The Supercar Registry - Vintage drag photos

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Taking at CT dragway,Looks like a COPO Camaro in the background.

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Originally Posted by enio45 (Post 1351813)

My 69 Yenko from Gates Chev......Clockwork Orange!

Didn't know that "Clockwork Orange" is your car. Very cool car that I remember pretty well.
I wanna say that car was never cut up, was it?

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Originally Posted by enio45 (Post 1351815)

68 Yenko Camaro - owned by John MacNamarra

That '68 picture must be from the late '70-early '80s before they killed that class,

The Joe Sedlko Chevy Nova on page 32 is a former Bill Jenkins car. Pretty sure it still owned by same guy and not for sale.

Marlin, I gotta think finding a good used or NOS cowl hood shouldn't be that tough. And I also gotta believe that I am not the only one to own a former race car that was hiding in plain sight. There has GOT to be some of these old cars still around that are repainted or restored back to original or to an owner's preference. Eddie's two cars are examples, too, although I cant speak for how he found them or what they looked like when he did get them. Brent's COPO is another one, while is was cut up a bit, there was enough remaining to make a positive ID. NorCam's former Kym Miller car was still being used as race car if I'm not mistaken. Usually, race cars were stored indoors all week long and only out in the elements while being raced, so it is possible that some of the cars that are being found with good sheetmetal COULD be old race cars.

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Originally Posted by DW31S (Post 1352670)

The Joe Sedlko Chevy Nova on page 32 is a former Bill Jenkins car. Pretty sure it still owned by same guy and not for sale.

Really? Here's another shot of the car.

http://101.imagebam.com/download/VUz.../img718-vi.jpg

Dave is correct, that is Jenkins white '66 Chevy II

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Originally Posted by 300deluxeL79 (Post 1352730)

Dave is correct, that is Jenkins white '66 Chevy II

http://101.imagebam.com/download/ZKU..._1966_nova.jpg

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Originally Posted by Peter426 (Post 1352707)

Really? Here's another shot of the car.

http://101.imagebam.com/download/VUz.../img718-vi.jpg

YES SIR!!! Last I heard it sits next to a gas station out it the elements. And....the '69 Camaro is allegedly privately owned and that owner, too, wishes to remain anonymous and "hide" the car. I say "hide" because the car is used somewhat and attends local (to the owner) car shows, but is NOT advertised as being "one of, if not, the most famous '69 Camaro" known to the hobby.

Peter, I GOTTA say a GREAT BIG THANKS for taking the time to post these pics. I also MUST give credit to Bill Truby for either taking and/or collecting these pictures. A few things I've noticed here:
The Tri-Five wagons have a longer wheelbase than the Sedan deliveries.
While it was acceptable and pretty much the norm for the day, those cars that sat so high in the back looked bad and couldn't have "worked" the way we do it today. The slicks sticking out of the wheelwells, the "radiused" rear 1/4s,
And I REALLY miss naming the cars. How can you not like "SUCKERPUNCH" on the Camaro a few pages back. In my opinion, That era was the beginning of the end of class racing. Electronics were in their infancy and Bracket racing was right around the corner.

Since the predominate cars in this thread seem to be Camaros, I though I'd post this one.
George owns a plumbing business here in NJ ("down the shore") and is still kicking around.

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He's also more well known for running this car.

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Verne

George has been in the game for quite a while.

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Originally Posted by DW31S (Post 1352780)

You're welcome. Agree with your other points. Don't even mention Bracket racing. I know this lackluster form of drag racing was a necessary evil but it eventually morphed into electronic gadgetry racing and all sorts of sandbagging, e.g., 8 and 9-second cars running in a much slower bracket (i.e., Pro ET and Heavy eliminator).

Peter

If anyone can stand it, here are some more full size cars from the early days.

No, the '59s rear didn't lift at 90mph
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'60s didn't either
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Supinski again. Later in '69 he changed the paint scheme and was factored down to D/S
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You've got it right Verne also I think we've been surfin' the same sites as I saved that exact Nicholson '61 Biscayne pic just last night.
Some are a bit fuzzy but here's a few more below, first a '63 from Norwood Chevy where Helmut's L89 'Velle is from.
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Thanks Pete. There are a few there I haven't seen before.

Verne

That '62 Convertible from Friendly Chevrolet appears to be at Aquasco.