Actually this happened to a new owner in about '72 or '73 after I sold my car.
My older cousin owned a Pontiac dealership. (tons of stories there) His son had a black '61 Cat Bubble top with a 4bbl and a 4 spd. I had a white '61 Catalina Bubble top with 8 lug wheels and a built 389 (re-jetted Tri-Power, 10.75 heads, 288/302 Cam, recurved distributor, Iron headers, etc.) but what really made this car was the 4spd Hydramatic from a '64 Bonny that we shoehorned in. That thing was FAST. All I know is that you really could bury the speedo needle in the turn signal indicator. Anyway, in a moment of juvenile stupidity I sold the car. It stayed in the area for awhile and the 2nd or 3rd owner was doing donuts in a parking lot. For some reason the State Police got on his tail and chased him out of town and up a long hill. They speedo clocked him doing 117. He was actually going faster but that was all they could do as he pulled away and out ran them. The reason I know this is that for some unknown reason he went back to town a little later and they surrounded him and pulled him out of the car at gunpoint. Which starts a whole 'nother story but I'll save that for later.
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