Join me won't you....

[radman]

Ok, all you old *****, who remembers...........

$4k for a Hemi? Course, at $3.50 an hour, it still took some saving.......

He's got 'em, come and get 'em! I'm on my way Norm!

And this one kept me awake at night, more so than any high school princess.........

Anyone remember?

 

[exskibum]

And this one kept me awake at night, more so than any high school princess.........

I remember that Six Pack, but I guess that I don't remember Norm, what with growing up 2,000 miles to the west and all. I DO remember gasoline at 25.9 cents/gal, though, and there is NO way any car would've kept me awake over dreaming about the nearly naked chassis of a high school princess.

In 10th grade, a teammate on my high school baseball team who passed in August this year got the whole team a few more laps before showering by commenting on that last subject (he was good at getting the whole team disciplined for the **** he'd say to make us all laugh). End of practice the day before our first game, and Coach Trump is solemnly telling us we're going to be nervous that night, and will probably have trouble sleeping for dreaming about the game the next day. Jon then breaks up the coach's overly dramatic mood with: "Awww ****, Coach, all us guys ever dream about is ******' girls." :lol: :lol:

And we were off running . . . AGAIN.

 

[Fred W]

Not from Chicago, so I don't know Norm.

When I graduated from high school I bought a 68' Roadrunner sleeper with a 383 B block, 4 barrel carb, 4 on the floor with a bench front seat. I soon found out that the car accelerated like a bat outta hell, would burn rubber for most of a 1/4 mile, but did not steer well at >100 mph. Totaled the car into a tree on a very gentle corner. 1 car accidents suck. Only 1 guy to blame.

After the total I switched to an MGB.

WAY less power and WAY better handling.

 

[airboss]

Mr. Norm was cool, but this was what I wanted to shake those high scool princesses out of their dresses.

 

[radman]

Think of Grand Spaulding as the Yenko of Mopars. You could buy a 440 Dart off the showfloor, be boogieing that night.

 

[Steve01]

Very nice 'Muscle cars' but why don't you Americans make a car that goes around corners and stays on the road without scaring the crap out of you....... I used to go out in a friends old Mustang when younger, fast as hell in a straight line but unfortunately where we lived there was not many straight roads but plenty of bends and 'roundabouts' we used to have a right laugh, he would blow me off on the straights then I would nail his arse through the twisty bits in my little Mini Cooper...........

 

[ionbeam]

I've always been a gear head, even living in Atlanta I knew about Mr. Norm, the father of the Funny Car. Mr. Norm was THE guy to buy your Dodge from because he could get the good stuff straight from the factory and always custom tuned all the high performance cars before they left the nest. He was probably the largest seller of factory cars that came with everything deleted leaving just the minimum required to race. Often these cars came in a state that made them impossible to register and drive on the public roads. Then he would take the body off and acid etch it to reduce even more weight. His dealership had bands, parties and all kinds of good times.

To Rad's opening statement - ya, I'm old too.

 

[Greg E.]

Growing up in S. Mississippi, I used to listen to WLS at night and I remember Mr. Norm being advertised. Thanks for the neat trip back.

-Greg-

 

[Fred W]

Growing up in S. Mississippi, I used to listen to WLS at night and I remember Mr. Norm being advertised. Thanks for the neat trip back.
-Greg-

"Neat"? Yah, you're old as dirt (and me).

 

[happyPuppy]

Very cool, who can forget. To the question on handling around turns etc., much of the muscle car boom was pre radials and decent suspension. They didn't have the technology to make things really small hence the cars were pretty heavy also, most were around 3500 lbs or so. My favorite was the GTO , inspired in part by Jan and Dean and "The Mighty GTO" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-MjswCk8mo&fmt=18 I am glad I grew up at that time, gas was cheap cars were fun and the bikes were mostly big thumpers from the Britts.

