2 Darts
A-body Addicted
I went with my Dad to Carl Price Lincoln, Mercury, Dodge in Jasper, Al in May 1967 looking for a car........ In 68 they had I59/20 built thru Tuscaloosa but was not open for traffic so we had a perfect drag strip that you come run as far as you wanted to. Word was put out that anyone wanting to run to meet on the interstate at 2 pm on Sunday......Joe
Remember both. Went to school in Tuscaloosa. They didn't open that stretch of road to the public until 1971 or 72 IIRC.
A family in the next block had a couple of boys that bracketed me age-wise. They managed to kill a V-8 Simca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simca_Beaulieu and a Volkswagen. The folks bought them a new /6 '68 Valiant. I remember them hauling around the corner of the block the left front tire being pounded into the pavement. Once the forces were so great the wheel cover popped off. They put several sets of tires on that car, but never killed it. It was still parked in the driveway waiting for the next flogging when I left in the spring of 1974.
My folks bought a '72 Demon that I shared with my siblings when they came to college. On a wet street, sis T-boned a guy in a Pontiac Catalina. It moved the B-pillar in about 4 inches on the Pontiac. The Demon had minor damage to the front end. It was a basic car with a 225/904 stripes and rally wheels. It didn't have a radio but did have carpeting. My current '72 Demon is sort of a clone of that car except I have equipped it more to my liking.