Yes it is Mazmanian, I believe it is the 1962 Winternationals and he had won cl*** (I believe it was CM/SP- his Trophy sticker is on the windshield). That is Johnny Loper whom I believe they met in street eliminator run off and Siroonian driving Mazmanian's car beat Loper. The finals for street eliminator though was won by Earl Wade in a A/SP 62 Vette (Lenke's car?) Loper and Mazmanian had met in the 61 Winternational street eliminator finals in 61 and Loper won (Mazmanians car though was running in SP instead of MSP in 61 I believe). I am not sure if Mazmanian had those wheels and scoop in 61. Later he would cut the wheelwells and go for a bigger scoop out of necessity.
I got some good pics of the red Corvette at the SEG event in Chattanooga today I will get them resized on my computer at work Monday and get them posted
I have been getting sidetracked start out looking for vetes and get led astray LOL. But got a bunch today. Sixty-three years ago at a small factory in Flint, Michigan on Van Slyke Road, the first 1953 Corvettes rolled off the ***embly line and into automotive history. On June 30th 1953, these Chevrolet workers and executive gathered for a group photo around the VIN 001 Corvette. 1958 Corvette fuelie that was previously owned by the famous Joie Chitwood and used for a single season in his eponymous Chitwood Thrill Shows. The convertible was built in January of 1958 and is optioned with a removable hardtop, radio delete, a 283 cu. in. 290 horsepower V8 and a 4-speed manual transmission. The three-owner ‘Vette has undergone a professional nut and bolt restoration and has been featured on the cover of Corvette Fever magazine. The Chitwood Corvette was awarded the NCRS American Heritage Award in April of 2015. Born George Rice Chitwood in 1912, Chitwood acquired his nickname in 1937 when a local newsman was writing a story about Chitwood appearing in a local sprint car race, but didn’t have the slightest idea of his first name. The car owner was from St. Joe, Missouri, which was painted on the side of the sprint car. The newsman grabbed at that and referred to Chitwood as Joe Chitwood. The error was compounded by the newspaper typesetter and the name came out as ‘Joie’. Chitwood felt any publicity was good publicity and kept the name. The name continues today into the third generation of Chitwood. One of just 111 people who ordered his 1956 Corvette with option code 469, which included a pair of four-barrel carburetors atop the standard 265 cubic inch engine, and code 449, the Duntov special high-lift cam that increased horsepower to 240. The car also had the radio-delete option and a three-speed transmission that was later replaced by a four-speed transmission. Tennessee State Trooper driving a 1958 Ford cruiser stops a vette. HUMM think maybe because the driver is so cute? More various shots from the web don't know anything about them other than this famous one that has appeared on these pages before. Hell of a shot.
Cool shots, of some mean machines. Southeast G***ers has something for everyone. I like the fact that they have so many different period correct cars made by different manufactures. Pick a car and root for him. I can't wait to see that corvette pulling the wheels and in the finals.
The Corvette looks similar to **** Moroso car but if that is a parachute in the back it would not have been his car. Jimbo
Jim said that it was the Mazmanian car early on before they cut the wheel wells. I found a picture of Big John with it in a magazine for comparison
sad i HAVE NO pictures , bought my 1st Corvette G***er (1959) without the engine (yep it blew up) 900bucks straight tube front end , the year was 1967 in san diego . While dragging it home i was stopped an OFFERED 1500.00 there was NO way i could say NO. the 2nd one was no better in the year 1969 got another one , same type of deal NO engine, but this time no ****** or rear gears ( barely a roller ) junk wheels and 1/4th stripped... horrid shape but it had the SWEET straight axle ready to go... this one was 600bucks, and i started the sand-n-priming and ---yep you guessed it--- got an offer i COULDN'T REFUSE dang money really does talk i got OVER paid on that one...lol 2000.00 man i was gettin to this buy sell thing and finding out what a little solid one Kolor does for the re-sail (sale) ok ok i'll stop talkin ... EDIT--> oops thanks for pointing that out ... it was a 62 -n- beat to $#!T...
