My late Brother's 70 Hemicuda fires up after 54 years!!!!

[fortyshooter]

Beautiful forty. There was a day when we would have hated the painted steel wheels with a center hubcap. Now, looking at your brother’s former car they are perfect.

Thanks! Yeah we ordered it with the plain wheels because wider rear tires and mag wheels soon followed as you see here.

[PBSnooker]

Could be an episode of Graveyard cars.

[5shot]

Beautiful memories Forty!!

[fortyshooter]

Beautiful memories Forty!!

Thanks!

[JEBar]

OUTSTANDING .... truly outstanding

[undy]

Your late brother's Hemi reminds me of a drag race I participated in back in the late 70s at a (now defunct) local drag strip. It was the Friday Night 1/4 mile "street car" races. Your car had to have a full exhaust system, DOT rated tires and current tags 'n registration. I had a 72 Datsun 240 Z that I designed/installed a built 4 bolt 400 SBC, a hard shifting Turbo 400 w/a 3000 stahl convertor, and a custom early 70s Vette IRS system out back. I made it to the final run against a 1970 convertible Hemi Cuda with the "Drag Pack" option. He got me off the line, mostly due to the regular raised white letter BFG street tires and him running a pair of DOT rated cheater slicks. I caught him mid track and passed him. I took the 1st place trophy. Those were the days...

Now that was a cool sleeper project back in the day! Did that weigh about the same as a 350 V8 Vega? They were a popular combo back then and some Chevy dealers would sell them already setup.

I'm sure the weights were pretty close to each other.

[BrokenolMarine]

Really nice that you were able to be involved. The sound of that engine is music to MY ears. I grew up in the 70s.

[Travlin]

Thanks for all the videos and photos. I had a friend who had an old half beat up 58 Ford pickup with a 392 hemi in it . He gave a lot of folks a surprise when they wanted to race him.

[daytime dave]

I happened to get one of the videos on my regular YouTube feed this weekend. It was a very nice video and your smile seemed to say most of it.

[Sir Henry]

Beautiful forty. There was a day when we would have hated the painted steel wheels with a center hubcap. Now, looking at your brother’s former car they are perfect.

Thanks! Yeah we ordered it with the plain wheels because wider rear tires and mag wheels soon followed as you see here.

Mag wheels. That’s a term you don’t hear anymore. Now they are alloys. Wait don’t mags burn.