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1970 Corvette Street Machine

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                 Street Freak Special ! This 1970 Corvette has such an outrageous custom paint job that it will blind you. The car is a time capsule bringing you back to 1975 when disco was popular, it also was a time when horsepower wasn't enough to win at shows so the people mixed street machine power with lowrider good looks. The Vette features a full custom interior, supercharged small block engine and a 4-speed manual transmission. The interior is filled with a roll bar, metallic vinyl interior accents and wood trim, finishing off the 70's vibe it rolls on classic wire wheels.     The engine is a small-block Chevy 400, with a Dyers 6V-71supercharger. It has a pump gas friendly 8.5:1 CR., The supercharger is feed by two boost-referenced Holley 650 CFM  carbs. Ignition is handled by a MSD products.  The small-block is backed up by a Muncie 4-speed manual transmission. The fumes exit in style with chrome 4-into one side pipes that make this 71' Corvette rumble. Power

Some Funny Car History

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  There are some things about Pre 1985 Funny Cars that I love , from the custom paint jobs to the full track burnouts . From 1960's to the early 1980's, Coast to Coast every Drag Strip on any given weekend had a huge match race style event . Some had a 32 car field , and as Match Racing hit it's peak tracks competed  against each other by bringing in even more cars,  some booked 64 or more just to boast that they had a bigger & better event .   The most funny Cars that I witnessed at one single event was when Englishtown had an event sponsored by K-Mart in the early 80's , they featured 32 Funny Cars and a couple of wheel standers , The Paddy Wagon , The little Red Wagon  , and some VW pick up . The show lasted from 12 in the afternoon until after 9 PM .Those who know Raceway Park know that the lighting  was just over flashlight bright  . But at night you could see header flames 4 feet in the air the full 1320 feet . There were a lot of heavy hitters that followed t