Ya talk about the 70's and 80's but I did alot of street racing back in the early 60's and before I was out of my teens I had a 57 Chevy business man's coupe with a 6:71 blown 301 which is a 1/8" over 283, a racer brown roller cam and a Vitar engineering hydro. Some may find this hard to believe but my shifting points were between 87 and 9200 rpm and the engine was checked for bearing wear monthly. That was then and this is now, I am a free hand pinstriper who has been around cars all my life and started striping at 9 years old.
I too have a soft spot for Chevys as well and anything that scoots. I have a rebuilt 60 over 95 LT1 engine which makes 360 cu.inches sitting in my shop with a T56 6 speed attached. what I may do with it will peeve persons here but life is too short to play games both political and otherwise, I don't bench race or play games
mike devore, that's what it was and that's what it is. Guess it depends on where you were in 1969 whether in a carriage or driving a DZ302