[johnsjmc]

I like the Smokey TA,s but was driving a Datsun 240Z at the time.
It seems when American cars are popular I drive Japanese. Then when Japanese cars are I drive German ., or American. Seems I,ve always been a little out of step.
The 455 was choked like others of the vintage BUT had gobs of torque nonetheless.
They are appreciating especially good originals.
Funny though at the time in about 77 the only person I knew who actually owned one was a chubby, mousey ,single maybe 30 yr old HS teacher. Her students knew she was cool though. She bought a new one every two yrs through the entire decade ,all were black with the bird and scoop.