[ponyakr]

just came from our local car show. it rained all nite. quit about daylite. turned cold, wind picked up to about 20 mph, clouds stayed til about noon. but lots of folks put on their jackets & came out anyway. saw a few with only t-shirt & shorts--they only made 1 pass thru & disappeared. by 1 pm we had brite sunshine & all the chrome began to sparkle. it was just like my racin days--lots of chevys & not many pontiacs. but the few that were there made a good showing. 2 1st's, 1 2nd, & 1 overall choice of the show from the local police dept. the pics of the '69 redbird are of my longtime pontiac racin buddy "wild (now mild) bill" jenkins old street/strip bird, turned show car. but it ain't no trailer queen. he drove it to the show--about 35 mi., then left there heading to a cruise-in at a mcdonalds about 50 mi. away. not 2 good on mpg, but loads of fun per mile! he's had it since '74. i'm including a shot of it beside T.J. in the l-o-n-g staging lane lines at the end of the year NHRA div 4 bracket finals race at green valley, Tx in '77. had a 400 back then. now has a 455 with e-heads, h-beam rods, a solid roller cam & dougs headers. probably about 600 hp. he said its a lot stronger than anything he ever raced-G-forces from a rolling 2nd gear punch. it was definately the quickest 1/4 miler there. 1 of the vettes probably had a little more top speed, but would be embarrassed by the redbird in a drag race!