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Trying to understand those side louvers on a '63..

 

'67 front clip on a '63.

 

“Bones then met Big John Mazmanian at a local drag strip. They were both driving B/Modified Sports. John was king then but Bones' big 671 would always get a hole shot, always out of the gate that first low gear. He went to the 62 Nationals in Indy and won. When he returned and ran at Irwindale he was beat by Big John. They then became partners and John bought Bones' transmission, motor, blower, and injector for $500 and put it in John's car. Up till then J&J Muffler were friends of Bones' and they had sponsored all his cars.”


Hello,

We knew of both of the racers in their Corvettes. One was similar in power to our 292 SBC 671 supercharged motor we used in our 40 Willys Coupe build for C/Gas. My brother had his idea of the next build if there was to be one. A modified Altered Roadster was one choice and a modified Corvette was the other. Those were the closest to reality that inched closer in our conversations prior to all of the drag racing stuff “gone in 30 days…”

Bones Balogh had a Chevy sedan that ruled the gas classes and when the Corvettes came into the picture, still ruled those classes. But my brother just could not get over the butchering of the John Mazmanian Candy Apple/Tahitian Red Corvette’s rear wheel opening for the big slicks. It looked as if a kindergarten class was allowed to use their skills to open up the wheel well. Square lines on a round body design? Where did that come from in the archives of smooth car designs?

Our version from an old Friday Art

Jnaki

Someone is bound to say who cares, it was a record setting sports car that ruled the roost. The combination of Bones Balogh and John Mazmanian was a team like no other. But, in looking at the two Corvettes, the purple one of Bones Balough was the coolest looking. IOHO

By the way, how did such tall people drive those small compartment Corvettes with getting cramps, even in the quarter mile? (Rich Soroonian drove Mazmanian’s Corvette later…) My friend was 6’3 and I was 6 feet. We felt like two sardines in a 1960 Corvette 283 with dual quads and 4 speed. It was good for a weekend of cruising, but for us, it was a nice car, but not one to cruise around and perhaps race. Even for 11 seconds at a time. YRMV
We all like a nice rear end !!!
with or without a parachute…
high school parking lot... here we come...

 

^^^^^ I'm sure I've seen that vette somewhere......

 

Some dork sent that to me

 

This cool old thing just popped up on C-list: https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/d/fontana-1966-corvette-convertible/7581500331.html

 

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