Seeing your 1st Mopar 'Upset' a Chevy

When I was a junior in HS my buddy and his dad built a 69 Camaro. It was a nice car as his dad built sprint cars in his spare time. 327, Muncie 4 speed, 12 bolt rear end, Motion stripes down the sides. Actually it was a very nice car for a seventeen year old. His dad always intended on converting it over to a early Corvette fuel injection unit that he had, but didn't want to start his son off like that, so it had a Rochester two barrel on it. Nobody else really knew that. All they could see was that it had nice paint, chrome Hooker headers into side pipes, and nice shiny Cragar S/S wheels.

One day after school he lined up against and a 71 340 Swinger with an automatic. That guy ate his lunch and the next day everyone knew it. I drove a rusty old Duster at the time, but I knew right there that there was something special about a plain jane Dart that could whip his high dollar Camaro. I've built and driven A bodies ever since.