Does any one remember this Chevelle?

[Xplantdad]

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Hi Bruce,
A friend of mine saw my car and sent this picture of a 66 Chevelle SS 396/375 that he knew of that was raced around 67/68 in the Largo/St. Petersburg, Fla. area. I thought you might want to post it on the SYC site and see if anyone remembers the car. Check out the gas prices.
Also, it was great to see you and the family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave

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I got this email from my friend Dave...does the car ring a bell with any one?

[Xplantdad]

I did a bit of searching on the net...and this is all I could find about Barry Hutter...

[njsteve]

I guess he went from "Semi-Hemi" to full Hemi with that 71 'Cuda ragtop!

[mockingbird812]

Terrific photo Bruce. Hmmm wonder what caused the name "semi-hemi" with a solid lifter Mk IV? Makes you wonder if Smokey was messin' with it! Appears to be running in a stock class though. Very nice Chevelle!

[Donutblue]

That Chevelle looks great - but what else caught my attention were those gas prices I remember as a kid !!!!

[x Baldwin Motion]

yep, I remember those gas prices had you water skiing all day for about $2.00 !!

[COPO]

When Mark IV's Big Blocks initially came out they were often called semi-hemi due to the combusion chamber shape.

[Bill Pritchard]

Really picture.....thanks to Dave for submitting and to Bruce for posting

I see the road sign for Alt. 19 at the intersection in the background. I remember that Alt. 19 was (or perhaps still is?) the main north - south road through the Gulf Coast towns of Tarpon Springs, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg. My grandparents lived just south of Tarpon Springs back in the 60's, but I don't recall any drag strips in the vicinity.....they may have been farther inland.

[jbsides]

Those gas prices bring back some great memories. I was driving a burgundy '63 Impala SS 'vert in high school. 327/glide. Could cruise the ville all evening for a few bucks, with cash enough left over for a burger before heading to the house. Drove that car for years, and never computed the mileage it got... never cared.

A simpler time...

JB

[427TJ]

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That Chevelle looks great - but what else caught my attention were those gas prices I remember as a kid !!!!

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From quarterly-report.com March 23, 2000: "The Department of Energy (DOE) reported this week that the average price for unleaded, regular gasoline rose to an all time record high of $1.53 per gallon. In a recent analysis of spiraling fuel costs, the DOE predicted that gasoline could reach $2.00 by the summer. In Nevada, gasoline is already $1.80 a gallon."

$1.80 a gallon. Those were the good old days!