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Well we are over on the FordFE.com forum, trying to face the 1958 Edsel 361/303 off against the 1958 Chev 348 in the old NHRA runs of the day....
Well I have another question! I'm looking thru old Drag News, 1958-59, looking to see if the Ford 332/240-2v, 332/265-4v, and 352/300-4v (way...
LB, Was yours a 327/250hp? How did it run? et/mph? Legal stocker? There are a lot of those 327/250 cars in the NHRA records, although only one is...
I'm trying to figure out the Galaxie behind it. It looks like it says "1965 Springnationals Champion" on it, but also looks like A/S on the...
LB, Thanks for that, do you remember the MPH (if it was scribbled on the timeslip, and sometimes it wasn't!)? My stock 390/300 64 wagon, 4450...
Terry, Did you happen to get any ET and MPH on that 390PI car? And the conditions - open pipes, open headers, stock weight, cheater slicks, etc?...
[IMG] From page 502 back in June. Note as Chuck said, the car is running B/S here with a 427/425 Low Riser 8v. W/P=9.50 for the post 2door, right...
Back on 15 June here I posted my augmented April 1965 NHRA class records on page 501....
LB, So is that you in the picture or what?? Driving kinda young? I see the 410hp on the fender, and I'm getting W/P=4038/410=9.85 for a Galaxie...
Here is a link where Dick Butler talks about finishing runner-up O/SA at 1970 Indy in the ex-Dianna converted car:...
Vinfab & Terry: I don't know where I got that other info unless I just decided the 327/275 "must have had" small heads, otherwise it would be a...
(Sorry this is long, skip over it if you don’t like numbers or long posts. At least it’s about pre-65 cars!) Randy (& all), Well said, and...
Just for fun, while we’re staying far, far away from newer cars like the 428CJ and the 396-L78, lets run a couple 17.00 class cars from 1955 but...
I have NHRA rulebooks from 1958-68, still hunting for most others. Here's what I get from the exhaust section for stock: 1958-60 headers OK but...
Just to confirm, before I run some more numbers, that looks like a 55 Vic hardtop, not a 56, right? The 292/198hp is a good fit to the...
Corncob, Hey I don't think any of us meant to violate anything here - since you posted this right after my last post, which was indeed about...
Thanks Terry for the Canadian heads info. I had heard about them but didn't know about the 10cc. Ford had a bad habit of feeding a few racers...
IIRC for the 396/375-L78: * For 1966-67, 4spd only * For 1968, the Nova (a few of them) offered the L78 with T400 but not Chevelle or Camaro * For...
I'm realizing that there are 4 situations which SHOULD all agree but in reality do NOT: * What combos the factory SAID you could get * What combos...
Chuck and Jimbo, While searching all this (search on Lokken), the other day I came across the other Crispy Critter that Jimbo noted:...
Chuck, Thanks for the reply and detail – it convinces me that indeed the aluminum front was NHRA legal for the wagon, even though it looks like no...
I was recently hunting for details on the aluminum / cold air package for the 426 max wedge and came across this excellent link...
Given the gas price 21.9c/gal it kinda dates the picture as 1960s. NHRA: The 389/348-6v GTO was in B/S=9.50 in 1964, 1965, 1967. The 389/325-4v...
I looked at the classes I can & the E/S is still yet another mystery. The 64 GTO hardtop had W/P= 9.44 for 389-348-6v 2dr sedan "coupe" 9.50...
What I'm curious about in the 64 GTO vs 64 Galaxie picture is what/when/where? The Pontiac says A/S, but A/S was usually high-powered stuff. The...
Chuck, This is your quote from way back on pg312, but I was hunting for info about Cossey & from your words thought you might know this: Did...
[ATTACH] Well if you can read it, this is a page from the only AHRA rule book I have, 1966 lucky enough. Given that the Nova (Chevy II) says G/S...
That 1962-64 Chevy II / Nova picture is a mystery for me at least. It pretty much HAS to be a v8-nova, G/S was always too fast a class for a...
Attached is what I have on the 1960 Detroit Nationals, Jim probably has this already, from Dec 1960 Hot Rod. They only give results from stock...
I hadn't seen a 260/164hp Mustang running in the 15.60 class until this picture! It was a bad fit: The W/P=15.60/S class (usually I/S) ran from...
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