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

Back in the early 70's, way before I was alive, my uncle did a lot of street racing. He had a 327 4 speed Impala, and it was quick but not quick enough. He sold it and bought a '69 Super Bee (383/727.8.75) in late 1968 when he was 19 years old. Well, after a few years it wasn't fast enough for him either. So he bought a '68 Charger (426/A833/D60) and swapped everything over to his 'Bee, then sold off the Charger with the old drivetrain from the Super Bee.

He raced his 'Bee for a long time, and was always making it faster. Big solid roller, higher compression pistons, headers, bigger carbs, and I don't know what else but I'm sure there was more. He seldom talks about it but I do remember him telling me it was a .620" solid roller, and the compression was 12.5:1. After a while, people stopped wanting to race him because they just couldn't keep up with that Hemi. Unfortunately, the car is long gone. I've been trying to track it down but have had no luck...

My grandpa said it would set you back in the seat so hard you couldn't touch the dash. My other uncle said it would rattle the china in the house when the car idled in the driveway. And my uncle that had the car said it got 4 mpg, fouled plugs often enough that he kept spares, wasn't reliable, but damn was it fast.