A friend had a blue 67 LeMans with a 2bbl 326. Had the shark gills.

Surprisingly fast……but he always insisted on shifting first to third, when racing.

Never knew why….he just said second was too close to first.

He bought it cheap, bad throw out bearing. We stupidly just changing that….without a new clutch or pressure plate.

Labor didn’t count in the equation, back then.

Originally Posted by BulletBud
I got a brand new 1963 Pontiac Tempest on June 18, 1963, the day I turned 16. It had a 326 cu inch V8 and was insanely fast. I had it for all of 2 days when I let a buddy take it out for a spin and he crashed it on a stone wall. Luckily, he paid for the repairs, but my Dad took the keys for two months. Four years later, I bought a brand new 1967 Austin Healy Sprite for $2000 cash.


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