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rusty: Back in my hometown they have an old car and tractor show combined. Similar to the show Michael speaks of. Last time I was there some of the old timers with Impalas, Galaxies, etc. decided to lay a bit of rubber leaving the fair grounds. Some young person watching all of this said of the 283's and 289's," You know they have those cars all souped up." To which my neighbor responded, "souped up h%^&, that is just about how they came from the factory." I had a new Delta 88 Olds in 1974, it was equiped with 455, 4 barrel carb. One day while planting corn I broke something and nearest part I was sure of was 45 miles away, 13 miles of which were gravel road. I left with the Olds and was back in 1 hour and 35 min. A retired farmer that was helping me that day said I must have taken a chance on the closer supply. He had a 72 Olds equiped the same as mine. I passed him my invoice, he looked at it and said, " that is the beauty of those cars, next thing to an airplane to get you there in a hurry." I was plowing one day and at the end of my farm was quite a heavy hill on the highway. Road leading to this hill was flat for about 3 miles. I watched from my tractor seat as a retired farmer, an Esso excutive and a medical doctor, two brothers and a son. They took turns hitching to a 24' airstream trailer, going across the flat and up this hill to see which of their 3 cars would top the hill fastest. At the end of my day I parked my tractor and plow near the retired farmers house. I asked who had the hottest car, to which his wife responded, " did you ever see such a stupid way for 3 grown men to spend an afternoon of their holliday weekend." The husband never did get to tell me the results. You guessed it Olds Delta, New Yorker and a Lincoln.
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