chicago/oswego area willys gasser info needed "Quicksand II"

hey guys,

one of the old timers that i work with raced a willys back 60's and 70's called Quicksand II. it was a 41 coupe with an injected 409 BBC. his home track was oswego dragstrip in illinois. they ran a midwest circuit.

he was wondering whatever happened to the car. i'm hoping someone on the hamb might have some info about it. he is going to try and dig up some pics from back in the day.

thanks for your help

later,
mike

 

My dad spent many weekends at Oswego racing and taking some pics along the way. Unfortunently most of his pictures were lost in a flood. This is one of the few slides to make it. I hope this is the car your looking for.

 

great pic. it is very similar to the one i am asking about, but i believe his said Quicksand II on the side. he said it was gold colored and the interior was done in that gold flake material. i am going to print this and show it to him.

anybody else have any memories??

thanks,
mike

 

How many gold Willys with 409's could have raced at that track ???

 

just got off the phone with my buddy. this IS his old willys. it said "the harders bros" or at one point "harders & duff" on the door and Quicksand II on the rear fender. he was partners with a guy by the name of hank harders out of chicago. after they split their partnership he thinks the car was sold to somebody down south. he said he never really saw it at the midwest tracks anymore.

does anybody have any more info as to the whereabouts of this gasser or hank harders.

he's trying to dig up some old photos. any info will be greatly appreciated.

later,
mike

 

here are a couple of pages from an old magazine. these are from the 1967 spring issue of 1001 custom and rod ideas. these are the only pics he has. from what i can tell, this was one bad ass willys. any info will be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
mike

 

What are the odds, roughly 5 hours after your post you get :
"My dad spent many weekends at Oswego racing and taking some pics along the way. Unfortunently most of his pictures were lost in a flood. This is one of the few slides to make it. I hope this is the car your looking for."

And it is the car sought.

Damb, the Hamb continues to amaze me.....


Dale
Cleveland OH

 

Very cool car. It's cool to see what the rest of the car looked like after having such a small glimps from my dads slide. Hopefully someone will be able to come up with a lead to where its currently hiding.

 

isn't that the truth. my buddy that used to own this car is in his 70's. he is still building hot rods and riding harleys. he was shocked when i showed him that pic and that somebody out there actually remembers the car. he always talked about this car and that is why i am trying to track it down.

hopefully some of the folks from chicago will remember seeing this car, either at the track or at one of the local car shows.

later,
mike

 

i'm sure somebody in the chicago area remembers this car.....

 

back to the top. still trying to track down this car......

 

Sounds interesting. Good Luck and keep us posted on what you find

 

My dad was hank harders who just passed away last Sunday and who owned the 327 willys named quicksand and later changed to harders bros and painted the car candy apple red.

 

My dad was hank harders who owned the quicksand 327 willys which was painted gold. He later changed the name to harders bros and painted the car candy apple red. My dad just passed away but I know who bought the car from him.

 

My dad was hank harders who owned the 327 willys quicksand

 

I live in Oswego I'll, only been here 5 years though, the town has a drag days car show each summer, ill find out the dates and post up. Lots of old race cars still in town. Might be worth a trip if you haven't found the car by then
Aug 3 2013

 

It took me the better part of ten years to find only a small bit of history on my coupe posted in my album. Very lucky very quickly. I hope that car surfaces for you too.

 

dnovarro, i am sorry to hear about the loss of your father. i didnt know your father personally, but i felt like i did just by listening to my buddy's stories. jim is getting up there in age also. he talks about this car all the time. i'm just trying to track it down for him, sort of a favor, for an old timer that i have a lot of respect for. any info you can provide will be greatly apprectiated.

 

I recently found these newer pictures of Quicksand II on the Oswego drag raceway facebook page. Maybe newer pictures will help with some new leads.

 

I don't remember what magazine I scanned this pic from.....

 

I have video of this car going down the track and several good pictures of it. I have wondered for years who’s car it was

 

I know they haven't been here in sometime, but if they were to come back, this might get their attention.
@brickhead07
@dnovarro

 

Hopefully they see it.