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[b] They did a 6 point bar and a lot of chassis and rear end work and much more on my Camaro.
They know all the performance and handling tricks. Besides Charlie & Freddie being great guys and a class act it was always a pleasure just to hang at their shop and see all the work in progress. They build everything, Dragsters, Pro Stocks, Pro Streets - They were building a Cobra Daytona Coupe from scratch to run at Bonneville the last time I was there. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...427435/C37.jpg |
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cool pics, man I dig that gold '32? hardtop sure looke nice any more pics of it??
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This little coupe grabbed my attention too!
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yea something about it hooks me hard ...I would have to dig up a coffee can if it was for sale. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif
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The wheels and tires did it for me. Old five-spokes with belted tires just looks so good. That thing was peobably a hoot to drive too.
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[b] Some more from the early eighties!
- - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/aa180.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/aa008.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/aa007.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/aa010.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/aa181.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/aa182.jpg - |
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When we ran our 1/8 mile AHRA strip back in the 60s & 70s we would get fliers like these from the booking agents. I mentioned the old Farkonis, Coil & Minick car to Kwhizz last weekend and it reminded me of a few of these that were still on the wall in my garage. I carefully peeled a couple off a couple of nights ago. I'll try to get a few more if anyone's interested.
Midwest Super Stock circuit we used to see a few times a year. Any of you midwest guys remember 'Easy Ed' Rachanski? http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/DSCF0184.jpg And Melvin Yow in Billy 'The Kid' Stepp's Dodge Demon. http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/DSCF0182.jpg |
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Those are Great!! - Lets see more if you can get them off without damaging them.
Do you think I can still book that car?? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif |
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[b] How about a little Harley Chopper style - circa '72
- - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a016-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a017.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a014.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a015-1.jpg - - That's my Dad's 429 CobraJet powered '71 Torino GT convertible in the background - all power - everything but a/c - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...pyofdec066.jpg - |
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[b] Couple more shots of the Torino
That's my '69 Roadrunner - 4 spd car and then my '70 Torino 429 CobraJet - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...pyofdec079.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...pyofdec063.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...pyofdec064.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...pyofdec065.jpg - |
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[b] Here is a shot of me racing the '66 Ford convertible which you see next to the Road Runner in the
posting above. We raced anything and everything we had back then. Yes I was fast asleep when the light turned green! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/gar032.jpg - |
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[b] Couple more shots of the RR
Notice the 1st generation NY National win stickers and the Hemi badges! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/gar026.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/gar027.jpg - |
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COOL!
Exact same colors as my '69 Road Runner was. Mine was a sedan Torqflite. Used it to flat tow my '62 to the track. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gifVerne |
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Really fast Nova...was THE fastest street car in the "OC" for a while. Ran an 1150 dominator if I remember right https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...nefastnova.jpg [/ QUOTE ] I thought this was cool enough to share... This past weekend at Chandler Harley Davidson...I got talking to one of their sales guys (I was working an event there https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif )...and I found out that he was from Orange County...so we started to talk. I found out that he knew a lot of the same people that I knew...and that we went to the same cruises, too. Eventually we got around to OCIR...and Wednesday night and Saturday racing that they had there. He told me about a white Nova that he had...and the more he described it...I knew that I had pics of this car. I took the pics in today and showed him...and YEP, this is Larry's Nova...and when he finally put the 2 different nitrous set ups on it...it ran Pro Gas numbers....9.80's. It was VERY well known in the "street racing scene" in the 80's...and was featured in the Hot Rod Magazines "10 Fastest Street Cars in So Cal" in the 80's, too. I am going to dig out the negative of this picture and have an 11x14 picture made for Larry. Needless to say, he was jazzed to see the pics! BTW...he was NOT running a dominator...my memory sucks! Now I just have to dig out all of the rest of the pics that I have...LOL https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif |
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Yeah, I remember the Hot Rod feature on that '67 Nova. Had a tunnel ram under that scoop but he was going to cut down the plenum to put the flat hood back on. I wanna say it mentioned that he took great pleasure in taking out 10-second street bikes. I think that car even had full interior and everything. Bruce, try to find out what happened to the car. Would love to know.
