Another strong running 57 of Bill Morrison from Toronto. Karbelt was the largest performance distributor here at the time. Lance Hill race engines shared sponsorship in 1969.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned Jim Waibel yet, but he was a big Junior/Stock force in the 60's. Jim dominated the southern tracks in Div 2. Race cars prepped by Jim wore a big yellow W decal. Jenkins wasn't the only small block Chevy expert back in the day.
Cosley, your Fotki album no longer up? Can't seem to access it. Good to see some shots of the southern ON boys
Another 55 from a well known racer from New York state. Many famous names got their start in Junior/Stock.
"*Someone mentioned Ed Hamburger's Pontiac a while back. Here's a shot." Thanks 'colsey,' yea, *that was me Almost 3,600 lbs, 227 HP, 317 Cu In engine Mid-to-low 14s .... WOW!
hey guys thanks for the jr.stocker thread i am building a56 sedan delivery clone and have found more info on this thread then i have found in many years of scrounging through old magazines! please keep the thread going with more pics and info! thanx bundyracingdaman
Steve, It was originally Madison Township Raceway Park. There was an old track call Old Bridge, but it was a round de round that ran drag racing on the 16 mile portion of the track. Joe-Long Branch
hey there, any reason why can't I find the photos?? I'll console myself by scrolling through the pages of this thread.. I agree with the comment on wanting to know more about the engine building and other secrets and how the racers found an edge and what they had to do to keep it..
Quote: Would have been nice to have a 'bit of banter' about 'why' these car FLEW ... you know, the 'tricks'! The Dykes (and 'skinny') rings, the rate-of-lift cams, the grooved bearings ... etc. etc. Well ... So It Goes! I think it was around 1969 or 70 that Tony Pizzi built an engine for the Hampp's Q/S 55. That was the first drag engine that I knew of that used a "headland" ring. They had been running Forgedtrue's with the stock ring configuration (may have even been 5/64's) and Tony cut the top groove .100 down and installed a 1mm ring. I believe that setup came along before the "Dykes". Gas porting came along around that time, but I can't remember if it was legal in Stock. I also remember that Danny Jessel was the first to "angle mill" heads. Some of them were cut so much that the intake surface was almost into the valve cover bolts! Tim Bishop built an E/S '68 Z-28 back in the early '70's. He had engines built by Dwight Southerland, Jeff Taylor, Tony Pizzi, and several others. He was competative, but not the strongest in the class. His next step was to install acid ported heads which realized some additional horsepower. It wasn't until Bub Whittaker had JE make some pistons with the dome relocated that the engine really made some horsepower. I can't remember the numbers, but I think it was something around 430 HP. Just a few months before he sold the car, Tim got the record in E/S at 10.98. Not bad for a 302!
Does anyone out there remember a 55 Chevy called "Jahns Jammer"?. I think it was named after a piston company...Joe M
So what did Archie do? He went to Modified Eliminator. The day this photo was taken I had to help him with a bad starter. Seems it had a dead spot and needed a little prodding. Archie got in the car, I hit the starter with the jack handle, then installed the hood. I think he went two rounds.
Cut'n paste from post #431--> "By the way ... RE: Supercharged '57 Fords I sure do 'remember them'! I went to work at a Ford dealership in downtown Baltimore pretty-soon after graduating from High School. Like most, I had to do a brief 'stint' 'pre-delivering' new cars before going 'on the line.' Well, a few weeks or so into the job (summer '57), 'lucky me' was assigned a Supercharged, 300 HP, 1957 'Fairlane 500' 2-DR H/T to *'pre-deliver' ... *back then, there were actually a few things to 'do,' other than install the hub caps. It was a 3-speed (on the column) 312 cu In, 300 HP car equipped with a McCulloch/Paxton Supercharger. As I recall, we sold but a few of those blown cars that year. Great car -- lots of torque. And 'buzzzz up' it did ... no 'turbo-lag' issues with those cars! About a year later, as a line ('50/50') mechanic, I was given a (non-warranty) 'blown motor' repair job. Well, (I'll 'try' to keep this brief) it was one of the 300HP/312 cars that we had sold the previous year. The car was a T-Bird. And, yes, that engine was also available in the 'bird,' as an "F Option." We pushed the car into my bay and I quickly discovered that the 'front' of the crankshaft (with pulleys intact!) had 'wrung off' when the blower impeller seized up at high RPMs. The service writer was aware of that and my work-order read "replace crankshaft, remove blower." Well, it was pretty-much a 'gravy job' and it went well for me. The next day the owner ... a doctor I recall, approached me at my work station, gave me a (huge at the time!) $5.00 tip and told me he had 'no use' for the box of takeoff parts (sans crank, of course) that I had meticulously boxed-up and placed in his trunk. He asked if I would 'dispose of it' for him -- and I 'obliged.' Alas, the blower impeller's 'balls' had 'galled' to the races, but I kept it all till I gave it to a friend about 10 years later. It was a great box of stuff ... blower, gauge cluster, alum carb 'bonnet.' belts ... etc, etc!<!-- / message --><!-- sig --> __________________
Thanks for posting Cosley. Anybody know where this car ended up? I know CC did multiple articles on its build up. What became of Joe?
Being from northern calif pontiac racers was a serious group . Jules debeaubien cecil yother fred cheisa joe lewis carl musi ron broadhead pete paulson- house of wheels. Automotive performance specalties hayward cal was the place to go to. George linton was a master not just stock elim but the dutre-dutre corvette street elim 1965 winternationals. George left norcal 1968? Went to work for crane cams as head dyno man.
Great pics of Jim Waibel Colsey! 'CC' Magazine did a nice piece on him in the July '68 issue. The same issue 'kicked off' CC's "HOW TO BUILD THE ULTIMATE JR STOCK" series of articles, which by the way, used Joe Allread's '57 Chev wagon as its 'mule.' Sometimes I wondered 'why' I never threw that particular mag away with all of the others, but I guess for reference, it's 'the issue' to have if you're interested in Jr Stockers.
Colesy, You are right about that. Three guys from town bought new '61 348ci Chevies; two 350hps and one 280hp, all had three-speed column shifts. My '62 406ci,405hp Galaxie cheap model sedan had a three-speed OD column shift, equaloc 4:11. Some people think every hi-po car left the factory with a four-speed....not so!
Joe, Do you remember a '57 sedan 283/283 from E-town owned by Skip Acey (sp?). My friend and I ran a '57 sedan 283/283 against him in D/S in 1965. Bob
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