Your new musclecar

Randall Klein · 10-12-2010, 07:01 PM

Just saw this thread.....Travis, I worked in a gas station and my night partner had a '62 Galaxie 406 w/3 2bbls....about 6 miles to the gallon of DX Super Boron, of course it was about 25 cents a gallon...interior looked like a bordello....land yacht!

Anyway I got hooked on street racing a bought new '69 Nova 396/375 from Mac's Chev-Olds in Crete, Nebraska....our version of Nickey or Motion....they installed Hooker Headers, Lakewood shield, slapper bars and a Rev Lok clutch....5:13 gears, and up to old Cornhusker Raceway Park just south of Omaha....had 1 slick in the trunk, 1 in the backseat, and raced B/S for trophy...5 bulb tree....counted 'em down and won trophy 5 out of 6 chances....drove her home, a newly married grocery getter 6 days a week

$3650 list, salesman said $3275 and wouldn't budge, no gas either...course it didn't help that a friend dropped me off across the street along with 4 SS Cragars already mounted up, and drove off

12.70's on 7" Firestones with 6lbs of air....kinda squirrelly on the top end

Mac's Chev-Olds was listed one year in Car Craft as a Stock sponsor of the year candidate, and had 3 Nova's lined up, a Cortez silver that I bought, red and black...the black one had an automatic that no one wanted....they also had plenty of Big Block Chevelles, and about half a dozen 396 and 427 Camaros (they actually delivered one ZL-1).....to my ever living embarrasment, I did not like the looks of the Camaro (at that time...duh!)...I still like the Nova's, but what can you say about the all time classic '69 Camaro!

A friend came by the gas station with his friend's '69 Cortez silver COPO 427 auto, and we took it for a spin...right away I wished I'd bought the Camaro, and loved 'em ever since.

Mac's Chev-Olds....a hot rodders heaven...long gone after insurance, gas prices balloning, and smog stuff.....those were the days my friend...we thought they'd never end, Rolling Stones, Cream, Janis Joplin on the AM radio, and street racing on 25 cent premium gas.....Lincoln, Nebraska had the following crusing the main drag: (3) 427 Camaros, 4 396/375 Novas, a couple of 390 GTA stones, 440 six pak and a street hemi that was never in tune....a couple of 383 Roadrunners, a mix of 327 '55 & '57 Chevys, a juiced up '66 Chevelle small block.....man the memories (its a wonder we all survived)

10-12-2010, 07:01 PM	#15
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: Your new musclecar Just saw this thread.....Travis, I worked in a gas station and my night partner had a '62 Galaxie 406 w/3 2bbls....about 6 miles to the gallon of DX Super Boron, of course it was about 25 cents a gallon...interior looked like a bordello....land yacht! Anyway I got hooked on street racing a bought new '69 Nova 396/375 from Mac's Chev-Olds in Crete, Nebraska....our version of Nickey or Motion....they installed Hooker Headers, Lakewood shield, slapper bars and a Rev Lok clutch....5:13 gears, and up to old Cornhusker Raceway Park just south of Omaha....had 1 slick in the trunk, 1 in the backseat, and raced B/S for trophy...5 bulb tree....counted 'em down and won trophy 5 out of 6 chances....drove her home, a newly married grocery getter 6 days a week $3650 list, salesman said $3275 and wouldn't budge, no gas either...course it didn't help that a friend dropped me off across the street along with 4 SS Cragars already mounted up, and drove off 12.70's on 7" Firestones with 6lbs of air....kinda squirrelly on the top end Mac's Chev-Olds was listed one year in Car Craft as a Stock sponsor of the year candidate, and had 3 Nova's lined up, a Cortez silver that I bought, red and black...the black one had an automatic that no one wanted....they also had plenty of Big Block Chevelles, and about half a dozen 396 and 427 Camaros (they actually delivered one ZL-1).....to my ever living embarrasment, I did not like the looks of the Camaro (at that time...duh!)...I still like the Nova's, but what can you say about the all time classic '69 Camaro! A friend came by the gas station with his friend's '69 Cortez silver COPO 427 auto, and we took it for a spin...right away I wished I'd bought the Camaro, and loved 'em ever since. Mac's Chev-Olds....a hot rodders heaven...long gone after insurance, gas prices balloning, and smog stuff.....those were the days my friend...we thought they'd never end, Rolling Stones, Cream, Janis Joplin on the AM radio, and street racing on 25 cent premium gas.....Lincoln, Nebraska had the following crusing the main drag: (3) 427 Camaros, 4 396/375 Novas, a couple of 390 GTA stones, 440 six pak and a street hemi that was never in tune....a couple of 383 Roadrunners, a mix of 327 '55 & '57 Chevys, a juiced up '66 Chevelle small block.....man the memories (its a wonder we all survived)