Originally Posted by Steve Hellums
The SRT 6 and the 1970 442 with the 455 ci probably would have been pretty close. But that Mach 1 with the 428 Cobra Jet in it was the fastest car I've ever owned. Back then in the small town I grew up in we measured off a 1/4 mile on the highway and painted a yellow line across the road. That's where everybody raced at, nothing would even come close to beating that Mach 1. It had a round speedometer that only went to 120 & 120 was at about 4:00, when I would cross the yellow line the needle would be pointing straight down. Just guessing, it would do 130 to 135 in a 1/4. It had a toploader 4 speed that was considered bullit proof back in those day's, I blew 2nd gear out of three different tranny's.
Gotta agree. I had a friend back in the days who had a Torino w/ the Cobra 428 & it was the absolute fastest car I ever rode in. But, like Steve's 'stang he kept trashing his tranny & his rear end.