I was 13, and already very interested in cars, when a family friend took me for a back seat ride in a white, 1970 Torino 429 SCJ drag pack, automatic, detroit locker rear with 4.30 gears.
He dropped it in low and repeatedly nailed it and then let the engine slow it back down while driving alongside a big Cadillac. Terrorized the old guy in the a caddy.
It remained the most powerful car I had been in for a long, long time. Maybe still is.
