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| RE:Ed Terry @ Puyallup |
| By Mike McQuesten - 04/17/2001 11:14:04 AM; IP 206.193.0.124 |
| Yup, those were the days where drag strips were plentiful. A brief FE story on that spring night in '68. Ed Terry was touring the western states match racing in promotion for Ford's new 428 Cobra Jet. He was running one of the factory backed Mustangs that he'd competed with at the Winter Nationals. At Puyallup that night he was matched up against a Mopar backed '67 Hemi Satellite. Was it a 428 CJ in Ed's 'stang? Nope. It was his "match race" special: 427 Tunnel Port dual fours and T & C Top Loader. This car was a genuine '68 1/2 CJ car. However to be competitive in this promo match race stuff, you had to be ready. This car was stock meaning it did not have sub frame connectors, it had full interior, and Cal Trac bars weren't invented yet. The sight of that fastback exploding off the line on the tires of the day was unreal. Ed ran a best of 11.00 flat that night beating the Elephant motor mopar in a best of 2 outta 3. He blew him away first time. Took it easy on the 2nd. There was no doubt Ford was on top with the 3rd race. Ed Terry was a real gentleman and let me crawl all over and under that car. He was based out of Hayward Ford in Fremont, CA. I ended up living in Federal Way, teaching at Thomas Jefferson and racing many of my students at SIR on grudge bracket nights with my Fairlane GTA. Great fun and totally legal! |
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