Respectable street car?

somehow we're judging street driven by quarter mile times.I have driven early 340's that through the first 3 gears your passenger couldn't get out of his bucket seat if he tried....and those 3.23 geared 14 inch tire 340's were probably 14.5 sec. quarter mile cars,idled nice,were reasonably quiet,got good mileage and were a ball to drive anywhere.
..excellent weight distribution and hp to weight ratio..when launched they didn't go up in tire smoke..they were just gone!