Racing the Family Car
 

I'm sure everyone has done it, at least once.
Sneaking your mother or father's car out to the track, for
a little 'accelerated performance test'...:p

In 1975, my father gave in and bought my mother a new
'luxury car' instead of a 'performance car',,,,,,a 1975 Chrysler Cordoba.

A maroon-colored, 'Crown Edition', with a maroon-colored padded Landau vinyl-roof.
Even maroon 'semi-crushed velvet interior'.
My father skipped on the 'fine Corinthian leather' interior package.

Looked like a 'semi pimp mobile'.

Equipped, with a 'semi-rare', 400/235 HP 4-barrel (option), with dual-exhaust and with a 3.23 Sure-Grip Posi rear.

Well, it was taken (without approval) to the drag strip,,,,,,

No class, just Bracket-racing in 1975.,,,,,
We hit 16.60's with it,,,,,,,a 'one-time event',,,,,,,,

Re: Racing the Family Car
 

Paul
You or your father took it to the track or you both did Lol.

Re: Racing the Family Car
 

If I remember right, that's a "Lean Burn" engine, it could use leaded gas at a time when everything else was switching over to unleaded. It had a computer attached to the air cleaner housing.

Re: Racing the Family Car
 

Tidbit of Chrysler trivia, if you look into the history of the Lean-Burn system you'll find that it was built for Chrysler by a little company that became MSD.

Re: Racing the Family Car
 

Dennis,

Just me and my friend,,,,,,,,no family members,,,,,,

The only thing I had to do at the track,
just pop-off the custom-deluxe wheel covers, and
remove the air-cleaner top.

Don't think the H78 x 15's spun at all, when I left the line.
Can't remember if it was a 'Lean-Burn',,,,,,,,???

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Here are a few:

Mom's 62 Olds 98 4 Door. 16.73 @ 82.79 @ Irwindale
It won G/PS for quite a while until 65 Chev. 396 Wagons
started racing. 394/330HP "slim Jim" auto. Scales said
5400 lbs without driver but I can believe it was that heavy.

Dad's 67 GTX 13.83 @ 102.15 @OCIR 440/375
3740 without driver. 3.23 Open Torqueflite 49 State
Carb (750) a four speed dist. (Dual Pts).
B/PS and it was fast but could not beat Holiday Olds
442 B/PSwhich was a dedicate Racecar with 4.33 Gear

Dad's 69 Charger 500 14.18 @ 99.22 @ OCIR Stock
but no A/C Belt. 3885 Lbs. without driver.

BTW Driver was 308 Lbs (Did not believe scale on that one either)
More to come ...... Kid say back to Garage (Lunch is Over!)

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I just had to post these one's.
http://images49.fotki.com/v1521/phot.../img034-vi.jpg
http://images50.fotki.com/v1529/phot.../img055-vi.jpg
http://images52.fotki.com/v640/photo...0/img36-vi.jpg

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Moose,

Not one car lettered,,,,,,,,,,,,the day of daily driver racing (1974 thru 1977)

Mucho' boring!!!!

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Took my dads 57 Ford to opening night at Detroit Dragway in August of 1959 a 272 2 barrel 3 on tree. 17.10 at 77 mph.

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1969...

1963 Ford Fairlane
260 cubed, 164 horsepower, 2-barrel,,,

My friend took his mothers car to the track one Sunday.
On the way to the track, the muffler fell off.
He stopped, and threw it in the woods off the side of the road, figuring he'd pick it up on the way back home.

At tech inspection, he was told he had to have a muffler attached to the exhaust system to run stock,,(P/Stock)

He found a guy with a used Thrush Muffler at the track,
and bought the muffler for a pack of Marlboro cigarette's.

Rigged the muffler up with wire, and it made it through one time-trial.

Ran somewhere north of 18.00.

For class, he was an Only Car Trophy, so he ran alone...

In the Trophy Run,,,,,,
the muffler fell off just as he got near the traps, and he ran over it with the back tire, flattening it like a pancake..

He got DQ'd,,,,,,