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Old 07-17-2014, 01:40 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by extrashaky View Post
That must've been a California thing. Where I grew up in the south, the dominant street racer out on the strip was a '68 Shelby GT500. Nobody could beat that guy, but there were a couple of late 60s Camaros with big blocks hot on its heels. The hot new cars at the time were the Buick Grand National, the Olds Cutlass 442 (which we had) and the Hurst Olds.

American iron was where it was at. Nobody took ricers seriously at all.
i shouldve been a bit more specific... i meant the street races for import cars. big block muscle cars and the GN's were definitely still at the top of the food chain at the time overall. but yeah, i still meant here in socal. i remember Turbo magazine before it became an "import" mag lol
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