for you old racers and funny car fans from the 70'S hope you like this find.make a long story short.after locating a old vega rollling chassis funny car in wv i decided to drive from iowa to pick it up.after a few months of doing some reserach on the chassis and trying to locate whos it might be i came to a dead end about 10 month in.after calling the chassis builder(don hardy chassis) from 38 years ago.the builder had the name and who built my chassis tin work and hung the body.small world he lives 80 south of my front door righ there in iowa.he moved back from texas in 1971.after talking to him on the phone and sending him photos of my chassis it came to be the chassis of that candies and hughes cuda of 1970 .the car that won the first gatornationals . after a few other calls i was on my way to flint michigan to pick up the orginal candies and hughes body that won the gators. as of 7-15-2008 i am proud to say i have married the body and chassis back together for the restoration. i could use some help on anyinformation on the car photos storys video tape from the race or anybody who seen it run. also this is my first post and am very excited about the site .thank you
damn... I've been trying to chase down a duster or cuda for three years. Nice score. If you happen to dig up any info on this car, let me know http://www.glnfcc.com/images/cars/013_LG.jpg
That's some serious race car you got yourself. Great story and well worth restoring this piece of history. Welcome to the HAMB!
thanks guys !!! didnt know how a 70 funny car story would fly on the site.second post so im a rookie on the site but i think il fit right in. thanks B.B for telling me about the site.
Clean up the body and make a mold! You'll sell them like hot cakes. Great find! Their 72 car had the scoop opening moving forward into the hood, so this would have been the baby blue paneled car.
Wow! Helluva find, man! Hope you can find more history on it soon. I agree with x--gasser- Build it and run it! Wonder if you could contact the likes of Big Daddy Don, maybe he could help with some history on the car. Whereabouts in IA are you from?
That's one hell of a car. Some people have all the luck. Good luck with the restore and look forward to seeing the updates. Chris
Unbelievable that you were able to track both the chassis and body down in two separate locations! That is too bitchin'! Keep us updated on the restoration. Welcome to the HAMB!
Kevin, Welcome aboard. That's such an interesting story on the find and marriage of the body and frame. You'll probably find all the info on the car right here on this site. Ya forgot to tell about driving for 22 hours with a $1000 cash and the rest in cashiers check for the body only to have the guy tell you cash only for the body. Driving another 22 hours back home to get the cash and driving back with the cash to pick up the body. Obviously well worth the extra time. By the way that was an extremely nice bucket that you built and sent me pictures of. Brandon
Holy sheep shet, nice find. This site's got plenty of old floppers. Maybe something there... www.70sfunnycars.com/
I'd like to hear a little more detail about the find. Maybe how you got to the body from the guy in Ind to Mich. How you convinced him to let it go, etc. You know, the stuff the rest of us dream about.
WELCOME to the HAMB! Is Bruce Larson on the HAMB, if not there are HAMB members that live close to him, he may have some info on the car, may have raced against it. Great story, good luck with the restoration.
A good friend of mine, Claton Kossuth, out of Catawissa, Mo has a nice Cuda alky F/C ......complete...may want to sell it........he picked it up in Vegas last year........it is still sitting in thier shop........waiting........the current work is going into the AWB Dodge that I built for them and Clayton's "new" Front engined digger...... If you are interested, email me and I will put you in touch with them. Mark
This FJ Holden funny car from Oz is a similar happy reunion of body and chassis after way-too-long. Originally owned by Wild Bill Smith, it was known as 'The World's Fastest FJ' and was a landmark car for Aussie drag racing. At some stage in its history, the car was parted out and Randal Mohr got his hands on the chassis. He fitted it with an altered body, a supercharged six and had some fun. He finally convinced the owner of the body to part ways with it, so the car could be made whole once more and the history preserved. Randal has fitted the car with an injected small block and the car has been tech inspected and made its shakedown passes. The car will return to the limelight at the Nostalgia Nationals in Brisbane, 17 August. All the orginal signwriting is intact and it looks pretty much like it just rolled out of the shed. Woo hoo!
nice. Check this thread out: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202872&highlight=funnycar
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