So just how good was the A-Body back in its day?

I went with my Dad to Carl Price Lincoln, Mercury, Dodge in Jasper, Al in May 1967 looking for a car. Mr Gene Reeves took us to a storage lot up town and when I saw the Red 67 GTS 383 4 bbl with 727 console mounted with maroon interior and 8 3/4 3:23 suregrip I was in love! When I test drove it I was very easy on the peddle because the only thing my Dad had bought until then was a 6 cyl and I knew if he saw the power it had I would not have got it. We struck a deal for $2800 out the door with my payments being $101 a month and my Dad had to leave and come back to milk that afternoon because we owned a dairy farm. I stayed with the car until they got it cleaned up and hubcaps on. When I started out of town there was a slow car running about 45 mph in front of me and when we got to a straightaway I pulled out to pass. The road was a little damp and when I kicked it and that 4 bbl moaned it got sideways and I knew right then I had something. People today still talked about how I walked on everything back in the day when everything was bone stock. In 68 they had I59/20 built thru Tuscaloosa but was not open for traffic so we had a perfect drag strip that you come run as far as you wanted to. Word was put out that anyone wanting to run to meet on the interstate at 2 pm on Sunday. Winner came back to the line, I ran 14 times in a row. The last run for me, I was running a 67 RT 426 4 speed plain jane a buddy had ordered for racing. Mine was so hot it vapor locked but I am sure he would have beat me anyway. I know this is long but I could about write a book on the fun we had. If I had only had this Matt Hensley built 499" stroker that is in in now! Joe