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Don't know for sure but this GM carb looks later 60's or 1970's. Usually there was a metal small ID tag that was attached to a top screw on the...
In the late 60's you could run early corvettes in "modified production" with stock type suspension, mostly stock bodied, not set back, no blowers,...
I'm not a 32 /Jenkins owner or builder, but this thread is kind of amazing. The knowledge and expertise displayed here.....and generosity of...
Pretty sure I remember it as car weight only (no driver) in 1960's Jr Stock. The (flimsy) exhaust was not connected to headers, other than phony...
Maybe someone already said it, but my understanding (from back in the early 60's) was they were actually auxiliary fuel tanks that were mounted on...
Yep, 283. Get a 1957 or newer 283...preferably early 60's. They had the oil filter on bottom of block. 1955 265 V8 didn't have oil filter Like...
Yes, my first car was a 55 Chevy 2 dr. in about 1963. Had maybe 10 over the next 15 years. and a few 56's and Nomads. All were daily drivers....
Great find ! Everybody likes their own thing of course. To each his own. Obvously, do whatever is right for you. Everyone has their own budget,...
After market cams/lifters are junk in may cases these days. Chinese, Asian, etc Lke someone said, go to original part counter...Chevy Delphi, etc etc
Yes, I stil have a couple of boxes full of trophies from those Jr stock days. (All that's left...no cars or parts) Never made sense to destroy...
I first went to the local track in 1961 as a early teen ager, .... this 32 was typical of Gas class cars back then (at many local drag strips)...
Never had one that just leaked out like that. (had lots of 283's) Sounds like a gasket issue. Lay the gasket on the head, then the block. and...
As was probably described previously..... 57's only had 3 speeds and automatics from the factory. Never made 4 speeds in a 57 full bodied...
Just to clarify.....(used to build and Jr stock race lots of 55 through 57's back in the day) If it's a actual 1955 engine, then it's a 265...and...
Like said already.....I (in the old days) did adjustments by plug readings, (learned from racing cars).....and in concert with air flow reading...
Just for interest sake.. Back in the mid 60's there were two local 1962 409s racing at the local strip. One was a black Bel Air 2 dr sedan with...
Back in the day..1960's and 70's I used the 097 solid lifter cam (It was the 1957 283 270 hp two 4 bbl. cam)...in my Nomad. Most of the cam...
Trivia: The Neja & Dissette red 55 Chevy pix, shows some of the "science" that went into Jr stockers. The front end is raised high (off the line...
We...called them cut outs. In the early 60's lots of street cars like the 56 shown, had them.
"they were highly significant in their own right because they were among the first factory offered cars that were specially engineered to fit a...
May have mentioned before, but the Good In-Tension Jr stocker was owned and driven by Fred Anderson (RIP) of Omaha. Always was a 4 speed car as...
From all my years in the 60's running a 55 & 56 Jr stocker, even at points meets, don't ever recall anyone checking VIN plates. Just so happened...
The yellow 56 sedan photo is from Omaha Raceway Park stocker wars about 1970. The 56 car owner was Bob Luedtkey (spelling ?) I think it was a 225...
"As I understand it though, prior to 1968, you were SUPPOSED to use a factory cam, and even in 68 up, cheater cams were legal but still had to...
The factory 56 4 bbl power glide car was 205 hp, 265 ci. hydraulic lifter engine. The 57 was 220 hp 283 ci. Different engine in several respects....
Looks like a 61 Pontiac in about 1961. Lakes pipe cutouts...take the hubcaps off and race !
To be able to find the original car as it was raced in the 60's is amazing. I'm still looking for pictures of my my stocker from then, let alone...
Look at the 56 in the middle picture of the page, car #805... ..it shows 210hp on fender. (solid lifter cam, one 4 bbl) (205 hp was hydraulic cam)...
Originally owned in the 60's by the Patrick Bros. of Omaha, Ne. and driven by Fred Anderson (RIP) of Omaha, for the win at 68 Natls
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