My dad and uncle (his younger brother) were always into cars. I've seen pictures from the 60's of them working on cars. They have both done all sorts of race cars and many different swaps. But the one that comes to mind for me was in the 80's (I think 84 or so) my uncle decided to take a late 70's-early 80's Toyota Corolla and shove a Ford 302 in it!! He had to remove/modify the firewall to get it to fit! HAHAHA I was amazed at that thing! And, it RAN! Like crazy fast. He also made sure it didn't look any different on the outside, so a true sleeper. Man the fun times of growing up in a car-fanatic family. My dad took my '79 Fox body Mustang and swapped the 4-cyl/4spd over to a built out 302 and 5-spd when I was 16. Ummmm after many, many trips to the lawyers office to resolve a traffic ticket, I finally let that car go when I was 20yo. Man I miss that car! Have thought of recreating it, but notchback fox body Mustangs have gotten a bit pricey in this crazy car market. Man I miss those days!!!
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