I were sit'n at the red light. A cop pulls up side me, rolls down his window an' says...."git on it". Git on it??? Is this cop crazy? We are downtown Huntington, W.Va. and he says...."git on it".
I was in need of a car. One that would start when I turn the key. A good look'n car. The used car dealership had two 1974 AMC Javelins. Love the body style. One was a ugly blue an' the other was a nice rust color....all shiny like. I was always a "need for speed" drag rac'n kind of guy. Burn rubber....that kind of stuff. I pick the rust color one what turn out to be a special edition of some sort.
Look just like this one......
It ran pretty fair....squeek the tires, go 60 mile a hour pretty quick.....nuttin special. But it had possibilities. "Modify it Billy Bob, modify it".
I fount me a old AMC Ambassador with a big ol' 360 cu.in. motor in it....uh huh, that gonna work out just fine. Well the motor weren't "hot" enough for a rac'n car. "Modify it Billy Bob, modify it" So that what I did. Complete engine rebuild to Billy Bob specifications ( I weren't called Billy Bob back then....I was "Uncle Bill" ). Full race cam shaft with roller lifters, 780 Holly sit'n on top a Edlebrock hi-rise manifold, electronic ignition, 4" outlet tuned headers....hot rod stuff.
Install'n the motor, a decision was made to use the original transmission and torque converter. Boy howdy that was a good decision. Increased the slip to 3800 rpms......right in the lower range of the power curve. Then to top it off, 10 inches cheater slicks were added to the read end. Traction bars were installed to cut down "smok'n" the tires. I had me one hot rod from hell.
Blowed the feathers plumb off'n them Pontiac Firebirds, eat up a bunch of Corvettes an' give them Ford Mustangs a run for their money. Won a few races at the 1/8th mile drag strip. Them were some fun times I betcha.
Another nasty look'n day. Got up to a little bit of fog, 64 degs, and the start up of a windy day. Hearded there was snow in Arizona. Boy howdy, hope it don't snow in south Texas. Seen all that stuff I want to see for the rest of my life when I lived 10 years in West by God Virginia. Rekon I'll just stick it out here at Falcon Lake. Catch me up a few 10 pounds bass fishes and move on to cooler climates in bout a month or so. High for today is to be right in the upper 80's range. That's get'n warm don't ya think?
10:05am: Experiment in progress. How long does it take Billy Bob to wash dishes?
11:41am: Experiment finished. Now that didn't take long at all. Tomorrow I'll put the dishes in their proper places. In the mean time they will sit right wheres I left them to dry.
Ok....got a few things on my morn'n agenda......laters.
I was in need of a car. One that would start when I turn the key. A good look'n car. The used car dealership had two 1974 AMC Javelins. Love the body style. One was a ugly blue an' the other was a nice rust color....all shiny like. I was always a "need for speed" drag rac'n kind of guy. Burn rubber....that kind of stuff. I pick the rust color one what turn out to be a special edition of some sort.
It ran pretty fair....squeek the tires, go 60 mile a hour pretty quick.....nuttin special. But it had possibilities. "Modify it Billy Bob, modify it".
I fount me a old AMC Ambassador with a big ol' 360 cu.in. motor in it....uh huh, that gonna work out just fine. Well the motor weren't "hot" enough for a rac'n car. "Modify it Billy Bob, modify it" So that what I did. Complete engine rebuild to Billy Bob specifications ( I weren't called Billy Bob back then....I was "Uncle Bill" ). Full race cam shaft with roller lifters, 780 Holly sit'n on top a Edlebrock hi-rise manifold, electronic ignition, 4" outlet tuned headers....hot rod stuff.
Install'n the motor, a decision was made to use the original transmission and torque converter. Boy howdy that was a good decision. Increased the slip to 3800 rpms......right in the lower range of the power curve. Then to top it off, 10 inches cheater slicks were added to the read end. Traction bars were installed to cut down "smok'n" the tires. I had me one hot rod from hell.
Blowed the feathers plumb off'n them Pontiac Firebirds, eat up a bunch of Corvettes an' give them Ford Mustangs a run for their money. Won a few races at the 1/8th mile drag strip. Them were some fun times I betcha.
Another nasty look'n day. Got up to a little bit of fog, 64 degs, and the start up of a windy day. Hearded there was snow in Arizona. Boy howdy, hope it don't snow in south Texas. Seen all that stuff I want to see for the rest of my life when I lived 10 years in West by God Virginia. Rekon I'll just stick it out here at Falcon Lake. Catch me up a few 10 pounds bass fishes and move on to cooler climates in bout a month or so. High for today is to be right in the upper 80's range. That's get'n warm don't ya think?
10:05am: Experiment in progress. How long does it take Billy Bob to wash dishes?
11:41am: Experiment finished. Now that didn't take long at all. Tomorrow I'll put the dishes in their proper places. In the mean time they will sit right wheres I left them to dry.
Ok....got a few things on my morn'n agenda......laters.
Hey, you didn't say if you beat the cop or he beat you. Bet that was a good race, for sure.
ReplyDeleteActually Dizzy, I thought he was set'n me up. But I did "git on it" Next red light he pull side me an' give me a big "thumbs up".
DeleteIt can snow a lot further south than where you are.
ReplyDeleteThere ain't much more south I can go. A Google search has turned up no history of Falcon Lake EVER get'n any snow. But that was a quick Google search.
DeleteLove those stories of the hot rods we used to have!
ReplyDeleteI had '56 Plymouth Fury, shoehorned a souped up hemi in and WOW! Sure was something else, had to sell it before I killed myself.
Remember that West, By God Virginia is Almost Heaven (according to John Denver).
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