Help me ID this ex Fiat drag car body I found

i haven’t seen this photo before. This would be late 1963 since it has the 2 port Hilborn 292ci 4:71 blown motor from the Lee Speed Shop/Reath version. In ‘64 is when Arnold built the 364ci 6:71 blown Hilborn 4 port motor. Very cool pic & thanks for sharing !!

 

Here is a little update pic. New motor is built and ***embled by the man himself Arnold Chaves from Dos Palmas Machine. He built the first motor for this car in 1964 & the last motor now in 2024 !! How cool is that !! Now the motor is in the hands of Top Fuel Champion Brendan Murry. Brendan has ***embled the Delta Drive 2" belt setup, machined a lower pulley from a 3" pulley down to 2", built some zoomie headers to fire it off, ***embling the spark plug wires from Ton's Performance which got us the correct Packard 440 wires with the rajah ends. So So exciting to see this new motor coming together !
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Looking fantastic Steve!

 

I wished I would have come across this thread a few years ago. I believe the Colt 45 funny car was sold by PC Cl***ic Cars in Sherman, Texas a few years ago. It may have not been the Colt 45, but I recall a very rough original funny car body and ch***is with some awesome original Halibrands.

 

That was the second version of the car which was a 1968 Fastback body, that was a completely different version. The original Colt 45 is a 1965 coupe body that had the same ch***is & power plant as the Fiat.

 

Good to know. I don't feel so bad now.

 

Finally the time has come to make a little more history ! The heartbeat is alive again and well for the Davis & Ingram Fiat . So many years & hours spent making this motor restoration happen. Still can’t believe I was so lucky to have Arnold Chaves build this motor again just like how he did in 1964 for Joe Davis. Big thank you to some of the great legends such has Don Enriquez helping me with the Hilborn restoration & build , Brendan Murry for machining a few items ,plumbing & get this fired up and dailed in. Also all fan support of people following the build & selling me their parts to make this happen. Lastly big thanks to my other supporter & partner my dad Perry . Now back onto the ch***is with Cotati Speed Shop & on to the trans ! Enjoy the sweet sounds of this 364ci “The Mouse That Roars”
Sorry cell phone audio, got distorted from how loud it is. Lol hahaha.

 

@Sparky13 Wow, that sounds great even with the distorted audio.
Is this running on pump gas or is there some nitro in the mix?
Either way it sounds sweet!

 

Yeah sorry cell phone audio couldn’t handle it. Lol. This video was on pump gas !

 

Newest discover is this December 16 1961 Drag News with the Lee Speed Shop version of the car it & the boys Mac Jameson,Dave McClellan & Ron Koontz won San Fernando Raceway with a 11.03 at 129.64 mph & then Lions Drag Strip with a 11.12 at 127.11 mph !!

 

Very cool history.

 

How about some video…

 

We have been working on the old girl. Got the Lincoln brakes all cleaned up with new hardware, got a new NOS shoebox ford master cylinder & then got the shifter mounted on the B&M blown comp hydro transmission .

 

It must have been a handful to drive; high winding blown small block, short wheelbase and shifting the old Hydro. And they were frequent winners.