Just Your Average 8-Second Camaro
Who: Troy Sanborn
What: '68 Chevy Camaro
Where: Lansing, Michigan
Why: A radical Camaro to grace the pages of Car Craft
Goodies: This gnarly beast sports a 496ci Rat stuffed between its fenders with an Enderle-topped 8-71 blower and a bunch of non-streetable goods. Troy says he's had his car 22 years and it's morphed into this ultimate final form. The motor belts out a whopping 1,200 horses and it screams through the traps at 158 mph with an e.t. to the tune of 8.64!
A New Convert
I'm a recent subscriber and I just wanted to say I wish I did it sooner. I subscribe to 5.0, Hot Rod, Muscle Mustangs, Modular Power, Super Street, Sport Compact Car, Road & Track, Eurotuner, GM High Tech Performance, and you guys have the most in-depth technical articles out there. I read all these magazines cover to cover, so I speak the truth. I just read the December issue and I was amazed at the knowledge I gained from the stories on headers and shock dampers. I also own two Mustangs, both supercharged -a '99 and a '92. One for road course and the other drag, so it seems like it's the best of both worlds. I'll be renewing for a long time.
Don Seipe
Via e-mail
Ford Rebuttal
Regarding the letter in the December issue from Geoff Budwalda, I have not heard of respected motoring journalist Roger Huntington, but I have read Greg Fielden's Forty Years of Stock Car Racing. The legendary Ford Shotgun Boss 429 certainly did have a dominating performance in NASCAR racing. A few statistics: 25 of 54 wins in its first season (1969). Lee Roy Yarbrough won two of the three Triple Crown races in 1969, Charlotte's World 600 and Darlington's Southern 500, with the Boss. (The Daytona 500 was won with another Ford powerhouse-the 427 Tunnel Port, as the Boss was not legalized until March 30,1969, at the Atlanta 500 where Cale Yarborough led 308 of 334 laps to win.) David Pearson won the Championship in 1969 again with the Boss. I could go on and on, but I'll give you just one more.
Richard Petty parked his GTX to drive the Boss for just one year. Chrysler spent a ton of money to get him back. How 'bout the Boss 302? It won the '70 Trans-Am didn't it? Wins that year: Ford six, the incredible AMC Javelin three, Camaro two, Mopar zip, zero, nada. Maybe Geoff should stop listening to Roger and talk to Ralph Moody, Robert Yates, or Bud Moore. Better yet, read Leo Levine's The Dust and the Glory Vols. I and II.
Glenn C. Allen
Harrington, DE
Burnout of the Month Club
My name is Bunky Jordan and attached is a photo of my '65 Dodge A-100 Pickup-thought it might fit your magazine. The photo is of a friend-he wanted a photo of the truck for his wall, so I offered an action shot. The truck was built in the '70s by a Mack truck executive for his personal use. It is getting a total "Dodge" makeover this winter. It has a Frankland quick-change, four-link rear, and a 500-plus-hp stroked 360.
Bunky Jordan
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