Hey Tom,
you failed to mention that your car is a full-dress type of street car, with full interior, with real windows, narrow 10" slicks, not stripped at all... very respectable.
It's pretty darn cool to watch you pull up to the starting line next to some of those high-dollar pro/stock type repeat race cars and blow their doors off! I wonder if you snuck a trans-brake in there or a looser stall-converter, you could finally launch that 427 into the 9s. Imagine, the 2004 NHRA magazine cover could say
"FEs are awakened from the Dead for Drag Racing by Tom Lucas.... Little Shop Car goes 9s".
Let me know the next time you head to the track. I wanna see, I wanna see!