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Nova's "Rock"............... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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Yeah, I remember the Hot Rod feature on that '67 Nova. Had a tunnel ram under that scoop but he was going to cut down the plenum to put the flat hood back on. I wanna say it mentioned that he took great pleasure in taking out 10-second street bikes. I think that car even had full interior and everything. Bruce, try to find out what happened to the car. Would love to know. [/ QUOTE ] I talked to Larry...and he knew where it went for about two years after he sold it. I think he's going to try and locate it again. He said there is a very easy way to identify the car....just think 'driveshaft' and 'coming loose' https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif. I have to find out from Larry when it was in Hot Rod...semms that I should be able to find a copy of the magazine through a good buddy here https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif Ken...this was my favorite car at OCIR...I wanted it sooo bad (but honestly, I probably would have been scared to drive it...LOL) |
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Because he had 4 kids to haul around all the time, my Dad always drove a station wagon. But because of his love of the drags and early muscle Mom always had something hot to drive. Her first car was a '56 Ford convertible purchased used from one of his friends. I can't find a picture of it, but I do have the original invoice. ( go figure) - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss137.jpg - - She learned to drive in the '56 and in '58 he bought her a new Ford. It was another rag top this one sporting a 352 with a 4bbl automatic. I would help Dad as he mildly modified and customized it. He was always messing with it, we took out the grill center bar and the stainless side inserts and he put glasspacs on. It sure felt like a quick car to me when we would go out and he would "put his foot into it!" Then he put the full continental on the back and it lost a lot of steam. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a036.jpg - - The '58 was traded in, in '62 on another Ford convertible. This one had a 390 4bbl with an automatic. It was a cool car, but how I wished he had gotten a 406 with tripower instead! I must have told him a thousand times, you should have gotten a XL with the 406. But still the 390 would put the old 352 to shame. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss027.jpg - - All my harassing him must have had some effect because in '66 the Ford was sold to a friend and we got a new GTO. It had power everything with trips and an automatic. I was 17 by then so you know this got snuck out for some hard cruising! I had friends who had similar GTO's but with the 4bbl carb. Punch it in one of those and you'd leave about 200 feet of rubber. (This was VERY important back then!) Punch it in this one with the trips and stock linkage and you'd barely get a squeal. The only way to get the tires burning were the 3/4 grand neutral drops. But from a 15 mph roll this thing cooked!! I can't find any good shots except this one in a friends driveway. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss047.jpg - - The GTO actually survived until '71 a testament to GM in it's self. I was in the army and it was sold to a kid down the street. By the time I got home I never saw it again. - - Dad went back to Ford again, this time a '71 Torino GT 429 Cobra-Jet. It was loaded with an automatic with 4.10 locked rear. You jumped on this beast and the tires would scream through second gear. It was a nice car. I modified it in the late seventies with an aluminum manifold and a big holley, but instead of tossing all the old parts I stashed them in the back of my garage. I went to Ford in case I ever wanted to restore it and picked up a NOS Laser stripe kit in the early eighties and stuck it away. That turned out to be a good move. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss063.jpg - - I had a bunch of Chevy's to mess with and lost interest with the Torino. My sister wound up using it because she had no car and knocked the crap out of it. It stopped running and wound up in my Mothers driveway for a couple years. A tree branch fell through the top at some point and the car like the Titanic started taking on water. I was not in NY at this time and never really noticed how bad the car was getting. Only having about 30,000 miles on it in the early 90's it was a mess. It needed floors and a trunk among other things. Way more work then I wanted to put into a Ford. Dumb - Dumb! A friend lined up a buyer and it was sold. You can imagine how excited he was when I showed up with the Laser stripe kit and old intake, carb and air cleaner. He spent several years restoring it and did a nice job. This is an article from "The Fairlaner News" about the car. I have not seen the car in 10 years but still remember kicking ass on Hempstead Tpke with it years ago!! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss138.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss139.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss140.jpg - - |
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Man Dog, great story with terrific pix to boot. We all wish we'd hung on to certain cars, but at least you have lots of terrific photos to reminisce. Nice job and THANKS! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
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I second that!!! Cool story https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
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In my next life I wanna be Dog.
