even have time to get the car strait with jetting or anything.
Being all chevy people in my circle ,they would just love to see me get beat.
So they all get in the cars and we go to a spot where they race.
He's all pumped up in his chevelle and i am just shaking my head because i couldn't beleive i was already racing my car with a brand new motor in it.
SO the race starts and he starts to spin, and me with 2.94 gears pulls away, waiting to shift my car at 6000 rpms took so long with no gear and by this time he started to catch me.
So i hit second gear and by this time he's door handle to door handle with me.He is driving a four speed and is looking like he's gonna beat me.
My dodge is starting to gain some rpm's in second and then something happened,time came to a stand still for the chevy camp.You sould have seen his face when i looked over as calm as i could be as my 360 started to pull away from his 396.PRICLESS ,JUST PRICLESS:toothy7:

mshred,

That was totally abnormal. I took off later in the day and headed south to Temecula about 5 miles away and there were ALOT of cars hanging out down there. I did give it to a SUBARU STI later in the day. He also had no chance and them things are pretty quick!

When I was young and stupid I evaded a mid eighties 350 Chevy Caprice police cruiser in a '65 Signet convertable with a 2bbl 273 auto no sway bars and 9" drums all around. I got the jump and real lucky but most importantly away without incedent.