My Island friend....Jay's Racecar was orange and basically the same color as our sedan delivery jr Stocker....Omaha Orange....a GMC truck color. His race car was a station wagon. A 4 door wagon probably.....his Tow car was a Nomad and it was red. That is the car he turned into a showcar and it was never a racecar. I'm glad to see others remember Jay.....He worked at Van Iderstine's main store in E. Hanover part time and was well known there. He was a "character"......and we had a lot of fun......sometimes he'd whine and we made fun of him but he was a good guy!
nor did I...did see her towing the red '66 Mustang FC down Lorain Rd in Fairview Park on a trailer, towed by a pickup on my way to the hobby shop @ '67...CB
Colsey, I think it's hard to believe (and a shame), just how far away from the rules of the 60's and 70's that the current day Stockers & Super Stockers have gotten. When Farmer retired and there wasn't anybody of his caliber to follow in his foot steps of writing and enforcing the rules, the racers really started to push the 'book' with their own interpretations... even to the extreme of threatening law suites against the sanctioning body tech departments. I still love the current cars / classes but they are a far cry from what the original intention was. Good Articles. Good Posts. Keep 'em coming!!
I hear ya! I guess the world just ain't as Car Crazy as it once was.[/QUOTE] This statement pretty well sums it up. Its a different world today and its a shame.
I hear ya! I'm not 100% happy with what's going on right now in the Stock ranks either. IMO the new Challengers and Cobra Jets should have been placed in a new A/FX class. They were intended as specialized race cars, end of story. In fact, I was never crazy about the lightwieght 68 Barracudas & Darts being placed in Super/Stock back in 68 When ever the factories become involved it always seems that the crap hits the fan. Still though, I try to make out to at least one Division 3 points meet a year just to watch the Stocks & Super/Stocks run and I always check to see who won their class at INDY. I can't believe with all the muscle car hysteria that's out there that the stands aren't at least semi full when these classes are out there putting on a show. I guess the world just ain't as Car Crazy as it once was.[/QUOTE] I have been racing them for the last two years...........A real pain
Anyone have any good pictures of the ROYAL PONTIAC 1962 SUPER DUTY CATALINA? Needed for accurate resto.............
Wow! I looked At that car about 15 years ago. There is not a another car out there that has been kept in such a time capsule. It even still had the original tow bar with it. Save for the exterior paint ( all the jambs were still original color) it seemed like a pretty good survivor. There are restored cars everywhere.
Friends of mine have told me of a guy who lives about 35 miles from me, and near Pocono Jack, who owns a '62 SD Catalina with something like 300 miles on it. I think the story was a man bought it new for his son, who was in the military and, for some reason, the boy never got/took it. The dad kept it for thirty years or so and finally sold it to the present owner. Seeing this car will have to move near the top of my "TO DO" list.
Did you mean pictures of a nice 62 SD because the Royal Pontiac that Jim Wangers drove when I saw it in action was a Catalina 2 door sedan with a Grand Prix grill. They determined the GP grill was liter in wt.
Yes, the Royal Car was Super Duty Sedan with Gran Prix grills. The car is at Supercar Specialties, right next to the E-Bay Tempest Super Duty. Supercar has done numerous 62 and 63 Super Duty Pontiacs. Just looking for pictures of the Royal Car for accurate resto.
First, the car isn't mine and I'm not the one restoring it. It is being restored at Supercar Specialties by Scott Tiemann and his crew.
Unusual tow bar tabs; trailer hitch balls. And what's with the "hood scoop" on the drivers side of the hood (Ha Ha)? Butch/56sedandelivery.
Thanks for the record sheet Bill. Did you have the ETs? I think Garley had the J/S record at 12.87. Bob R
Haha..... I remember seeing that ebay listing early on. I recognized those Super Stock headers/dump tubes unique to the lightweight 421's right away in the "pile of spare parts" -Dean
Check out N/SA record - Marv Ripes ------ 57 FORD?? ND made a mistake now and then -- as we all knew!! LOL --- Maybe Marvelous Marvin "sneaked" a run in one of Larry Walkers "spare bodies" LOL -- Or maybe just the old Barkley-Ripes "test-bed" A-1 converter car? A little sunday morn Humor -- Happy Mothers Day to all!!
Code: Check out N/SA record - Marv Ripes ------ 57[B] FORD[/B]?? Yes, that is really odd! Now, for your viewing pleasure... <EMBED height=505 type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=640 src=http://www.youtube.com/v/daWpqICnR_k&hl=en_US&fs=1& allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></EMBED> Pete
Good stuff! This is probably footage shot by George Cureton, he was into movies back then and has provided some great shots to Jim Amos. The orange '57 wagon behind Malcom's Chevelle in the opening shot looks like the Terrible Tangerine, but 1965 was a bit early for Truppi-Kling to be racing it. Did you notice the Kutz & Calderhead '57 Sedan Delivery? At 4:00 in the movie, the guy with his hands in his pockets, wearing a blue baseball cap and looking at Bob Harrop's car is, I am almost positive, Alex Jarrell.
Made my day.........I never knew what the "FRONT" of the 57 Chebbie "Cherry Buster" looked like before.....lol. I always had a view from the rear.
I agree. I still enjoy watching the class cars run but it is alot of time and effort put into running a glorified bracket race.
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