Out of curiosity, what year was the second corvette? It was top money for the day and many people would have done exactly what you did but I bet that you wish that you still had one. It's funny how the sale prices sound so cheap now. Did you ever see either one of them again? Thanks for sharing. In the early 60s dad sold a 41 Willys coupe body for $250 and thought that he had hit a Grand Slam Homerun. He only paid $50 for it.
Yes (ELGRINGO71) that ol 20-20 hindsight deal.... but fortunately for me there were MANNY more in the years to follow, 67tripower427 black on black ( another short story) then (2) 63 split windows (1) 63 vert (1) 65 vert ( i myself -at the time - did NOT like the verts-) now YA. (2 1974's) complete JUNK they were) but they brought in a customer that saw them and he said here LET me OVER pay YOU to restore mine (his 74) what a ton of cash these people spend on their beloved vettes... ah don't get me WRONG i like em too. -n- probably more i forgot all about (yikes) allright lets get this back on track C O R V E T T E G***ERS RULE...LOL
Jason what a great looking 61. In my opinion it is a perfect stance with great looking wheels and tall tires that really add to the old time look. There were more than likely many of these old Vettes with this stance with the frame blocks as opposed to a straight axle. In re to Mazmanian above it is his car as you can see his very familiar number on the window and the way in which he painted the numbers. I also have read on him racing Loper in 61 and 62 and I think I have it written somewhere. If my memory serves me Mazmanian related the story of him racing Loper two years running. It makes me wonder if Moroso ever ran at the Winternationals with his 61. For that matter the Musser brothers ran a red 61 as well but they were east coast boys as well and I never knew if they ran at the Winternats. The Musser brothers car later was bought by Carmen Rotunda and then it was repainted a two tone. Probably the two strongest running 283/270 "stock" Vettes in the country were Lombardo in Buckshot and Rotunda n his 61. By the time they were running on the record though the upstance was history. I am still a ****er for the upstance though.
Yes that 61 is just right. It is subtle but mean at the same time and there were probably a lot of these around because it is the cheapest and easiest evolution of a stocker to a g***er. The more I look at it the more I like it.
Here is a little history on Moroso and a few pictures. http://www.hemmings.com/magazine/mus/2012/05/****-Moroso/3712561.html
Jason I may have some other pictures of Musser but here is a picture after they sold it to Rotunda. Some of the lettering was unchanged . Of course he changed the wheels which he did a couple of times.
This right here is all I'd need in life. Well that and a Hiboy Roadster, a 40 Coupe, a pickup truck, a garage to keep them all in, and a house to live in, but yea this right here is all I'd need.
A couple of quain built vette from coverage Dog_Patch found http://www.hotrod.com/articles/southeast-g***ers-heads-racing-period-correct-race-cars/ And one of Rat S*** in the pits
Jason your latest pics are bringing back some good memories (other than Wildabeast that Skip Hess drove-wish I had memories of that one to boot). Hope to have some good memories of Quain and Mitch Stott's 61 Vette one of these days soon as well. Mitch is doing a great job driving the 61 but they may have to tweak the car a bit, as is the case with so many drag cars. Still great so see early Vettes out competing. There were a few at the last four Meltdown drags (and a few other nostalgia/vintage meets) but there can never be enough in my opinion. Also good to see Rat S*** carrying the torch as well. Was always a fan of the Seaport 62 (moreso when it was driven by Ken Clark). Here is a picture in earlier trim.
Yes I am looking forward to seeing that 61 run at some southeast g***er meets. You can bet that it will be a hard charger once they work their magic in it. I am lucky to live in the same area. There is nobody else like them and I have loved every event that I have been to. More cars are being built and they now run A and C g*** cl***es. Hats off to everyone envolved in helping it grow. One day I hope to meet Enloe and Rat S*** at one of the meets. I have see pictures of some of the other Corvettes that run and their are some nice ones. Thanks for the pictures and history of the early Corvettes back in the day. I bet that there are a lot of good pictures in the old magazines.
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