The Tempest's interior needed to be redyed after that ....
I remember that group of guys that came from La Canada - Flintridge area. An Opel Kadett Rallye , Mazda RX -2, Datsun Z, etc. They were pretty fun to hang with as they had the wide eyed- "can't believe we can do this here" look. After about 2 weeks, they were getting the hang of it tearing back and forth. One night I was going downhill , full moon- lights off, and the Opel was coming up - lights off. Another startling adrenaline moment- to say the least. After that I kept my lights off runs to when the hill was fairly empty
But that wasn't any guarantee of it being safe: When driving Craig Chaddock's yellow Capri, demonstrating a lights off run, I suddenly saw a huge pair of eyes on the passenger side out of the windshield !! WHAM!!!
WTF?!?!? I skidded to a stop wondering if I had hit some jogger . PHEW! Some hapless deer was knocked senseless for about 30 seconds. He got back up, walked around like a 12 step failure, and jumped back over the side