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bravenrace
bravenrace PowerDork
4/23/13 10:12 a.m.

to another time. Like this one.

ransom
ransom GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
4/23/13 10:14 a.m.

It's not my cup of tea, but ten year old me is squirming out of the family's Falcon wagon to go get a closer look...

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy UberDork
4/23/13 10:16 a.m.

Cragar's......dual quads.....

cutter67
cutter67 HalfDork
4/23/13 10:17 a.m.

I love the mickeys on the back and the bfs on the front classic

aussiesmg
aussiesmg UltimaDork
4/23/13 10:18 a.m.

I get it.

Cotton
Cotton SuperDork
4/23/13 10:19 a.m.

That's awesome

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/23/13 10:22 a.m.
Datsun310Guy wrote: Cragar's......dual quads.....

And those Cragars are four bolts. I hated them then, but they're nifty now.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
4/23/13 10:22 a.m.

Yep, period correct flake and everything!

bravenrace
bravenrace PowerDork
4/23/13 10:25 a.m.

Don't forget the name! I had a Formula 400 back in the late 70's that had "Dream Weaver" painted in rolling gold leaf across the back side of the rear spoiler!

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/23/13 10:25 a.m.

Oh man. I want that.

The only change i'd make would be to go to a square setup.

mndsm
mndsm PowerDork
4/23/13 10:49 a.m.

I feel like it needs individual stacks and zoomies, like an old gasser.

bravenrace
bravenrace PowerDork
4/23/13 10:51 a.m.

In reply to mndsm:

No, see that's what really gets me about this picture. I see your point, stack FI and zoomies were cool, but not all that common on the street. This car seems to capture the typical street machine in the mid to late 70's, which was also a little past the gasser era.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 PowerDork
4/23/13 10:56 a.m.

What happened to the fad of air ride rear shocks set to high? HiJackers

This was the era of the exploding Pinto and I remember that municipalities had laws about how high you could actually lift up the back end and still be legal.
It was a stupid look and I guess these guys were the ricers of their era.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid UberDork
4/23/13 11:02 a.m.
Woody wrote:
Datsun310Guy wrote: Cragar's......dual quads.....
And those Cragars are four bolts. I hated them then, but they're nifty now.

Fours on the front, fives on the back.

Duke
Duke PowerDork
4/23/13 11:19 a.m.

If that thing doesn't have a "Gas, Grass, or Ass" sticker on it somewhere, they didn't do their homework.

Duke
Duke PowerDork
4/23/13 11:22 a.m.
bravenrace wrote: Don't forget the name! I had a Formula 400 back in the late 70's that had "Dream Weaver" painted in rolling gold leaf across the back side of the rear spoiler!

There used to be a Grabber Blue '71 or so Mach 1 in town with "TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT" across the back of the spoiler... in 1983 .

bravenrace
bravenrace PowerDork
4/23/13 11:23 a.m.

In reply to Duke:

Truth be told, mine still had a name in 1983. But that was the end, as I painted over it in...1983 to be exact!

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand UberDork
4/23/13 11:24 a.m.

In reply to Duke:

Lol, so true...

wlkelley3
wlkelley3 SuperDork
4/23/13 11:25 a.m.

When I was in high school (when those came out), there was a guy that had one like that. Good thing he worked at the local Ford dealer body shop. you could tell when he raced it Friday or Saturday, he had it in the body shop when they were closed on Sunday straightening out the frame. After almost every race day, he drove it home on 3 wheels. Only one front wheel touching the ground.

None of my Pintos ever looked like that.

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand UberDork
4/23/13 11:26 a.m.

In reply to JohnRW1621:

My first car, a 72 Mustang, had air shocks.

They kept blowing out every time I jumped a set of railroad tracks.

Sky_Render
Sky_Render Dork
4/23/13 11:28 a.m.

That is too cool!

HappyAndy
HappyAndy SuperDork
4/23/13 11:35 a.m.

The driver looks period correct too

bravenrace
bravenrace PowerDork
4/23/13 11:59 a.m.
petegossett wrote: In reply to JohnRW1621: My first car, a 72 Mustang, had air shocks. They kept blowing out every time I jumped a set of railroad tracks.

My kids wouldn't think of jumping railroad tracks. WTH is wrong with them anyway?

Appleseed
Appleseed UltimaDork
4/23/13 12:26 p.m.

Extra points when he installs side pipes. He'll win at everything forever if they're functional.

mndsm
mndsm PowerDork
4/23/13 12:32 p.m.
bravenrace wrote: In reply to mndsm: No, see that's what really gets me about this picture. I see your point, stack FI and zoomies were cool, but not all that common on the street. This car seems to capture the typical street machine in the mid to late 70's, which was also a little past the gasser era.

I get what you're sayin. It's totally period correct, for what it is.

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