when a person gets "old", lots of memories about stuff that they experienced "in their youth" begin to get distorted. "fun" times get blown out of proportion to how much "fun" was really experienced at the time and "bad" stuff "back then" turns into "near life crises." my memory tells me that ALL "food" tasted MUCH better in the 60's and 70's and, of course, my memory of the long-haired, 16 year old girls at my high school wearing mini-skirts (and "micro-minis) offer a great deal of entertainment while staring off into space sitting in my comfortable TV viewing chair. but i HAVE TO SAY THIS: i DO remember how my 1968 340 4 speed fastback Barracuda Formula S with a 3:91 rear gear ran .... it WAS fast!! if i was pulling away from a red light in first gear and just planted my right foot into the loop pile black carpet trying to kick the gas pedal through the fire wall - the force that would throw me and a passenger back into those expensive vinyl covered bucket seats was overpowering. i used to do the $5.00 bill taped to the dash trick - you old guys know this drill. you tape a bill to the dash and then tell the passenger "when i launch this car, if you can reach up and grab that bill, you can have it." no one was ever able to grab that bill in my "340" Barracuda. there were lots of cars that would "accelerate quickly" back then. but then there were a few others that when you launched from a standing start and began grabbing gears, the experience was right on the edge of being frightening. that's the way a lightly modified 340 mopar was. if you had a 340 mopar and put a better manifold with a big holley carb along with a good set of headers and then topped if off with a 3:91 rear gear, you ended up with a street car that would scare almost anyone sitting in the passenger seat any time you wanted to.
i know old guys all have their favorite car. and i know our memories get a little less accurate the older we get. but i "remember" my 68 Barracuda - it scared my guy friends and it made my "girl friends" "giggle" and get "romantic."
