Beach Boys' Sting Ray?
07-28-2014, 09:56 AM
#41
Le Mans Master
The Steve McQueen c2 would be one a truly amazing find, and based on what his other cars are now worth, would be a big BIG $ car!
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07-28-2014, 10:42 AM
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St. Jude Donor '12
07-28-2014, 11:02 AM
#45
Le Mans Master
I bet that car is still out there in some shape and still known. I'm doubtful any SM owned car or motorcycle from the period was sold subsequently without using his name. I could see where it's in disrepair, perhaps, even wrecked, but still around. People are strange, like the guy keeping the Bullitt Mustang in seclusion (in KY, IIRC).
07-28-2014, 11:30 AM
#46
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Beach Boys Corvette
I bet that car is still out there in some shape and still known. I'm doubtful any SM owned car or motorcycle from the period was sold subsequently without using his name. I could see where it's in disrepair, perhaps, even wrecked, but still around. People are strange, like the guy keeping the Bullitt Mustang in seclusion (in KY, IIRC).
07-28-2014, 01:37 PM
#47
And Brian taped that car with his reel-ro-reel on the sidewalk in front of the Wilson home in Hawthorne, sadly demolished about twenty years ago for the 105 freeway.
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07-28-2014, 06:16 PM
#48
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Title song is about a Vette too.
Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down
It happened on the strip where the road is wide
Two cool sharps standin side by side
Yeah, my fuel injected stingray and a four-thirteen
Were revvin’ up our engines and it sounds real mean
Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down
Declinin’ numbers at an even rate
At the count of one we both accelerate
My stingray is light the slicks are startin’ to spin
But the four-thirteen’s really diggen’ in
Gotta be cool now power shift here we go
Superstock dodge is winding out in low
But my fuel injected stingray’s really startin’ to go
I’m gettin’ the traction I’m ridin’ the clutch
My pressure plate’s burnin’ that machine’s too much
Pedal’s to the floor hear the dual quads drink
And now the four-thirteen’s lead is startin’ to shrink
He’s powered by ram induction but it’s understood
I got a fuel injected engine sittin’ under my hood
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down
It happened on the strip where the road is wide
Two cool sharps standin side by side
Yeah, my fuel injected stingray and a four-thirteen
Were revvin’ up our engines and it sounds real mean
Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down
Declinin’ numbers at an even rate
At the count of one we both accelerate
My stingray is light the slicks are startin’ to spin
But the four-thirteen’s really diggen’ in
Gotta be cool now power shift here we go
Superstock dodge is winding out in low
But my fuel injected stingray’s really startin’ to go
I’m gettin’ the traction I’m ridin’ the clutch
My pressure plate’s burnin’ that machine’s too much
Pedal’s to the floor hear the dual quads drink
And now the four-thirteen’s lead is startin’ to shrink
He’s powered by ram induction but it’s understood
I got a fuel injected engine sittin’ under my hood
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beach+b..._20013813.html
07-28-2014, 09:10 PM
#50
Racer
07-29-2014, 07:50 AM
#51
Drifting
Are these the correct lyrics? It seems difficult to reconcile the dual quads sound with an FI car, and if the song is from the Corvette driver's perspective, would he have been able to hear anything over his own car's noise. Just simple questions being raised now despite having listened to the song for 50 years and never noticing the "dual quad" reference.
07-29-2014, 08:20 AM
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Not gonna' tell the whole story again but in 1964, I was riding in the 413 and the FI Stingray was next to my open window. Never could hear the StingRay over the roar of the 413 but the StingRay won, four times in a row.
I should add though that this particular 413 wasn't exactly healthy. Had it been, it would have dusted the StingRay!
07-29-2014, 10:12 AM
#53
Race Director
Which intake sucks the loudest? 413 cubic inches or 327cubic inches.
Not gonna' tell the whole story again but in 1964, I was riding in the 413 and the FI Stingray was next to my open window. Never could hear the StingRay over the roar of the 413 but the StingRay won, four times in a row.
I should add though that this particular 413 wasn't exactly healthy. Had it been, it would have dusted the StingRay!
Not gonna' tell the whole story again but in 1964, I was riding in the 413 and the FI Stingray was next to my open window. Never could hear the StingRay over the roar of the 413 but the StingRay won, four times in a row.
I should add though that this particular 413 wasn't exactly healthy. Had it been, it would have dusted the StingRay!
That 413 MOPAR must have been missing two cylinders or had a flat rear tire. Larry
07-29-2014, 10:13 AM
#54
Race Director
07-29-2014, 12:59 PM
#55
Drifting
07-29-2014, 02:17 PM
#56
07-29-2014, 03:27 PM
#57
Drifting
07-29-2014, 04:56 PM
#59
Burning Brakes
Here is one more example showing that we lived in the BEST of times.
From the Beach Boys to the "Thrilla; in Manlla', to landing on the moon, Jimmi Hendrix, 63 split window, we could go on and on. Be thankful. We are truly blessed
Oh yea Mohamed ali an American icon
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/...t-Evasion.html
From the Beach Boys to the "Thrilla; in Manlla', to landing on the moon, Jimmi Hendrix, 63 split window, we could go on and on. Be thankful. We are truly blessed
Oh yea Mohamed ali an American icon
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/...t-Evasion.html
Last edited by revupL78; 07-29-2014 at 04:58 PM.
07-30-2014, 06:23 AM
#60
Safety Car
