I was going to see my GF back in 1975, they'd just opened a new section of RT95 in Danvers,Mass and the road was perfect. It was a Sat nite and I decided to see what the car would do. Hit 115mph in 2nd gear, then buried the 140mph speedometer to the stops. Went under a bridge and sitting behind the bridge was a Mass state trooper. Had 1/4 tank of gas so decided that it might be smart to stop. After maybe a mile I got it down to a stop and maybe 30 second later the trooper pulled up. Now mass state troopers back then were well trained and ALWAYS polite! He looks at me and says:" What the F do you have in this thing? I got you at 152.6MPH" I'm sitting there contemplating my future in Walpole State Prision and I say:" It's stock" He looks at me and calls me a liar. I tell him" it's an old state police car"
It was a 1969 ford custom with a 428 ci,auto and 3:00 rear end. I'd just changed out the factory autolite 4 bbl for a 800 dual feed dual pump holley and an excel ignition. The car had 195,000 miles on it.
End of story, he wrote me for doing 76 in a 55 zone and it cost me $50.00
Built a monster V8 Chev vega in the late 70's, 480HP at the flywheel, 2550lbs
Dumped $10,000 into it in parts back then. Would do 11.5's in the 1/4 mile but at near 130mph the ass end would start to lift from air piling up under it.
great street car..5:86's with a spool...chirp..chirp..chirp around corners..
Then there was the time I lost a Maryland statey in a 6 banger Dodge Aspen...Thats for another time..
Those were the days..
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