[April L]

Okay, I was able to get under the car this morning and look at the axle tubing and transmission again. I can't get a good look on the tag for the transmission but the first letter is definitely a C and the second letter looks like it could be an X or A. I wish I could see it better. The year (next two numbers) however looks like it might have a 7 or a 2 which would mean it isn't the original transmission, but again I can't see it very well and I'm upside down using a mirror.
For the exciting part... I found the stamping on the rear axle tubing. There has been a ladder bar welded to the tube and it appears the tube was sanded down a bit probably to weld on the ladder bar. The numbers are very hard to read but I can clearly make out E 0510G and from what I am reading in Jerry MacNeish's book the next number would have to be a 2 because you can see the curve of the top of the 2. The E is directly beside the weld. My husband was laughing at me because I was screaming "There's an E!!! I found an E!!!" In addition, it also has to positraction code of letter E underneath the other numbers. And I did confirm it is the 12 bolt rear end. I think I'm excited, but I'm scared to get too excited!
NovaMob has a good idea about finding pictures from when it was racing. In addition to racing in PA we also know it was raced in the SE circuit for NHRA for years. There has to be some information on this car somewhere. I have a few pics that I have taken of the car but I have to figure out where I can put them so I can link to them from this site for people to see.
The previous owner had a lot of personal things going on and wasn't really in a good place. He just wanted it gone. Everytime he looked at it he thought of his dad who has passed away within the last few months. Maybe, as he goes through the grieving process we will be able to get more information from him.