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Lived in the Carolina foothills during the likker' running days. Our house was in a triangle of 2 back roads. Some days I'd see road racing between the revenuers & the good 'ol boys & sure wish video cameras were available then.
First ,you'd see a pilot car [ the rabbit ] fly by ,chased with the new badass Pontiacs . Sometimes he'd stop & after arguing a bit [ stalling ] he'd open the trunk of his hot Chevvy coupe & show several hundred pounds of feed or seed while the carrying car,full of family breezed on by.
Some of the coupes were carry cars too. The entire trunk space was tank & the springs were enormous so they could bring the car level up. The weight was great for traction & cornering too.
The 228 cube GMC truck motor was used & it was cammed & most likely had a 4 speed gear box. Some of them went to pasture via the dirt tracks. Runnin' 'shine developed many NA$CAR stars
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Tipsters [ paid rats ] put a slow death to major operations.One enterprising hog breeder had his still under his large garage & vented it in the feed lot. Anyone familiar knows those odors will hide anything. His garage floor was mounted on a hydraulic lift & the carrier would load ,drive up a ramp & go boogedy,boogedy into the night. A rat sold him out .
The largest haul in my recall was in Charlotte,N.C. A dairy hauler tanker was stopped & lids were popped. Milk ! Yes, but by sticking the tanks you'd hit bottom within inches !
Forget how many gallons of shine there was but it was in the thousands .
Just recently, driving from Roanoke Rapids East I smelled a cooker but you'd need a 'copter & infrared to find it.
Those were the days,my friend........
Uncle [ had some ] Alan:thumbup:
First ,you'd see a pilot car [ the rabbit ] fly by ,chased with the new badass Pontiacs . Sometimes he'd stop & after arguing a bit [ stalling ] he'd open the trunk of his hot Chevvy coupe & show several hundred pounds of feed or seed while the carrying car,full of family breezed on by.
Some of the coupes were carry cars too. The entire trunk space was tank & the springs were enormous so they could bring the car level up. The weight was great for traction & cornering too.
The 228 cube GMC truck motor was used & it was cammed & most likely had a 4 speed gear box. Some of them went to pasture via the dirt tracks. Runnin' 'shine developed many NA$CAR stars
.Tipsters [ paid rats ] put a slow death to major operations.One enterprising hog breeder had his still under his large garage & vented it in the feed lot. Anyone familiar knows those odors will hide anything. His garage floor was mounted on a hydraulic lift & the carrier would load ,drive up a ramp & go boogedy,boogedy into the night. A rat sold him out .
The largest haul in my recall was in Charlotte,N.C. A dairy hauler tanker was stopped & lids were popped. Milk ! Yes, but by sticking the tanks you'd hit bottom within inches !
Forget how many gallons of shine there was but it was in the thousands .
Just recently, driving from Roanoke Rapids East I smelled a cooker but you'd need a 'copter & infrared to find it.
Those were the days,my friend........
Uncle [ had some ] Alan:thumbup: