i talked to some biker's the other day getting fuel, these guy's were going to the dragon... a biker said i seen one of those, on the Dragon
MAN their quick.
it is funny several people have seen these cars and always say WOW...
one of those.
when you raise the hood they say Damn. LOL.

so i guess were are known for...one of those.

i took a friend for a spin and it blew his mind, he had no idea the power and handling, now he wants one of those ... LOL.

 

Well send him to Harry Lane.

 

we are one of those best cars at the dragon.

 

I have one of those...

and I'm going to the Dragon in April.

I get that alot. "oh, one of those" if you don't know what it is, don't pretend. I'd rather you just ask. It's funny though. I love having one of those!

 

I was checking out another guy's SRT6 Roadster, he had some shaking going on after he had new wheels put on and wanted me to drive it to see what I thought. I done my Renntech kit with only 800 miles on my car and had not really driven it hard before that. When I drove his car there was no comparison to mine, I could not believe the difference between the two. When we got back with his car he wanted to go for a ride in mine, so we took it for a spin. He was totally shocked of how much faster mine was, he said it was the fastest car he had ever been in. He asked me if I have had any cars that were faster, I told him just two, a '70 Mach 1 with a 428 and a '70 442 with a 455.

 

...and if those are stock, I would still bet on the RennTech Crossy!

 

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.

 

I have had 4 V-8 Corvairs. In October I was in CA and drove the Super Vair. It is an all aluminum big block in the back seat of a coupe hooked to a big car powerglide and a quick change rear suspension. It dinoed over 600 hp at the rear wheels. If you have never driven a V-8 Corvair you haven't been in the fastest car yet. The best part is that you can beat people in a straight line and wipe them out on the curves. There might be faster cars but for the investment, you can't beat them. The only difference in appearence is the larger tires. We had the Super Vair on a trailer going to Palm Springs, two other V-8 Vairs passed us, nose to tail, doing 140. That was awlsome!

 

Man, yeah I'd say a Corvair with a V-8 would be fast, It's been a long time since I've even seen a Corvair.

 

unsafe @ any speed - Ralph Nader

Before Nader's 1965 book, Unsafe at Any Speed, car dashboards were usually made of metal. Seat belts were available only at exotic auto parts stores, where they were expensive and customers had to bolt them to the car's floorboards. Even at low speeds, a car wreck could propel passengers into the metal dashboard or snap the driver's neck on the metal steering wheel. At mid-speed wrecks (say, 20 miles an hour), passengers could be thrown into the windshield, which was made of "safety glass" that could chisel a passenger's face and body. Car doors were not attached to the car's body firmly enough to withstand collision forces, and would often pop open or off in an accident, which would instantly make the car's frame (and the passengers inside) much more likely to be crumpled by the crash. Nader's book focused mostly on the Chevrolet Corvair, but many of the problems detailed were applicable in every auto showroom and highway smash-up. The response to Nader's book led Congress to pass the Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. And since then, everything that adds the word "safety" to the word "automotive" -- seat belts, air bags, even the idea of manufacturers' recalls, or requiring crash tests -- can be traced to that act of Congress, and Nader's book.


LOL

my cousin has a spider wow what fun !

 

I never read Naders book, but I do remember that when he decided to focus his attack on America's Porsche (The Covair) most of his complaints were aimed at its IRS that he claimed made it too easy to role over. Even today, a lot of people think his book was responsible for killing the Corvair, but in reality it was the Camaro. The Corvair was never as ill handling as he said it was, and certainly no more so than the Porsches of that era.
By the way, seat belts were mandatory in all American cars starting with the 1963 models. I believe they were an option in the mid 50's T-Birds also.

 

I have a 64&1/2 Mustang that did not come out with seat belts, but if you look under the car you can see the reinforcement plate's welded into the floorboards. It was probably an option, but where the bolt is suppost to go through there is no hole.

 

Sorry Steve, I should have said "most" American cars had seat belts standard in 1963. My Dads 1963 Dodge "demo" had them standard, where his 1962 "demo" didn't.
In 1963, 23 states required them.
By 1964 nearly 1/2 the states required them.
In 1965, the U.S. Commerce Dept. issued its first seat belt standard.
ALL U.S. manufactures provided lap belts in front seats by then.


All "early" Mustangs were referred to as 64&1/2 cars, thanks to Fords "PR". I believe the whole thing really got started with the 63&1/2 "Fast Back" roof lines, and the term just sort of stuck.
It does say 1965 on your title, doesn't it?

 

Back to One of Those . . .

I am supprised how many people don't know what they are , but they sure Look

 

Funny, my 1965 Chevelle didn't come with seatbelts.

 

Hey steve, what does your SRT-6 run in the 1/4?

 

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.

 

Have any of you guys heard of nelson racing? A buddy of mines dad has a 69 camaro with a nelson racing enginge in it. Holy ****!!! he said the engine alone was around 50k, amazing, I didnt get to drive it but I got to ride in it, when he accelerates it almost knocks the wind out of you.

 

Assuming your Chevelle was 25 years old when you first got it, is there the slightest possibility that somebody may have removed the original seat belts? And if there are no holes in the floor pan where the attachment bolts would be, maybe, just maybe a 25 year old car from the north east (rust belt) may have had new floor pans installed.
Google seat belt laws, that's where I got the info.
I'm not trying to start a war or anything, I was just pointing out that the auto industry offered seat belts before Ralph Nadar saved us from ourselves with his book.
Cgocifer, your car could have very easily slipped by the seat belt installer, quality control back in the 60's wasn't the greatest it could have been. My friends 65 Malibu had factory belts, they saved his butt when he totalled it in 1968 at 60 mph when a car pulled out in front of him.
Huudoo, sorry for the thread hijack. You're absolutely right, it's amazing how this car has been on the road "unchanged" for over 4.5 years and people still come up to me and ask "What is it?" (Of course, that sometimes happens when I'm in my AMX too.)

 

Yes the title say's 1965. The only way to tell is running the VIN, but there were some differences between them - 64&1/2 had a genarator, the front of the hood was a little different by the head lights, there are a few more things that were different. And I think all of the 64&1/2 that came with a V8 were 260's.