THEL78ISGREAT
09-17-2006, 05:54 AM
I went to Marcus again tonight, and JACKPOT. The guy with the Hemi Superbird last week, yeah, he has a 440 Daytona too. Only a 440, but still a rare car. So im going around, see a beatiful '69 GTX, keep going, lots of Chevys as usual and Fords too. Went around to the back, there were some nice cars. I can see over into the front of the lot, and I can make out (with my bad eyes) a Road Runner, nice apple green, and the dog dish caps. It slows down, and, NO! The chrome lugs spinning HAD ME FOOLED! So I immediately start walking towards it (the Mopar guys park in the front, on the left, the lot is shaped like a Z and he is all the way down. I see the scoop, and walk over. It was a beautiful car, and the guy started talking to some buddies and I overheard him saying he was in the 12.90s on the stock tires the other day. There was a FAST sticker in the windshelid, and it was pretty obvious it was set up for the FAST racing. I look at the VIN, and get this, I see RM23II. Im like, what the heck? I keep staring, and cant tell if its an M or not. Maybe an H? So I go over and ask the guy if its an H or M,. and sure enough, its an M. So I asked about how close to stock the engine was, and he said virtually stock other than a Mopar .474 cam. 3900 lbs with driver, and (high 3600 without him), a TF, and high 12s. So I told him I wanted to go into FAST, and he said youre a Mopar guy? I said Mopars and Chevys. And then I told him a little bit about what I wanted to do, and he realized I was on the FAST forums. He was pretty cool. I seen a friend of my dads there too, he has a '71 383 'Cuda with a 440 in it. Sounded pretty healthy. Another great night. Oh yeah, there was an LS5, stock exhuast. Didnt sound like much off the line but he pulled second at around 5 grand, and boy, did that sound great.