1969     Mr friend Ken Phelan, was driving a 396 66 Pontiac Pariesenne HT It would squeel the H78-14 bias ply tires for 800 ft..   One morning, he pulled up to my house (in the trailer park-Clinton) and I opened the door to a Rallye Green 1969 Z28 Camaro!!  Black interior, woodgrain console, chrome stick , car sitting, gurgling,rumbling   He pulled out onto # 4 Highway, and ran the sucker up to 6500 in each gear, and weaved in and out of traffic,  until we reached C.F.B. Clinton.. We had travelled over 100mph and I can still smell the new car, and hear the wailing Holley... Car was a rocket!!  We later learned how to set the valves, and points, and saw it run down the highway, with the speedo at the "hi beam indicator"  Check THAT out....     I later had my own orange 69 with white stripes.....

1974   I wanted another Corvette  Was going to Hamilton to buy a 67 427-390 for $4500.00  Was with Dave Jervis (bought 10 corvettes from  him) He says, I know a guy in Brantford, at the Country Kitchen Drive In  that has a 66 for sale..  Lets check it out!! We drive around the Country Kitchen, to the house behind  There is a 1966 Corvette Coupe, Orange with 8 inch rallies, and correct side pipes.. Fellow says it for sale for $5200.00.. We ask to see it . He says only if we are serious. I pull out the $4500.00 cash .. He opens up the car, and takes me for a drive!! Car has Teak wheel, leather... Car had new GM long block, with rebuilt trans, rear end, shocks, body mounts etc... No rattles... He drives out in country and stops and says! Want to see what it will do?  I say yup.. Well,this 427-425 goes ballastic!!  Noise! Noise! tires!  2nd gear sideways, straighten out, shifts at the top of 2nd, to third at 85, runs up to 115 in 3rd, and shuts it down!!!  I am in LOVE  I buy it   borrow 400.00 from Dave, stop in Paris to get it changed over.. We had a safety slip with us..lol   Car was the fastest thing I ever drove   Slow down to 60 mph, double clutch, drop in 2nd and pass old ladies with car squeeling tires sideways.. Car had 3.55's and would shut down at 5500 in each gear  Checked gas mileage to Seaforth and back  9 miles there and 9 miles back at 110MPH  = 4 mpg  Engine was clearanced and used 1 quart per 1000    Car was extremely hot inside in summer  Sold it in FALL FOR 6000.00 Made 800.00 cash   What a rush!!!!!!!!

dad bought a 67 charger.Big maroon colored fastback with E.T. mags, a 426 hemi, headers, and dual exhaust. I was only about 9 or 10 and i was in the back window because we were taking kids home from my birthday party and all seats were taken.
We lived two houses from the corner and as soon as we turn the corner he steps on it and i go flying back and hit the window....thats all i remember. I woke up and i geuss I must have been knocked out. Had a pretty good goose-egg from what i remember. I was going to fix that car up (even though my dad blew up the hemi, now a very stout 383) but i came home from highschool one day and he sold it. i had no idea he was even thinking of it!!
I will never and to this day forgive my dad for that!! He says the frame was rotten and twisted but i think he just dident want me at 16 to kill myself with a car like that. Oh well, bought a 79 t.a. and now im hooked on pontiacs!!

I've heard different estimates, going as much as 400 hp, but I think it was around 325 myself. I had a dark green with white stripes, dk green int, 69 Z28, and there was no torque to speak of, but you could row that thing through the gears, and that little 302 could sing like no other engine.
I worked at the Pepsi bottling plant on Boundary Road in Vancouver when I owned that car, and got off shift at 1:00 AM. I would often drive out to Squamish after work on that nice winding highway, and would have the road to myself in those days.
It was stolen in Dec. 74 from in front of my house, and not much was recovered.
Great car!

One of our members is lucky enough to have a 302 Z hiding amongst his Canadian Ponchos:

69Laurentian wrote:

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One of our members is lucky enough to have a 302 Z hiding amongst his Canadian Ponchos:

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        Thats not fair.......

late 70's going down carling ave on a friday evening, riding shotgun in my neighbour trucks. 76 dodge powerwagon 4x4 lifted on 35's with a 440 bored out with dual stacks and a tow rig on the back. he would line up against motorcyles and smoke them with all 4 tires spinning.

naw just cruising

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 69 Cougar Eliminator with a 428 Cobra Jet - holy crap, I don't think I ever really knew what G forces were until I rode in that car.  You sat really low in those Cougars so that just added to the sensation of speed.  I'm not a big Ford fan but I would love to have that car back in the family!

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        428 Cobra Jet's     gotta get one someday

Ouch!   not a good story..  What do you think of that?  I can understand the car crushing, but a Car, is like a gun    It doesn't kill the driver, or shooter does... probably not a easy answer...