 

[Fred W]

Very cool, who can forget. To the question on handling around turns etc., much of the muscle car boom was pre radials and decent suspension. They didn't have the technology to make things really small hence the cars were pretty heavy also, most were around 3500 lbs or so. My favorite was the GTO , inspired in part by Jan and Dean and "The Mighty GTO" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-MjswCk8mo&fmt=18 I am glad I grew up at that time, gas was cheap cars were fun and the bikes were mostly big thumpers from the Britts.

Yo Pup,

You have that right. Except that the definition of "big" was a little different then. I remember thinking that the 4 cylinder 750's were monsters in the time. Well, they were, really... But not like the car engines.

But the main reason I'm replying to your post is your sig line. I'm not familiar with that quote, though I'm a fan of Jack London.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.
 
Jack London
That says a mouthful I can merely hope to live by. Thanks.

 

[radman]

Yeah, the Brit cars could turn all right. When they ran. However-

Those are old pics from Jolly Old, and those aren't Morris or even Jag motors runnin' those fuelers.

I recall very well the night I met Reed Hardenberg. It was a Saturday night in the summer of 1969, I was going Army in a month, and was down at the loop in St Paul with my 65 Goat, hangin' with the "club", a bunch of street racers, none of us with slouch cars. Reed showed up with a brand new Grand Spaulding prepped 6 Pak Bee, and promptly put 9 cars in a row into the weeds. The Goat was a strong car, one of the faster ones, and ran low 13's high 12's depending on air. Reed ate me by 4 car lengths without so much as a thank you ma'am. I will never forget how absolutely magnificent that car was, it made me a Mopar fan from that day forward, and I still hope to some day have my own 6'er. As a matter of fact, that day may come sooner than I thought, hence the posting of this thread-I shall keep you updated. I believe I have found the car that beat me that night, wrecked, sad, but all there. B)

 

[huk finn]

went to mr. norms when my brother was looking for a van. we were kicking tires on a full size dodge van with a 440 six pack in it.

 

[airboss]

when up to Spauding Dodge with a buddy of mine( took a day off from school) no money just desire, left finger prints on everything. That was a good day.

Hope you get your project Rad, It's great to see those old hotties back on the road.

 

[madmike2]

Yep! I'm an official Olde Pharte....

,,,,and I remember Mr. Norm's altered wheel base cars and the early "funny cars". Of course, in the West, we had a couple of fast MoPar drivers, too.

Ahhhhh, nostalgia!

 

[HotRodZilla]

Oh man, I remember in '69 when I was...Oh ****, scratch that. I wasn't even born yet . ****, my parents weren't even married yet, but I guess Rad wasn't talking to me; I'm not an 'old ****.' I do however still have dreams about a 65 Camaro SS that would make most women blush. I love muscle cars as much as any 'old' guy I know.

 

[radman]

Oh man, I remember in '69 when I was...Oh ****, scratch that. I wasn't even born yet . ****, my parents weren't even married yet, but I guess Rad wasn't talking to me; I'm not an 'old ****.' I do however still have dreams about a 65 Camaro SS that would make most women blush. I love muscle cars as much as any 'old' guy I know.

65 Camaro would be a prize, being as they came out in 67. The 65's were pretty much modeling clay. Solid, but lacking a drivetrain, tough to get around in.

 

[Geezer]

I loved the muscle cars back when I was young. Those advertisements may look like a good buy, but back then you could buy a new car for a couple thousand bucks, and a very vell equiped one for three thousand. I hope you get that project going Rad. I may have to ride out and take a look at it one day.

 

[v65]

I loved the muscle cars back when I was young. Those advertisements may look like a good buy, but back then you could buy a new car for a couple thousand bucks, and a very vell equiped one for three thousand. I hope you get that project going Rad. I may have to ride out and take a look at it one day.

My cousin has a collection of 60's era hot rod magazines. It's been years since I looked at them, but I remember finding an advertisement for a 427 AC Cobra in the back of one them, asking price was less than $5000. I wasn't really a Chevy guy at the time, but I seem to recall a big block vet for $3500. :dribble: