Had a scuffle with a Roadrunner

Frankenstang65 · 05-19-2002, 02:41 AM

Last night I was driving home from a friend's house and decided I'd jump on the freeway just for the heck of it. As I'm heading towards the freeway on-ramp I pass by a big mopar waiting to pull out of a local burger joint. I glance in the rear-view and see him pull out and think to myself "please follow me onto the freeway". Sure enough I notice him get behind me as I make the left turn onto the ramp.

There was some slow mini-van in front of me on the ramp and the old mopar was comming up from behind pretty fast. I merged before the van, and so did the guy behind me. He quickly jumps another lane over and gets on the gas, pulling up on my side fast. I too put the pedal down a little and hold right next to him as he gets closer, putting a quick end to the flyby, letting him know that I was willing to play.

I let off the gas a little and we both begin to slow down, I let him pull past me to get a good look at his car. Turns out it was a plymouth roadruner...no sure on the year 70 or 71 maybe? ( are these cars fast?..big block I assume, nice rubber on the back and a mean exhaust tone)

Anyways, we hit some traffic and do some lane swtiching before we finnally get some open road. I pull along the drivers side and pace him, then glance over to see if he's interseted. This was the first time I'd even paid attention to the driver...turned out to be a little old man and his wife...lol. I think to myself, " uh-oh..the fun is over, this guy will never-" I didn't have time to finish the thought as he was on the gas hard to shake me. I punched it and stayed with him. We both let off and I paced him for a few more seconds. When I glanced over he was looking right at me... we exchanged grins and began to slow down a bit, keeping side by side. His wife had this funny expression like she was thinking "Oh Harold, don't encourage the boy!"..lol. We slowed to about 45 or so and he gave me a nod and jumped on it.

"Ok pops now it's ON!" No way was I going to get schooled by a bingo-playing senior citizen! I dropped it in second and buried the pedal in the carpet. Held up to 6k and hit third and just kept on pulling. By the top of second I had solid car length on him and had maybe 3-3.5 by the time we shut down. I doubt he gave it EVERYTHING he had...but I could tell by the exhaust note that he was winding it up pretty hard.

Anyways, he gave an enthusiastic thumubs up has he passed by, and his wife just smiled and shook her head in disbelief. Hopefully when I'm as old as that guy (must have been at least 75+..lol) I'll still be out bangin' gears with the youth... it was a pretty fun night, just thought I'd share it.

05-19-2002, 02:41 AM	#1
Frankenstang65 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 79	Had a scuffle with a Roadrunner Last night I was driving home from a friend's house and decided I'd jump on the freeway just for the heck of it. As I'm heading towards the freeway on-ramp I pass by a big mopar waiting to pull out of a local burger joint. I glance in the rear-view and see him pull out and think to myself "please follow me onto the freeway". Sure enough I notice him get behind me as I make the left turn onto the ramp. There was some slow mini-van in front of me on the ramp and the old mopar was comming up from behind pretty fast. I merged before the van, and so did the guy behind me. He quickly jumps another lane over and gets on the gas, pulling up on my side fast. I too put the pedal down a little and hold right next to him as he gets closer, putting a quick end to the flyby, letting him know that I was willing to play. I let off the gas a little and we both begin to slow down, I let him pull past me to get a good look at his car. Turns out it was a plymouth roadruner...no sure on the year 70 or 71 maybe? ( are these cars fast?..big block I assume, nice rubber on the back and a mean exhaust tone) Anyways, we hit some traffic and do some lane swtiching before we finnally get some open road. I pull along the drivers side and pace him, then glance over to see if he's interseted. This was the first time I'd even paid attention to the driver...turned out to be a little old man and his wife...lol. I think to myself, " uh-oh..the fun is over, this guy will never-" I didn't have time to finish the thought as he was on the gas hard to shake me. I punched it and stayed with him. We both let off and I paced him for a few more seconds. When I glanced over he was looking right at me... we exchanged grins and began to slow down a bit, keeping side by side. His wife had this funny expression like she was thinking "Oh Harold, don't encourage the boy!"..lol. We slowed to about 45 or so and he gave me a nod and jumped on it. "Ok pops now it's ON!" No way was I going to get schooled by a bingo-playing senior citizen! I dropped it in second and buried the pedal in the carpet. Held up to 6k and hit third and just kept on pulling. By the top of second I had solid car length on him and had maybe 3-3.5 by the time we shut down. I doubt he gave it EVERYTHING he had...but I could tell by the exhaust note that he was winding it up pretty hard. Anyways, he gave an enthusiastic thumubs up has he passed by, and his wife just smiled and shook her head in disbelief. Hopefully when I'm as old as that guy (must have been at least 75+..lol) I'll still be out bangin' gears with the youth... it was a pretty fun night, just thought I'd share it. __________________ 1965 Coupe: 351W, comp cam, Aluminum Systemax II heads (2.02/1.60), 1.7 Cobra full roller rockers, Edelbrock intake, Holley 650 double pumper, Mallory Unilite, MSD-6AL, MSD Blaster 2 coil, MSD heli-core plug wires, Hedman headers, 2 1/2" exhaust (GT style) w/ 40 series delta flows, 69 C4 w/ shift kit, shelby traction bars, 3.55:1 rear Daily Driver: 1989 GT- 5spd, K&N (no silencer), Shorty Headers, King Cobra Clutch, Flowmaster Force II Cat-back Last edited by Frankenstang65; 05-19-2002 at 02:51 AM..