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Old 05-05-2009, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by markss28 View Post
I love it and the whole its yours honey routine is good one that I should try. J/K.

I've already been warned its her car and she will be driving.

There is a little more to the story of my oweing her a car. I had bought her a cheap ragged out 98 TA and cleaned it up to a decent stock car for her to enjoy. In the mean time I was building a heads up small tire car to compete in the local true 10.5 racing organization and dumping a ton of money in a car that would at best qualify and go a round or two. We then had a baby and I had to stop spending any money on the car at all. After the baby was born I was going crazy not havng a fast car together and I talked her into making a few small changes to the TA. Through some horse trading and using some parts I had I probably went a little overboard and "her" car became a high 10 sec street car that she was a little timid to drive and it sort of morphed into my car. I sold both it and my race car project to build the 66 Olds I have now.

Just got a call Sunday night from the guy that bought my old 10.5 car. he finished it and just took it out for the first time last week. My goal was a car that would run 5.9x He has a little more motor than I had but the rest of the car is the same. He said on 100 test shot it went a 5.7x off the trailer.

Think she will get mad if I start measuring where I car mount a turbo on the 69?
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