Fastest Street Cars In Your Town, 'Back In The Day'

My experience was mainly the 70's. Having lived in a densely populated area, a few miles outside of DC, and a area with a lot of $$$, there were hundred's of hot rods. A few stockish cars were in the 14's, but most of the bolt-on cars were capable of running 13's.

The cars with some real work, including a few of my own, would run 12's, and were still daily driver type cars. There's no way I could remember all the cars I was around in that time, but a few stick in my mind.....

Two 23' T's with SBC's.....They raced at our track during street rod event's. No rules applied, meaning they ran with shorts, t-shirts, tennis shoes, and a helmet.....One went 11.10 letting off after drifting into the grass on launch. The other went 10.0's on the first pass and 9.90's on the second pass...yikes!

The other was a 68/69 Valiant with a 440. It was a man close to 60yrs old that fueled up at the station I worked for in 1974. The car sounded good and I finally saw him at the track with slicks and he went 11.60's.

Just the tip of the iceberg, there was so much going on back then that it's hard to remember, much less write it all down.:D

Keep in mind, that boost & NOS was pretty much non existent at this point.