Not my first or really mine but classic ! Buddy and I were going from DesMoines to Lacrosse Wi. He had a 70 Plymouth Super Bird . The big wing on the back. We had put in 3.23 gear and slapped a dual quad set up on the 440 . I know ,,I know ,,ruining a collectable $$$ car ,as if we knew better back then. Anywho,we were tooling along hwy 20 outside Iowa Falls,,fresh blacktop, cooler full off beer in the back tunes cranked . He decided to wind er up a few notches. Those winged cars handled better the faster they went . At around the 140 - 145 mark on the speedo I noticed a pair of brake lights headed other way , sure enough he turned around a hit the cherries . Well ,,at 145 mph you don"t just stop! Put er in neutral and coasted ,and coasted . Finally pulled obver and were waiting when officer friendly caught up several minutes later. He came running up to the car panting . He blurted out "Is thisa Plymouth Superbird?" Buddy says yes sir . cop says " this is THE coolest car I ever pulled over ,Do you let your buddy drive?" My buddy says ,"yep all the time " cop says " Good ,cuz your going to jail !" So ,,I follow them into town , all the local kids were dragging the main as it was close to midnight. We pull into police station,cop runs in and is followed back out by a whole slew of police officers , sheriffs, highway patrol , you name it . It must have been card night ?lol . One highway patrol guy was drooling , asked why we let him catch us ? I told him we didn"t really know the roads around here and well,,,you guys have radios ya know! He chuckled and said it would have been the most excitment they"d ever had round there,kinda like smokey and the Bandit. He had me open the hood and gave er a good looking over. Well ,I figured I"d better go attend to my buddy inside. They were all laughing and joking having a good time. Said they had to get the judge on the phone . Officer come out and tells us " Judge says it"ll be $200 cash " I got wallet out and started counting out the fine. Laid it on the desk and asked for receipt. Officer looked me in the eyeand asked "Do you really want one ?" Umm no ,,not really I guess . No ticket, no paper, guess it went to the beer fund or some sort of widows fund ? lol Well we load up get ready to head out, one cop comes over and starts telling us the best roads to take on the rest of our trip . We thanked him shook his hand ,left town and took exactly the opposite roads he suggested. Pretty sure they had radio"d every buddy they had about us . They never checked us for booze or looked in the cooler , whew ! Fun trip ,back in the good old days !
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