My dad said that it was one of those 'events' in our nation's history where everybody remembers where they were and what they were doing when the news broke of the Pearl Harbor attack. I doubt that he had any idea that a short time latter he would be a C-47 pilot making many trips across the channel and into Europe. Sadly there are those in our nation who have, for their own ideological goals, tried to remove all history that portrays America as a good, just, and moral nation. The last 2 generations of children have grown up with almost no knowledge of any defining events since the founding of our country. Government has become their 'god' and their provider. I fear that too much water has passed over the dam for us to turn this thing around.
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69 Bird w/1970 400 block(409 cubes), #64 heads, hyd. roller, Q-jet by Jeff E., original interior, ps, pdb, th350, and 3.73 gears. Pump gas, street driven muscle. 3800 lbs. race weight. Best, 11.39 @118, my son's car.
79 T/A w/463, Scat crank, Eagle rods, Icon pistons, Lunati solid roller, 262/270, KRE 325 heads, Northwind intake, QF950 carb, full interior, ps, pdb, th350, and 3.73 gears. Pump gas, 3650 lbs. race weight. 10.68 @ 126 so far... no tuning yet.
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