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You know the guys! I remember seeing Charlie's Hemi headed 383 in action at Neita. Got any pictures of your GTX? Heck, I might have sold you some parts when I was at ESCO!
Oh do I remember ESCO Auto Parts. Remember a redheaded guy named George? I went all the way thru school with him. Can't remember his last name. He played trombone, like me as well. No pictures of my old GTX, or the light silver 69 R/T either. The 69 had the Super Track Pal 4:10 dana with torque flight. With some sticky tires, for 1969 that is, I got it down into the 12:20's. It was strictly a street car, so that was about as fast and quick as I could afford to go then. Gary went thru the heads on the 69, blueprinted them, as they called it then. Unfortunately, Gary passed away in February of 2015. Went to the funeral, it was like a hotrods convention.
He said at the time that he caught the heads, just before it was going to let a valve go. Got lucky. But, those heads really woke up that 440. What interesting today though, is just how big those B bodies are today, that's why I'm looking for an A-body to use as a high performance daily driver, just like the old days, in many ways. a 67-69 Valiant are my preferences, but a Dart would do too. LA 340 motors. Always hated changing plugs on this B motors, everything was always getting in the way, especially with headers.
