Well I was born too late to really experience the flat heads and GMCs.
But one of my best memories as a kid was hearing one day the rumble
coming from the new neighbor's garage. I had to go check it out.
Turned out to be a fully restored 1940 pickup. I would love to have
seen my face when he asked if I wanted to go for a ride. I grew up
around old cars my dad use to restore antiques as a hobby, but never a
Ford always the odd ball one of a kinds. That next summer the neighbor
bought a 46 coupe. It was a basket case, the motor was locked up, body
starting to show signs of cancer, no interior, and layers of Georgia
clay and grease on the bottom. I spent my entire summer rebuilding
that car learning every inch of it. I will never forget hearing my
first motor come to life. That flat head motor was what really perked
my interest in high performance cars. I guess that's why my first real
car was a 72 Mustang with a 351 Cleveland.
Bill Bennett
"Southern Salt Terror"
http://home.earthlink.net/~benettw/
----- Original Message -----
From: <V4GR@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: flatheads & GMC's
> Russ; When I was a kid selling newspapers on the corner, across the
street
> was a drugstore. The soda jerk drove a stock bodied 32 Chevy 5
window with a
> 302 in it. How I loved that car. When he went in the Army he tried
to give me
> a good deal but I was just to young to have a car. When I first ran
at the
> salt with my 32 Ford 5 window with a 270 in it I loved that car to.
> One of the
neatest
> things about that car was it and other GMC cars got the V8 guys so
upset at
> the perceived advantage of a GMC that they went off into a corner of
only
> Ford and Merc engines so that they wouldn't be getting beat anymore.
> I don't know what Doug said but I do know he is a good guy,
so maybe
> there is some misunderstanding here. Rich Fox
>
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