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Old 01-07-2021, 09:05 AM   #8
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Default Re: First Car to the Strip

My first trip down the track at the then "new" New York National Speedway was my Regal Red SS396 (360HP/M21 bench seat with the "radio-delete") that I bought in April of 1966, my Senior Year in High School.Your typical "Day 2" vehicle - Hurst Super-shifter, Sun tach and gauges, Grant steering wheel and "baby-moon" hub caps. I worked on it constantly for weeks and then made the trip to Exit 60 on Sunrise Highway to one of the first SS&DI "Super Stock Nationals". Have absolutely no recollection of how quick it was - I only knew I wanted to go "Faster"! Lot of interesting stories with "The Bomb" through 1966-67. Came back from Boot Camp in September '67 to find my parents had forged my signature on the registration and traded it in for a second car for them! Took me a while to get over that! Memories!
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