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Backstory to the 440-6 drag test ad... Ro McGonegal lived in Alexandria, VA at the time of that test. While the Chrysler Corporation-owned Roadrunner test car was parked outside his apartment, the intake and carbs were stolen.
and few people would even be aware what was under the hood... huh. Thanks for the info!
Here's the car from the ad:http://www.streetlegaltv.com/features/muscle-cars-you-should-know-69-12-plymouth-road-runner-440-6-1/That account gets it wrong - the car was shipped to the Super Stock Magazine office in Alexandria, VA, not to Sox & Martin in Burlington, NC.Cecil County (MD) Drag-o-way (how they spelled it then) is up in the northeast corner of Maryland.Ro was also the first magazine writer to test the original Camaro ZL1:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/automobiles/testing-the-pack-alpha-of-muscle-cars.html
Backstory to the 440-6 drag test ad... Ro McGonegal lived in Alexandria, VA at the time of that test. While the Chrysler Corporation-owned Roadrunner test car was parked outside his apartment, the intake and carbs were stolen.
ReplyDeleteand few people would even be aware what was under the hood... huh. Thanks for the info!
DeleteHere's the car from the ad:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.streetlegaltv.com/features/muscle-cars-you-should-know-69-12-plymouth-road-runner-440-6-1/
That account gets it wrong - the car was shipped to the Super Stock Magazine office in Alexandria, VA, not to Sox & Martin in Burlington, NC.
Cecil County (MD) Drag-o-way (how they spelled it then) is up in the northeast corner of Maryland.
Ro was also the first magazine writer to test the original Camaro ZL1:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/automobiles/testing-the-pack-alpha-of-muscle-cars.html