Had a 1940 ford coupe on my lift at the school where I taught auto. Mike and George Borazon owned it. They put in a corvette engine and drive train. The kids got a big kick out of seeing something so different. Sadly Mike, who taught at that school, and George, a newscaster are both deceased.
Used to play that song to the students to explain that there was a great deal of terminology in the field of automotives and slang versions of same.
The other Beach Boys song that was great was Shut Down.
Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy going to shut you down
[Verse 1]
It happened on the strip where the road is wide
Two cool shorts standing side by side
Yeah, my fuel injected Stingray and a four-thirteen
Revving up our engines and it sounds real mean
(Verse 2)
Declining numbers at an even rate
(At the count of one we both accelerate
My Stingray is light the slicks are starting to spin
But the four-thirteen's really digging in
Got to be cool now, power shift - here we go
Superstock Dart is winding out in low
But my fuel injected Stingray's really starting to go
To get the traction I'm riding the clutch
My pressure plate's burning that machine's too much
(Verse 3)
Pedal's to the floor hear the dual quads drink
And now the four-thirteen's lead is starting to shrink
He's hot with ram induction but it's understood
I got a fuel injected engine sitting under my hood
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
repeat repeat
