1970 Falcon 429

      When I arrived in Phoenix as a new Air Force recruit, fresh out of Air Traffic Control school, it was in the year 1970.  As I became familiar with the area, I also noticed the location of some of the Ford dealers in town, and it wasn’t long before I found time to stop by some of them to look over their cars.

     I remember one dealership in particular had a great selection of performance cars, and that’s the first time I remember seeing the rare 1970 Falcon, equipped with a 429 Cobra-jet.  It was the same basic chassis as the 1970 Torino, and Torino Cobra, just a lower trim level with a 2-door post body.  It was cool to see all those models together on the same car lot.  That memory has stuck in my mind for over 50 years now. 

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     The rare 1970 Falcon, with 429 Cobra-jet engine package.  ( Twitter photo)

Pretty Girls

      Those of us who have been car-guys for all of our lives are well aware of this subject. There are few things in this world that will attract our attention more than the sighting of one of our favorite cars. But, there is one thing that comes to mind, a pretty girl coming into view.

     We can be attending an excellent car show, with beautiful cars in every direction,  and in the process of examining one of our favorite models, and all at once a pretty girl walks into view, and our attention is stole away, even if it’s just for a few seconds, we notice her.  That’s the power a pretty girl has over us.

     Cars and girls always seem to go together, and for as long as I can remember, that’s the way it has always been.  I have mentioned this subject many times before in this blog, and in several chapters of my book.  To find my book, follow this link: Grab Some Gears

                           (  Twitter photo )

Years Gone Bye

      For those of us who have been in the performance car hobby for many years now, a lot of things have changed, and some things have changed very much. A subject I’m very familiar with, is the way the style of  “street racing” has completely changed in the last 60 years.

     Back when I first discovered the activity, in my teenage years of the mid-1960’s, it was a lot different than the way it was during my last experiences in the early 2000’s.  It can be compared to the scenes of a couple different popular movies that most people may be familiar with.  Starting out with the classic movie “American Graffiti” , and the type of down town street scenes that film portrayed.  Then compare that to the outrageous craziness of the more recent “Fast and Furious” movie series.

     That is the reason, I describe the racing in my book as “the old style street racing”. Those who may be interested can find my book at: Grab Some Gears

    ( Twitter photo )