No, Ernie always ran a Pontiac, here is a better shot of it: The valve cover angle was closer to the Chevy, more tilted upward. Ernie first ran it on gas, later Ivo tried nitro in it without telling Ernie, and Ernie fired him. But Ernie, too, turned to nitro. The Pontiac held together pretty well.
Dave, it must have held up, Bill Alexander had it under his bench for 40 years, freshened it up, and put it in the re-creation of the car.
This 1933-34 Ford coupe with the Desoto grill was probably the cleanest / neatest car of it's time in New England.
I found a few more pictures posted by Jason Ward on a Facebook page. called Front Engine Dragsters. ML. Hulet from Huston Tx. X/D. (Photo Credit Glen Ward)
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