An LAPD '68 Plymouth Satellite 4 door with a 383 and auto trans caught my friend driving a '62 Grand Prix with 389, tri-power and a 4-speed. 80 mph on a side street! That guy did jail time for speeding. Got kotched, he did!
A '70 Polara 4 door with a 440 (and a special police intake manifold) caught a different friend in his Z/28 at 160 mph on the Grapevine (hwy 5 between Newhall and Bakersfield).
I may have mentioned it upthread, can't be bothered to look. I worked at a gas station on Van Nuys Blvd. at Sherman Way in '72. We'd hear the LAPD officers racing west on Sherman Way all the way to Kester St. Those Satellites were
fast. The CHP cars were dogs off the line. They had some stupid tight axle and didn't actually get going for real until 40 mph in 1st gear. DAMHIKT.
