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This is a photo of the early times (66) of Blue Hell vette. Don Kirby who ran the Corvette Auto Parts vette advised us and can be seen in the red...
We ran the 66 vette with a blown 327 stroker. The set up was all wrong, short wheel base 98inch motor too far up and the weight transfer was poor....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]Great shot of the 71 vega. It was the corvair underneath. Here is early photos of the vette at Lions taken by Dennis...
Neat shot of Woody's spaceship. He was razed about it looking like a spaceship but the aerodynamics were ahead of it's time. Vanderwoude would...
Corvette Auto parts vette owned by Don Kirby driven by Larry Faust and Pat Foster and Charlei Wilson' Vicious Vette first driven by Clyde Morgan...
Willie was quite a guy. He was a tile setter who lived near me in Victoria Park (south of L.A in Carson Calif). Although his driving tactics are...
[ATTACH][ATTACH]Yep, he has been there since 73. Here is a photo of the Corvair on the truck. It is one of few that shows my name on the fender....
This I believe is Don Sappington's camaro circa 1966 or 67. I recall in 68 the car flew in the lights at OCIR. Don was unhurt and after cleaning...
Tom, he has built several bikes with using the sbc. He is very talented and although he has a trailer shop, the shop looks more like a complete...
Can do easy. Thanks Mike
Thanks, they bring back fond memories. Mike
Yeah, I came over to Danny's car too. Glad to hear from you. Are you the fella that I spoke to about re-creating one of the Blue Hell cars?...
Yeah, Stuckey was from that area. Ronnie ran his cars very conservatively from the start (1966) because Don Kirby(Corvette Auto Parts vette and...
we ran a 427 block bored 30 over, a radical Howard cam and rods, Hampton blower in the corvair and 71 vega. The narrow chassis vega wa build by...
tried again. Can't seem to figure this out.
The one with us racing Kelly Chadwick shows my 56 chevy in the background
The airplane photo is what I did after racing
Here are a few Dennis Doubleday sent me
After I submitted my last msg I realized I had typed the wrong name for the USA 1 pilot. I was talking to a guy named Butch and typed his name. Of...
Dennis, I showed Ronnie all the photos you sent me and he and i thank you. Yeah, my life is full of shoulda's and coulda's but, I am glad I joined...
Yeah, go figure
That is what I hear but the guy is putting a hemi in it which is NOT a recreation but I would like to see it anyway and do a burn out or two. Lol Mike
Ronnie took the operation east (kansas city Mo in 69 so we could be closer to all tracks. We raced alot of match races for jim tice and AHRA which...
Ronnie took the operation east Kansas City Mo in 69 so we could be closer to all tracks. In 70 uncle sam wanted me more than Ronnie. I joined the...
Great photo of rusty deling. He drove the Fiberglass trends Javelin and crashed the Mister T vette at lions. Great guy and good shoe.
Nice photo if may say so myself. We were racing Fred Goske at Riverside in 1968. This photo was featured in Hot Rod magazine. Thanks for the memories.
This is Marv Eldridge's vette. How do I know? Because I raced with him and his car hauler is next to the vette. Nice try.
Does anybody have photos of Ronnie Runyan's Blue Hell vette corvair and Vega's? I was the wrench on the cars and he put me in the seat in all but...
Howdy, Do you still have the pictures of the Blue Hell corvair at Manhattan in 1969? Ronnie is my brother and he often let me drive all his cars...
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