@GetX'd , my all time favorite pass on the dragstrip, many,MANY years ago, was against a Boss 429 mustang. It was at the old irwindale strip in socal, i was driving a 57 belair hdtp, 350/4sp at the time, running 13 ohs and teens, desperately wanting a 12 second slip. I had run 13.o? twice, so i finally gave in and pulled the mufflers (i really dont like racing uncorked).
Last pass of the night, in the other lane was an Earl Wade prepped (proudly decaled as such) boss 9.
I dont know what our lights were, there were no reaction timers then, but i waxed him off the line.
Still ahead, pulling into fourth, he's pulling up on me fast, but i got to the line just before he blows past.
Time slip says.... 12.96/ 107.
Hundreds of passes since, a few races won, but that was my favorite memory. (Still got the 57)[/QUOTE That’s a great story @33 IMP! The Boss 429 was the only Ford I held in high regard. That must be some 57 you have! Allow me to give you my short story. I was trolling down Central Ave in Mpls back in the day. Central was the local street drag line. It was on a Sunday night and not much going on. Then this dark cherry Boss 429 idles up next to me at the light. Windows were tinted so I couldn’t really make out the driver. We start to roll away from the light up to about 10 mph then we both jacked it at the same time. He was pulling me by about a fender from the get go. We just stay glued that way until the next light where he pulled off to a right turn. I noticed he was running street slicks whereas I had polyglas L60s. I spun a bit giving him the edge that I couldn’t recover from thus the fender beat down. Always wanted another chance at that car but I never saw it again. My 68. GTX had a mild cam and a six pack set up on an otherwise pretty stock 440 at the time. She’s now got the same engine but stroked to a 494 with 555 hp. Same six pack set up and a lot more go. Never forgot that damn Boss and always admire them when I see one because of the dark Sunday night. Great memories. I just sold the GTX last week after 48 years of ownership. Still own the memories though......