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401 XR.$2,995 with the 401
and you got a one way plane ticket to Mesa Ariz to pick the car up.They
ran high 12s (with modifications by Randall)
www.gremlinx.com/RandallXR.htm

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Can't say this is really an oddball, but it was a really neat car. When I was 15 y/o my dad bought a like new '73 or '74 AMC Javelin from an older gentleman that bought it new, this was around 1981. The car was drop dead gorgeous, black with a gold stripe down the side and Pierre Cardin interior that had multi colered stipes, factory ralley wheels. It was automatic w/console and had a 360 I think. Wish I had some pics of that car, it turned heads wherever ya went. Of course pops sold it just before I turned 16,lol.

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Well I remember the 1959 Chrysler 300 E which had in-line dual quads. It was the first year of the wedge over the hemi.

The next year, the 1960 300 F was the first ramcharger (long ram manifold).

I was not old enough to own one but they were around and they were fast in their day.

413s and very rare pieces today.

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I can recall seeing in Miami, a white 60 Chrysler 300 convertable with a long ram 413 with a French made Pount a Mousson 4 speed, white top with red interior. Never have seen another one, must have been pretty rare, I heard like 7 were made but could be wrong

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I guess it was 15 cars total all with the special order short rams & 400hp, dont know how many were covertables. Wouldnt want to tear that trans up and they were fragile.

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Well, it was before my L/SA '66 Barracuda so, yeah...around '76 or so.

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Geez,
A 70 Fury 1, with a 440 six-barrel, and hood scoop. Not sure if you put that car/boat on the road,,,,,or in the water!!,,Would hate to get 'T-boned'
at an intersection by that beast!!!
Maybe a new thread should start,,,"Police Interceptors",,I'm sure everyones father or uncle had one in the mid-late 60's..mine did..
A 67' Plymouth Belvedere, black 2-door, 440/375HP, not sure of the rear, but the thing had the ineffective and long-throwing "Inland" 4-speed
shifter..The thing looked like a tree-branch coming out of the floor.,But man, could that thing fly on the 'Taconic State Parkway',,,it was a New York State Trooper Special 'unmarked car',,,,,,,,those bastards;)
Paul,,,'non-cop'

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Back in the sixties, a friend had a 66 Caprice 2 door with 395/325 bench seat (luxury fabric even) four speed. Not very quick but really unusual.

Staying on the "ain't no light weight" angle, I had a bunch of fun with a 70 Eldorado. Standard engine was a 400 hp 500 cubic incher. Heaven help the performance car that agreed to go from a roll.

There were a couple of W31 Olds smallblocks in town - think of it as a small block 442.

Another friend once owned a 59 El Camino 348 tripower 4 speed which was traded into the dealership he worked at from the original, boat towing owner.

Last but not least since it probably doesn't count, but I put together a 70 Malibu LS6 4 door. Back then, the AHRA rules allowed it in stock, and as I remember I gained about a second in record for 80 pounds in weight over a two door. Unfortunately, the AHRA collapsed about this time so it didn't hit the track very much. It was an ex-phone company car, army green with bottle cap hubcaps. One of the best street cars I ever had.

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My brother had a 1958 Dodge D500, 361 2x4 carbs with 305 hp. I think that there are about 5 to 10 still in existance. When I was a kid, my brother would take me up to Hempstead Trnpk and hunt down Corvettes with the D500, kick their asses with it. It was alot of fun!

Casey Miles
248H

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I'm not real sure how odd it was, but a guy bought a new 66 Chevelle with a 427 /425. Silver w/black int. I have never seen another one. All the ones I have seen have been 396/375s or 396 /360s 396/ 350s 396/325s or small blocks