Love me some Vintage Pro Stockers…..

Ehh just another day at the local track with a top PS car out doing some racing…amazing to think this was not out of the ordinary…today you only see a car of this caliber at a giant national event, along with giant Teams and Rigs…can we go back in time please…

 

Back when Pro Stock looked stock….

 

While Mustang II do not get much respect other than their contribution to street rods they do make some nice looking race cars.

 

Frankly it's the only way they look good.

 

I didn't know the "Grump" had a Camaro of this vintage. Clearly he'd been kickin ass with the Vegas for a notable time. This makes me think it was the comeback of the big block Pro Stock with the late 70s body and the Dominator carbs.


Thanks to @richnapp on IG for the shagged pic.

 

Van Senus Autoparts spent manny hours leaning against their counters. Kennedy Ave. in Hessville Ind.

 

The 4-door Maverick and the “new” but old 1970 Mustangs of Glidden and Nicholson came about from wheelbase/engine rules for different combinations by the nhra. Cube per cube I don’t think anybody was going to outrun Glidden or the Cleveland engine.

 

I like the way racers (Dyno Don) did things back then. CNC porting? Break out the die grinder and start experimenting.

 

(Courtesy Rooman 'Drag cars in Motion')

Kevin and Greg Flaherty's Shotgun XB Falcon hardtop Pro Stock. This was the car to beat as the Cleveland heads breathed much better than the Chevy stuff available at the time and there was no weight penalty as there was for the Fords in NHRA at the time. Greg is at the wheel and his dad Kevin is behind the car with the flat cap and shades. The car got its name from the fact the Kevin was a national skeet shooting champion. I originally thought that this photo was from Castlereagh but looking closer I think that it is from a major event at Adelaide as evidenced by the fans in the background who are on the perimeter of the oval track.

 

He's grinding valve seats.

 

Southern style ! Mountain Motor

 

Yep! Those were the 800 ci+ engines they ran to get below 8 second et's.
Ok, I'm kidding..

 

I think 800 in or so was the limit allowed. Most of the time in those early days they had a towel hiding the intakes

 

Some locals here in NC. Sam Kennedy and Roy hill .

 

The piedmont area of NC had it's share of pro racers back in the day. Plus the NASCAR shops of Petty and Labonte where I was fortunate enough to be able to walk in and have rods shot peened , items welded and at Labonte' shop they fabbed up a new trunk floor for a Duster to hold a fuel cell for $35.00 . But that was forty five years ago, lol . Plus we had another guy named Gary Dehart who was a top notch fabricator. Our local speed shop was the Hot Rod Barn .

 

A flip of the bird to the NHRA….

 

One of my faves.

 

The stance is what does it for me, I like all the cars , Pintos, Vegas, Mopars etc..

 

It was a flip of the bird to NASCAR!

 

That’s right…and didn’t he almost die behind the wheel of it?

 

Love this AMC machine