I have seen similar white walls beside gas stations. It helps brighten the station at night. I haven't been to that one but others in Madison and Milwaukee.
One of my friends in high school had a '65 Dodge with a 383 2 barrel. 2 door hardtop. Sharp looking ride and, yep, definitely a beast. His dad had driven it to work in the city for several years, replaced it with a '68 Mustang and passed it along to his son. When it quit running decently at 150,000 miles, he pulled the engine and tore it down. You could put your finger on the pistons and wiggle them back and forth an unbelievable distance....
A brother and some friends had those big engines. I never went that big. My last two trucks '88 & '98 Dakotas were fine with 318. Now it's electric 500W.
My mechanic at the time - he worked for Chrysler for 30+ years before working at the local garage - went out for a "test drive" after some service on my '69 Newport. He floored it. On a good long stretch of straight highway, he managed to get it up to 115 mph and it was still accelerating like a bat out of hell . Those things had both power and torque in spades. Even my mechanic was surprised at how hard it pulled at that speed, for a 383 2-barrel. The only other car I had that came anywhere near the performance of the old beast was my '97 Crown Vic (my 2nd CV) with the high performance package.
Are these folks pictured related to the famous racing family? I am thinking A.J. Foyt is from Texas, so the answer is yes?
Don't know how many are relatives and how many are employees. But yes, the garage was owned by Tony Foyt, after whom Anthony J. Foyt, Jr. was named.
Back then you could get tinny 'cupcakes' for on your tire valves and a larger foam on for the top of the antenna.
Amazing how the three ladies are wading waist-high in flood water so casually. Fine snapshot of history. Thanks for sharing, Russell.
