"Actual Match Race" 1969 440 'Cuda vs 1973 Firebird Formula 'SD-455'

Actual Race {Part 1}

1969 .. 440 'Cuda
vs.
1973... Firebird Formula 455 'SD-455'

Back in the Summer of 1975,

I owned a 1969 440 'Cuda, with Automatic and 3.91 Gears.

A very rare car, as there were only 344 Produced.

Though Factory-rated at 375 HP, the restrictive exhaust system did
strangle the exhaust flow after it left the Cylinder Heads.

NHRA did re-factor the 440 to 356 HP.

And the #3310 lb. Fastback was NHRA Factored in at 9.33 Wt/Hp
and classed in C/SA.
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My opponent, was my 17 year-old sister Susan, who being from a
Mopar Family, became a 'Turn-Coat' as she didn't want her Power-Blue
Cream-Puff, 1973 Dart Sport 340 anymore.

Instead, she stumbled upon, a 1973 Pontiac Firebird Formula 'SD-455'.

At the time, nobody knew how rare this Firebird was. It was not
a 'Trans Am' and not a regular 'Formula 455'.

It was a 'Formula SD-455'. Only 43 of these Firebird Formula's
were ever built with the 'SD-455'

More to come,,,,,,