Decades ago was in a drag race, I was a passenger, buddies 440 GTX next to us.
Automatic, he had diddled with the brakes so he could lock the fronts, while leaving the rears loose.
He released the fronts, the rear end broke loose he said he saw the tach at about 8500 (6k red line) when the hood came off.
2 pistions from the driver side blew the head off, and the parts went through the hood.
Fortunately, my other buddy driving the car I was in (383 Road Runner), hooked them up well and we were gone before the parts came back to earth.

It was scary though.

I rebuilt the engine, the block amazingly was fine, he was a jerk. Ran wiper fluid in the raditor when anti-freeze prices went crazy one winter.
I heard a few years later he hit a street light dead center and trashed it.

Last I heard (4 or 5 years ago) my buddy still had the "Road Chicken" as he affectionately called it.
68 383, 4 speed with an overdrive unit where the drive shafts would be, I don't think he had 100k miles on it last I heard.
Totally tricked out.

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1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.