Historical Tech - The Filthy Forty of Charlie Hill!

Dave,
Welcome to the hamb. Keep the stories coming i know you have alot more. The idea about starting a thread on how you got your car back is a great one.
G***er Girl

 

That would be Don Benedicts tribute car. Calls it the "Dirty '42". It usually runs good and Don's pals with the S&S guys. Mike

 

You are correct. There was a "Dirty 30". It's still around and has been at the York Reunion. It's red with a snorkel scoop now. I know I have a picture somewhere... Maybe Dave or Pork have one. Mike

 

Here is a photo of the original Dirty Thirty. The late Bob Parmer was the driver. It has been modified considerably over the years. They say it is the original car, but you really can't tell anymore.

Charlie Hill even dabbled in the Pennsylvania sprint car scene for a short time. Still dark gray primer, 456, skunk stripe!!!

Dave

 

Dave,
I think that is the first time i have seen the dirty thirty. I like it.
G***er Girl

 

Thanks Dave, I had no idea Bob Parmer drove it. I think I have a picture of it on the scales at Aquasco. Wish I knew where the pic is... Mike

 

I got this picture of Porks car from the "Wall of Fame" at Custom Speed Washington DC

 

Hey Pork welcome to the HAMB, from a hometown gal (Hanover, PA). Good talking with you & Wanda (ME.G***er) at the Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green this summer, we have plans to go back again in 2009 and hope to see you again. If not perhaps we'll run into each other in Hanover during one of our visits home.

The Smith gal, (Jeweler's daughter)

 

Hi DeVille girl,
Isn't this a wonderful thread all the pictures of the filthy and dave, freddy and pork all joining at the same time!!!! It was very nice to meet you at the reunion this year. Hopefully we will get to see you somewhere next year also.
G***er Girl

 

Is this the one?



It's posted over on G***er Madness.com.

-Lee
www.atomicpinup.com
Atomic Radio

 

Here are 2 pics, one of the dirty thirty driven by Bob Parmer and the other of Mike Etchberger and his 40 willys squaring off against the filthy forty at york in 1969.

 

Cad 61
That picture is our screen saver.
G***er Girl

 

Thanks Lee, That's the one I was thinking of. That thing is bad***! Mike

 

Thanks for the pics of the Dirty Thirty. It's been a long time since I've seen that car.

 

yeah, I sent it to you

 

Great Thread

QQ

 

I thought you would remember that
G***er Girl

 

Here's another shot of the Filthy Forty at the NATIONALS in 1963 with a few of the very important people ***ociated with it during those years. The black gentleman on the left is the everpresent Albert Stanton, a fine young man and an outstanding crew member. The guy in the center is Larry Roberts. He would be called, using modern day terminology, the "Crew Chief". Larry was indispensible and responsible in many ways for the success of the whole deal. The heavy guy in the darker shirt is Charlie Hill.....the owner and mastermind behind the entire operation. The car was built by Charlie in the small nondescript garage behind the family home in Columbia, Pa. The other man on the right I can't identify at this time. Maybe Pork can help with his name. I believe the outstanding driver, Pork Zartman, may have been the cameraman and therefor not in the picture.

 

Eightyduece,
That photo of the Filthy Forty you posted at York in 1969 is after the car was sold to some guys in Wisconsin in 1965 or so, and then was purchased by a Pennsylvania group and returned to the east coast several years later. While it was in Wisconsin, not only was a Ford engine added for a while, but the top was chopped at some point. This is evident if you look closely at your photo.

It wasn't too much longer after this that the car was destroyed in a finish line crash at Maple Grove drag strip. A very sad end to a great car.

Dave

 

Mike, I'm trying to loose weight as I go through life....Fred

 

five-star vote added for one of the best threads since RoyalShifter's thread on the restoration of Tex. a big welcome to Pork, Fred and Dave. long live the S & S team!

 

Wow, all these G***er Greats and Jungle Pam joining at the same time. WELCOME all. Wonder who's lurking out there? Big Daddy? Linda Vaughn? Grumpy?

 

I grew up in Pittsburgh, lived in Northwestern, PA, and have been in Central PA for about 5 years. It always amazes me to read about all of the '60s racing history right here in our backyards in Pennsylvania. Seems like PA was a real hot spot for hot rodding and drag racing in the 1950s/1960s. Wish I coulda been there.

 

For sure, especially the WELCOME all part. Big Daddy has a few posts, wouldn't be surprised if the other have been here too.

 

Grump lurks if Pam does...

Spike

 

I would love to see all kinds of stories about Grumps early days. Specifically the lengendary Hemi-killing 327 Nova.

 

Grumpy is too damn mean to post

 

Not if you offer him a bottle of Scotland's finest malt!

 

Joe Amato, Tim Richards and Wally Bell got their starts at Pocono Drag Lodge in the 60's.

 

A little more history....several years later. Photo of the Filthy Forty some time in the late 60's after it was sold to the Wisconsin group. Looks like Indy. The car was Ford powered at the time, and the top was chopped a little while later (as can be seen in Eightydeuce's photo posted earlier).

The car came back to Pennsylvania and met it's end sometime around 1970 or so. I think the car had more than one owner in Pa. Someone bought it and brought it "back home" and then it was sold to another person or group of people. If we can ever get Pork back on here, he knew some of these guys and has photos of it with the chopped top.