My internet provider must have been on a weekend bender like me it's been off and on since friday so a double batch today while it's still working. A few Lee Smith Learners Sales & Service 65 plymouth vs $ites Bros. Lou Hart dodge Mays Foster WVa Hemi Charger Metcalf & Salter 65 Plymouth Again running A/XS Mission Impossible
"Mr Norm" Gary Dyer 65 Cornet in a bunch of poses Looks like it's bending in the middle in this shot The "List" Sedan this time Mr Tomato Orville Morrow Boogie Time 65 Plymouth A few of Pee Wee Wallace Virginian
seeing pics of the virginian brought back a flood of memories. i was booked into atco raceway for a match race with malcom durams son. we towed out to new jersey from wisconsin only to get rained out just before the start of the event. while we were waiting to see if the rain would stop rick demarco came up to me and asked if i could look at his car because it wouldn't start. they had the virginian under a pop up canopy with his crew working on it. to make a long story short the car was so screwed up it was sad. i spent the better part of a hour going through the injector and resetting the timing. after some adjustments the car fired right up so i took it for a ride in the pits. i was told by several old timers the awb cars could hook in a car wash. the old timers were correct as i kind of poked the gas the car stood right up. the pavement was soaked as it was still raining. i wasn't expecting that. out of all of the awb cars i have driven that car came up the easiest. that was just crazy pulling wheelies in the rain. fun times indeed.
This 1965 4dr Chevy Nova "the Roadrunner"was Bruce Gowlands drag car . Bought for 1.00 from Howard Elliott Chev olds in Brampton .Bruce wanted a 2dr nova but the dealership wanted to have a car out there that was more like a family car . So out went the small drivetrain and rear end and in went the 396 ,thm 400 and a Pontiac rear end with 4:88 s . Bruce had one of the first 396 motors in Canada . The front end was replaced with a straight tube axle and glass front end with a glass teardrop hood . Carb replaced with hilborn injectors and nitro . Bruce's Speed Shop "Motordisk" was located at Hwy10 & Hwy7 bypass . The car eventually was painted gold and had its roof removed so it could run in roadster class . The car was then named "Lil Colonel" and sponsored by Herron Chev olds in Cooksville . In late 1967, Bruce put an ad in "Wheelspin News" selling the funnycar . Someone in Lucknow, Ontario bought it and was never seen again .The Motordisk building is still in Brampton , but is a diner called "Flips".
Two questions...how do you make a Coronet a 2 headlight car like this? Are these just pieces cut from another grille inserted where the inner headlight pods were located? Second, what is the bubbletop car in the far lane racing Stardust? Steve
it takes two grilles. they are pop riveted together. the factory did it this way. its been a while since i made one so double check but i think 13 bars will be where you cut the donor grille to add to the center section. after its cut the piece needs to be bent so it lines up with the center section. it ends up looking funny and incorrect. look at pics taken from the side. the mismatch graphed in section sticking out farther than the center section will be seen. while looking incorrect its actually correct.
I thought it was one of those goofy Garlits injection/air filters, but never did see the hood open. Bogus either way!
The 66 Chevy II car is named "Exhausting " Sponsored by CED's muffler services It's an attempt to make the car more aerodynamic . Also , the car could possibly run in the roadster class too .
Cool - thanks. I like that the grille pieces don't quite line up - it looks "correct". And thanks on the ID of the Chevy II.
Richard Petty spent the season dragracing. A matter of fact , quote: The fun ended seconds into his race against Illinois driver Arnie Beswick. ``I blasted off the line and something broke in the left-front as I shifted from first to second gear,'' Petty wrote. ``I didn't have any control over the steering, and the brakes didn't work, either.'' The Plymouth - named ``Outlawed'' and numbered 43/Jr. - drifted left. When Petty steered right, the car headed toward the crowd, standing on a dirt embankment and protected only by a wire fence. ``Outlawed'' scaled the mound, threw its left-front wheel, cleared the neck-high fence and settled among the crowd. Witnesses said the whole thing took perhaps six seconds. ``Nothing in my whole life has ever gotten to me like that,'' Petty wrote. ``I couldn't stand to think about it. I tried drag racing again, but my heart wasn't in it. I kept thinking about the boy, so I quit.'' The Dye family sued the track operator, Petty Enterprises and Chrysler Corp. Petty settled out of court and never heard from the family again. ``We paid them more than we made all year,'' he said.
Not true at all! Petty was in an accident that killed a young boy, but it was due to a mechanical failure not recklessness. This is the car before the accident. This is what it looks like currently. This is the replacement that Petty built to race the rest of the season. This is the same car restored last year. If he was banned from drag racing why would he build another car?
Drag Racing Wreck Dents Career February 28 , 1965 The death of then 8-year-old Wayne Dye remains the darkest moment in Richard Petty's glorious racing career. The youngster from Austell, Ga., was standing with his father on Feb. 28, 1965 as Petty began a quarter-mile drag race at Southeastern Dragway near Atlanta Moments later, the boy was dead, killed by a wheel off Petty's car. Seven other fans were injured, including the boy's father. Petty was drag racing that Sunday afternoon. In his book, King Richard I, Petty wrote: ``The car was quick, about 140 miles an hour. I got a ton of publicity because nobody had ever successfully gone from stock cars to drag racing. It didn't take long to get the hang of it.'' The fun ended seconds into his race against Illinois driver Arnie Beswick. ``I blasted off the line and something broke in the left-front as I shifted from first to second gear,'' Petty wrote. ``I didn't have any control over the steering, and the brakes didn't work, either.'' The Plymouth - named ``Outlawed'' and numbered 43/Jr. - drifted left. When Petty steered right, the car headed toward the crowd, standing on a dirt embankment and protected only by a wire fence. ``Outlawed'' scaled the mound, threw its left-front wheel, cleared the neck-high fence and settled among the crowd. Witnesses said the whole thing took perhaps six seconds. ``Nothing in my whole life has ever gotten to me like that,'' Petty wrote. ``I couldn't stand to think about it. I tried drag racing again, but my heart wasn't in it. I kept thinking about the boy, so I quit.'' The Dye family sued the track operator, Petty Enterprises and Chrysler Corp. Petty settled out of court and never heard from the family again. ``We paid them more than we made all year,'' he said. Many people accused him for careless driving . Now 54, he doesn't question why he was spared that day. ``It wasn't meant to be,'' Petty said in a recent interview. ``I always live by the same rule: when your time comes to get hurt or killed, it's going to happen. ``That time wasn't for me.''
Glad we got that cleared up. Now a question... Was there a time that they used front brakes then went to none?
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