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[b] Turns out I do have a picture of the '56 - that's me - leaning on it like I own it!
- - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss144.jpg - - I also found the window sticker for the '62 - it is tough to make out in the scan, but the total price is $3891.40. It's interesting that the '62 only cost $450 more then the '56! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss145.jpg - - To finish the story - On June 11, 1975 my father went to Mc Veigh Chevy to buy an end of production '75 Caprice convertible. It was loaded, 400 - 4 bbl, a/c, power everything, am/fm tape - the works. Unfortunately when they submitted the order the factory came back and said - Sorry no more orders after June 10th and would not make the car. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hevy/ss142.jpg - - So with no more convertibles being made he decided to keep the Torino as a Sunday car and a month or two later he ordered a '76 Elite as Mom's driver. It was a pretty cool car, white with blue leather, and that blue half vinyl roof. Oh yeah it had a 460 - 4 bbl, C-6 and turbine wheels. It cooked! |
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http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c135/seansw31/92.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...rsonCamaro.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...sonCamaro2.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c135/seansw31/1.jpg Old racers at NEITA Raceway, Cedar Falls Ia. 1975 and 1971, plus a 1968 "towbar" shot. |
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Cool shots! Love the old pictures.
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I also don't know if it was faster then Bill's "English" Ford, with the tunnel-rammed BBc under the hood!
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You are correct...Larry owned it right after the Hot Rod piece was done. I found that out after I got a copy of the Hot Rod magazine. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
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I should have posted these pictures on here originally!
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Hevi Hemi some time in the mid to late 60's. At Maple Grove.
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[b] Some Nova shots from the early eighties for Nova Jed
and plenty of stripes for Chris! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a013-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a014-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a018-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a017-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a016-2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a033.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a034.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a035-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a042.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a041.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a040.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a039.jpg |
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[b] This Nova was WILD!! Except for the hood it was all metal with a full brown velour interior.
It ran a small block and had some kind of homemade full frame. It carried the front wheels 3 feet off the ground for at least 2/300 feet every run while turning 10.0's!!! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a045.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a046.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a037.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a044.jpg - - Almost a Nova - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a047.jpg - |
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The person who used to own that white Nova with the holes in the bumper just recently sold it not too long ago. I talked to the guys brother in law. He had that car for a very long time. He used to live off of route10 by the Turkey hill. Thanks for the pics!
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[b] Come on Chris - time for a repaint on that cart.
Did we really think this stuff looked good? - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a038.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a043.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a036-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a019-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a028.jpg - - Bad ass Vega wagon from out on the Island - don't know what happened to it. It was around for quite a while, but I haven't seen it in close to 20 years - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a032-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a031-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a030-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...evy/a029-1.jpg - - |
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[b] This Camaro drove to the track - ran 9.9's through the mufflers and drove home!!
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I still like the Shangri La paint scheme! But the 80's did bring out some wild stuff too. The same with the 90's.
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[b] This Nova was WILD!! Except for the hood it was all metal with a full brown velour interior. It ran a small block and had some kind of homemade full frame. It carried the front wheels 3 feet off the ground for at least 2/300 feet every run while turning 10.0's!!! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Chevy/a045.jpg - [/ QUOTE ] That Nova is a local car in my area. It was featured in Super Chevy and Car Craft in the early 90's. Before it was parked it was running 9's. The last i heard it was parked in a barn without a drivetrain in it. |
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Looks like the brown "350" Nova had no problem yanking the fronts several feet off the deck judging from the poster in front of the car! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
You gotta love the passion of the fella on the left on his knees in the hot gravel checking out the underside of the Nova. Yeah, he gets it!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif |
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