Diamond Lil by Brett Koth for December 15, 2024

The same every year.

Get with it. Sam. Order at least a 4 or 5 speed.

With the 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner I bought in ‘69 I would wax Sam’s bottom….. a 383 cubic inch (6.3 liter) V8. It had 335 horsepower and 425 lb-ft of torque and a 4-speed Hurst shifter on the floor. There were no Camaros around where I lived but I took out both 396 Chevelle SS that I came across.

Sam forgot the suicide knob.

Don’t want much, do you, Sam?

I’ll take everything but the orange. Sounds perfect!

Let me check the list….did you forget anything?

OY!

68, 4 speed, 4:11 rear end

That summer I road around in town for a half hour or so most afternoons after work with a cousin who had an SS396 with a Hurst 4-on-the-floor and a nice sounding exhaust. He rarely shifted higher than into 2nd gear.

My first car was a 15 year-old ‘47 Chevy coupe with plaid seat covers and 3 on the column, woohoo!! My dad liked to buy odd cars & fix ‘em up … among them was a ‘55 Nash Rambler and a maroon red ‘57 Studebaker Hawk (I called it “The Miscarriage” …lol). Ahhh, the good ol’ days of shade tree mechanics …!

Santa’s a car salesman???? :)

I want a 67 Mustang.

’73 Boss 351 Mustang…best of the best!

I want a C-3 Vette with a EV-West conversion and a Bose racing suspension. Grey/white with blue and green pen-striping.

OMG…a muncie 4 speed trans and positraction are must haves. And the RS option would be perfection.

Guy I worked with had one with the 396 in it. He painted it white with the Hugger Orange stripes. Gorgeous car. Ran like a scalded dog. 8 miles to the gallon, unlimited smiles.