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Nearly everyone
in Mingo brought his or her car to Joe's Garage for
repairs during the 60s, 70s and 80s. Growing up in
the Valley during the 1970s meant there were some
cool Muscle cars in town. Hanging out at Joe's was
a place to argue about which company made the best
cars, Ford vs. Chevy, Dodge vs. Chevys and Fords.
Inevitably, this led to drag races.
We spent days arguing about which cars were the fastest
and nights determining which were the fastest. "The
Cuda", "The Torino", "The Monte",
"The Caddies", "Rick's Nova",
"The LTD", "The James Von T/A eater",
"The Bass-o-matic", "The
'67 Goat", "The 429 Cobra Jet",
"The '69 Satellite", "The '68 XL",
"The 'Stang", and "The '67 GTX".
We spent nights drag racing our cars on the "Strip".
Serious as we were, we painted a starting line and
a checkered flagged finish line on the street in front
of the "Garage". We even had a sign that
said "Raceway". We would race anything,
including family station wagons.
Most of the Mingo Boys have grown up and left the
Valley, but when we get together we can talk for hours
about the fun times growing up in Mingo and still
arguing about which cars are the best.
Oh, and one last thought...
still rules!
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