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She is thinking "Well, there goes my new living room furniture again. He said it would work this time!"

 

I "think" I read one time that her T-Bird was a Barris car?

 

Alright son, you see this screw right here? Good, don’t touch that screw.

 

Hello,

Fiat Altered Coupes were one of the most popular lightweight bodies for this particular use. A shortened chassis, modified motors from Hemi’s with injection to SBC 671 supercharged were popular versions. Then as the lightweight body became more popular, the Competition Coupe Class started seeing those builds come into play. The driver behind the axle gave the coupe a look like, dragsters with an addition, put on for competition. The difference being Fiat Coupe Altereds had the driver in front and the motor being a 25% set back.
Dunn, Merrit, Velasco, Reath Automotive... old Friday art...
“This is the Dunn-Merritt-Velasco Fiat that I ran with Henry Velasco and Dewey Merritt. I built the chassis myself; everything is homemade on this car. It had a 5/8-stroker small-block Chevy, supercharged on gas, and won [class] at the Winternationals in ’63 and ’64 and was runner-up at the ’63 Winternationals." … Jim Dunn

from a different post:

Most everyone in drag racing knows Jim Dunn. One of his early drag racing cars was the Dunn-Merrit-Velasco Fiat Altered, from Reath Automotive in Long Beach. This was not the only Fiat Altered from the throes of Reath Automotive influence. From 1959 to 67, there was a squadron of Fiat Altered Coupes from that section of So Cal. This was one of them.

If the Fiat Coupes were all lined up at the drags, they would have looked like toys. It is too bad that no one took a group photo of all those Reath Automotive sponsored Altered Coupes from that time era. It was a who’s who of early Altered Coupe/Sedan racing prior to being lumped into a single category vs. The Altered/Modified/Hot Roadsters.
or another version...
Jnaki

Then the end came almost as fast, as they were lumped in class competition with others variations and the popularity fell, as the newer attractions, Fuel Dragsters/Funny Cars took over.

Who can list and post the photos of all of the Reath Automotive sponsored Fiat Altered Coupes from 1959 to the end in So Cal?

 

New South Wales car running a Y-block with Cal-Custom scoop on a 4 barrel and a Wolseley grille. Typical 60's Aussie(East Coast) style with big channel and no chop. Must have found a manifold somewhere as I don't think we got 4 barrels on any of our Y-blocks.