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I’ve always wanted a Black 1967 L89 convertible with Red leather interior, side pipes, BO, PS, PB, PW, Tele, Speed Minder and Head Rests fer less than 5 BUX. How bout U?
I'll never understand the unlikely combination of options on some of these cars today. Can you imagine someone ordering a new 427 425/435 and then wanting power steering and speed alert with it? Cars equipped this way just weren't popular when new but they sure are today. I don't even remember ONE solid lifter car from the 60's that had power steering. That would be more likely on a 300 HP powerglide car. Would be like ordering an L88 with a vanity mirror. Most performance cars from that time were ordered with the highest HP, 4-speed, posi and a radio. Power steering and power windows were something that belonged on "dad's car", not your new muscle car.
-------I agree with your assesment, Mike however you might remember the red 435 from Hazard Kentucky. It had power-steering on it from the factory. Made the steering a bit easier as Stretch and I raced you in the Bondurant car that day so long ago!!!!!!!!!!............Bill S
I was thinking about that car all through my post. It's one of the only real 435's that I remember with P/S. That car had just about every option if I remember correctly. Strange combination.
I will never forget the day you rolled that car out onto Ogden Ave and lit the original red stripe Firestones up. About 10,000 miles worth of rubber went up in smoke. Priceless, as they say.
The race, however, was slightly different. I raced Zamora, driving the Bondurant 59 car, with my blue 65 396. (I got beat too)
Michael,
I grew up in a northern Detroit suburb where many GM executives lived and they would bring home every car imaginable. Bill Mitchell's daughter was in my class and had a new Corvette every couple of months and I'm sure some protoypes. My point is that many of these cars had every option because the guys wife wouldn't drive anything less than loaded. I remember the guy behind us brought home a triple burgundy 1960 Pontiac Catalina that had a Bonneville interior. My dad bought it and thats what I learned how to drive in. He also brought home a 1964 Pontiac GTO protoype that had a lever that he pulled to go to open headers. The highly optioned cars most likely started their life in Detroit.
Rick
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