| I seem to remember the good old days, out till 3:00 AM | | | | and the cuda revs his engine, and the race was on, |
| every night, and the most important thing of all, was | | | | we chewed the cuda up and spit it out, but the |
| learning about American muscle the fun way, by | | | | excitement hadn't even begun yet, one more totally |
| experiencing it first hand.I fell sorry for the kids of | | | | amazing thing was going to happen before we'd get |
| today who may never understand the thrill of real | | | | back to our hang out on the side of the road.On the |
| American muscle; my first learning experience was | | | | trek back to the hang out, of course we got stopped |
| brought by way of a 1968 L88 corvette, my god what | | | | by another traffic light, and Vern being the man he |
| an awesome car.My best friend at the time had just | | | | was decided that he needed to really see what the |
| bought a used one, and it was around 3:00 AM in the | | | | car would do, the light turned green, and Vern eased |
| morning, I was standing on the main drag with all my | | | | off the clutch and the car started to roll, and the he |
| friends, and who pulls up, but Vern in his new L88 | | | | dropped the hammer, shoved the pedal through the |
| corvette, I was leaning against my 1969 Z/28 which by | | | | floor, the car immediately started to do 360's in the |
| all rights was a very mean car, but next to the L88 | | | | middle of the main drag, the first thought through my |
| corvette, it looked like a dog.I got in the corvette to go | | | | head, was we're going to die, it's all over.It sent chills |
| for a ride, my first ride in a corvette ever, and learned | | | | through my body, as he shifted through the first three |
| very fast what that car was all about, we pulled out | | | | gears before pulling the car out of the mad spin and |
| on to the main drag, and right next to us was another | | | | back to the straight and narrow, and it saddens me to |
| friend of mine is his 426 Hemi coda, and as unwise as | | | | think that the new generation of hot rodders will never |
| it seemed to me at the time Vern decides to have a | | | | have an experience like that to tell their children, yet I |
| friendly race against him.We pulled up to a red traffic | | | | still hear all the time how much better those new cars |
| light, in the small town that we lived in, and the lights | | | | are "HUH". |
| were exactly 1/4 mile apart, so Vern revs his engine, | | | | |