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Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Anyone remember the 72' or 73' Brown Cadillac Coupe DeVille, with the off-white vinyl top.
472 cubed, with the nitrous boost.
Damn boat, embarrassed many 'musclecars'.
Was from Jackson Heights.
PC

When did nitrous start showing up on the NYC/NJ street racing scene? Late '70s? I've read there were lots of "boats" (Cadillacs, Lincolns, Hearses, the whole bit) with monstrous cubic inches and nitrous around the late '70s and well into the 1980s that were able to clean up fairly well.