Posted by Paul in MN on February 02, 2009 at 20:04:46 from (207.224.92.218):
In Reply to: Re: old car posted by Hoss in Me on February 02, 2009 at 18:01:30:
My Dad had one of the 51 Chrysler New Yorkers with that first hemi. He put 6 ply truck tires on it to carry the weight. In 1960 he was frequently driving from St Paul MN to Milwaukee WS on Friday nights after he was done at the Sperry Univac plant. The 94 freeway had not been built yet, so it was mostly old 2 lane US highway 12. One evening as he was just east of St Paul, and "leader of the pack" a MN State Patrol decided to take the whole string of cars down for speeding. The ole man was a bit tight, didn't want to contribute to the local fund and got in a race with the State patrol and beat them to the Wisconsin border at Hudson. At that time our family lived in Milwaukee, and it was my job to check out the car on Sat morning so he would have a good trip back on Sunday night. I opened the hood to check the oil and the underside of the hood and much of the engine was covered in oil. I woke the O.M. up at about 10:00am and said "Dad you must have blown some gasket, we'd better find out which one and get parts before they close at noon." Naw, he said, just fill up what is needed. I pressed him about his too casual attitude about oil loss, and he finally came out with the chase story, figuring he was hitting 120 to 130 mph. Not many cop cars at that time could beat a hemi, and their radios weren't very good then either. Normally the O.M. was 100% law abiding and wanted us boys to be exactly 100% law abiding. Learned something about the old man that morning!
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