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 I bought this car when I first turned 16 and I drove it through high school. I would have a blast when I would drive it. I would get myself into a race or two or I would meet real good people with this car such as the friends I have made at car shows. I have taken it to shows but I never really competed, I just have it there so I can get some info from the other guys to see what they would do differently or help on tracing down that elusive part. I have used alot of thier suggestions and it has made an all out better car. I have been in a 'restification' process over the last few months. It is my cruiser and I plan to rack up more miles on it this year. Don't be mistaken that I plan to make it a showcar, all I am doing is replacing or reconditioning the worn out parts and making a few modifications to suit my needs. I will not cut on my car unless it is absolutely neccessary, so that takes out the things that some guys do to thier cars.  My view on cutting on a car is that if it survived this long without getting cut, drilled, or welded on; why start now? If it was in a whole lot more of a sadder state of condition I wouldn't think twice about cutting it up and welding on this and that, but it does not have too many things altered on it from when it originally left the factory. I plan to keep this car as a driver, thus the paint job it is getting is costing me about $1300 and it will be nice, but not so nice I wouldn't be afraid to leave it in a parking lot. Now for a little history: It originally left the factory as a tuxedo black SS396/375 4 speed manual car with manual steering, bench seat, AM radio, 12 bolt rear end with 3.90:1 gear ratio, and factory tinting (the blue strip on the front windshield that is now very common to todays cars.) In its lifetime it has been drag raced...alot. It has been painted and repainted a total of 6 times, so when I go to repaint it I will be stripping it down to the bare metal. The original engine and transmission are both long gone now thanks to the racing career it had and currently it has a pretty stout '69 396 with a 4 speed Muncie 'Rockcrusher' transmission, this was in the car when I bought it and I plan to keep it. 
I love my car and in the 3 years I have owned it I have done quite a few things to
'restify' it. I replaced the cheesy late '70s button interior with a reproduction interior,
replaced the foam covered steering wheel and changed carburator the from a 650 Holley to a
750 Holley.My brother and I installed a hose cover kit to give the motor compartment some more flash along with a 'Dixie' Horn. It had a Pioneer tape deck and a Sparkomatic equalizer and a pair of busted Jenson 6x9s in the rear (sombody cut it, ahhhh!!), I took out the speakers and replaced them with a pair of Optimus brand. I also installed a Jenson 6 disc CD changer and a Jenson 300 watt amp connected to a pair of bartered MTX Blue Thunder 10 inch subs in the trunk. My brother had the quiet mufflers replaced with cherry bombs the first summer I had it when he took it to be aligned. Imagine my surprise when I fired her up and there was a little more rumble than usual. Last we replaced the front drum brakes with manual disc brakes from a '74 Nova, this gives the car a very nice front end rake, it dropped it about 2-3 inches. The only problem with this setup is I drag the front end easier if I'm not careful. Well, that's Josh's Tenacious Super Sport! We'll have to keep an eye and an ear open the next time we're driving through Kentucky! 
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