Drag racing in the late 70s

[squirrel]

here I am....in my old truck....396, I had swapped a TH400 to replace the 4 speed by then. Yes, that's brushed on house paint on the truck.

[silver_bullet]

WOW! THAT's cool!!

[Deaf Bob]

Good to know I'm not the only one that house paints his cars...
You got bigger balls doing it on a street car/truck..

[squirrel]

heh...I didn't paint the truck with house paint...it was owned by a house painter when we got it, within a year of this photo, I had stripped all the paint and primed it.

[Deaf Bob]

FYI, pressure washer takes 99% off!
We use house paint for girl's rooms.. Once while getting paint, the clerk said "You must really love your daughter"
I say that I do, but why did she say that
She says all the pink paint I bought..(3gallons for 2 cars and touch up)
I say "Oh she has her own home now, this is for her car"
Clerk was aghasted.. "this ain't car paint"
Lol

[squirrel]

when you can barely afford paint stripper, a pressure washer just isn't in the picture

[dulcich]

What were you running in it.and how quick, Jim?

[dulcich]

Oh, just saw combo in post. What did it run?

[squirrel]

Mostly in the low 15s at that time, I think We got it down to the low 14s with some other changes the following year...gears, slicks, cam, etc. It was a fun time, I started college in fall 1979, and got a part time job at a junkyard. All my money besides food went to gas and go fast parts.

[ratpatrol66]

Sweet lookin 58. I would have thought it would be faster than it was? There was a guy in my town that used a roller and house paint on his 68 Impala. He would put a new coat and color on every other year.

[squirrel]

It would outrun any new car at the time....

[DanStokes]

Jim, you're STILL drag racing in the late 70's! And making it work.

Dan

[squirrel]

good point! but now I'm drag racing in the mid 60s

[dulcich]

About what you'd expect for something like that in the late 70s. Cool picture.