jim_ss409
10-24-2003, 06:13 PM
I saw this story in Gasser Madness. http://www.gassermadness.com/ Came with a 283 4 barrel, I drove this till late '65 till Graduation....
Any way, everybody in school knew it had a 283 in it all those months....
There was this Guy who was the School Bully...you know...with the Vitalis oily hair in a D/A..(for the younger readers :ducks ***) hair do..
He was a senior with a '63 Max Wedge.. 413 or a 426..? Don't remember what they had for that year....[LD...Max wedge was a 426 in 63] He was the King of the hill back then....
Well anyway, This friend of mine (Bill) worked at a Sunoco station then.....
He had a '62 409 Chevy...that this kid got killed in when it rolled....
We were talking one night when this guys name came up..he mentioned wouldn't it be great to stick that 409 in my '57....We laughed for a while then got to serious talking...We started on our project that same night.
Well, it sure took some doing with the Cast Iron headers an the steering an all..but working on it at night we had it done in a week.
You should of seen my eyes the first night we started it UP..! My 4-speed, Dual Quad, '57 - 409.....!
Well any ways...we didn't want to go to the expense of an exhaust system..so we tried to figure out how to get it to our favorite spot ..so we could challenge this grease ball for a race against a 283 - 4-barrel....Tee Heeeeee!
We made the date...Took the '57 out to Morgan Johnston Road, after school
on a flat bed...
Then we all went to Lums Restaurant, A&W, The DrumStick, McDonalds serving only 250,000 people then..Ha! Ha! & Burger Queen back then....An proceeded to tell every body about the Race on Friday night....
Well this Guy got drift of the race he never knew about, from all the Kids at these Hangouts....BOY..! That's all he had to hear about his bad *** wedge running a 283 4-barrel.....He Was HOT....! We saw him at the A&W...he comes up to us an says he's never been beat...an especially by a so called 'Chevy'.....An would we like to put $100.00 bucks on it....
Well between the 4 of us we had enough to buy a cherry coke.....So (Bill) my friend from the Sunoco station steps in an says how bout $200.00...? He even got Hotter....How dare you, you bunch of punks..an took the bet.....
So we set a time, an told him the Place....Bill an all of us, plus 1/2 the school, an hang outs..proceeded to the spot....
When he got there...Hey where's that 'Bad *** Chevy'...? I said I had to go down an get it out of the Garage, be right back..
Bill an I went down to where the '57 was parked...We looked at each other for a second..an just burst out Laughing. Ha! Ha! HA! HA!
Then I preceded to fire this 283 4-barrel up.. Now you have to imagine this..its 10:00 o'clock at night 1964...Out in the Boonies, Cow Pastures...And all of a sudden the SOUND of a 425hp 409 Open Exhaust breaks up the Dead Silence of the night.....WOW!
Here we come up the road with this beast...never drove it for a test ride, or even around the block to see if our welds held up.
The Guy says No Big Deal, so you undid our Dumps....I'll still run Ya....
We lined up the cars...A guy with a White shirt got us ready...I brought up the 'R's..let the clutch have a load on it...And then down came the white shirt......HOLY **** JUST BROKE LOOSE....This Frigggg'n '09 put 4 cars on him in 2nd gear..Thanks to the Bu'Crons Tires..
Here we GO..3rd Gear another car length ....I remember looking out the window to see if he was coming up on me...
An all I remember was Laughing so hard at all the 'COW's' I was scaring the Hell out of running for Dear Life, away from that Road.
Needless to say, we collected our $200.00 bucks an was the Hit ,& Talk of the School for many years after......
I Wish I Still Had That '57...'The Good Ole Days..When Sex Was Safe & Drag Race's Was Dangerous....!
LD
Any way, everybody in school knew it had a 283 in it all those months....
There was this Guy who was the School Bully...you know...with the Vitalis oily hair in a D/A..(for the younger readers :ducks ***) hair do..
He was a senior with a '63 Max Wedge.. 413 or a 426..? Don't remember what they had for that year....[LD...Max wedge was a 426 in 63] He was the King of the hill back then....
Well anyway, This friend of mine (Bill) worked at a Sunoco station then.....
He had a '62 409 Chevy...that this kid got killed in when it rolled....
We were talking one night when this guys name came up..he mentioned wouldn't it be great to stick that 409 in my '57....We laughed for a while then got to serious talking...We started on our project that same night.
Well, it sure took some doing with the Cast Iron headers an the steering an all..but working on it at night we had it done in a week.
You should of seen my eyes the first night we started it UP..! My 4-speed, Dual Quad, '57 - 409.....!
Well any ways...we didn't want to go to the expense of an exhaust system..so we tried to figure out how to get it to our favorite spot ..so we could challenge this grease ball for a race against a 283 - 4-barrel....Tee Heeeeee!
We made the date...Took the '57 out to Morgan Johnston Road, after school
on a flat bed...
Then we all went to Lums Restaurant, A&W, The DrumStick, McDonalds serving only 250,000 people then..Ha! Ha! & Burger Queen back then....An proceeded to tell every body about the Race on Friday night....
Well this Guy got drift of the race he never knew about, from all the Kids at these Hangouts....BOY..! That's all he had to hear about his bad *** wedge running a 283 4-barrel.....He Was HOT....! We saw him at the A&W...he comes up to us an says he's never been beat...an especially by a so called 'Chevy'.....An would we like to put $100.00 bucks on it....
Well between the 4 of us we had enough to buy a cherry coke.....So (Bill) my friend from the Sunoco station steps in an says how bout $200.00...? He even got Hotter....How dare you, you bunch of punks..an took the bet.....
So we set a time, an told him the Place....Bill an all of us, plus 1/2 the school, an hang outs..proceeded to the spot....
When he got there...Hey where's that 'Bad *** Chevy'...? I said I had to go down an get it out of the Garage, be right back..
Bill an I went down to where the '57 was parked...We looked at each other for a second..an just burst out Laughing. Ha! Ha! HA! HA!
Then I preceded to fire this 283 4-barrel up.. Now you have to imagine this..its 10:00 o'clock at night 1964...Out in the Boonies, Cow Pastures...And all of a sudden the SOUND of a 425hp 409 Open Exhaust breaks up the Dead Silence of the night.....WOW!
Here we come up the road with this beast...never drove it for a test ride, or even around the block to see if our welds held up.
The Guy says No Big Deal, so you undid our Dumps....I'll still run Ya....
We lined up the cars...A guy with a White shirt got us ready...I brought up the 'R's..let the clutch have a load on it...And then down came the white shirt......HOLY **** JUST BROKE LOOSE....This Frigggg'n '09 put 4 cars on him in 2nd gear..Thanks to the Bu'Crons Tires..
Here we GO..3rd Gear another car length ....I remember looking out the window to see if he was coming up on me...
An all I remember was Laughing so hard at all the 'COW's' I was scaring the Hell out of running for Dear Life, away from that Road.
Needless to say, we collected our $200.00 bucks an was the Hit ,& Talk of the School for many years after......
I Wish I Still Had That '57...'The Good Ole Days..When Sex Was Safe & Drag Race's Was Dangerous....!
LD