"360 HP For Chevy II"

[PeteLeathersac]

So Bad Bascom could be what became the 'Retribution' car w/ the Z-11?
Tooo coool!
Retribution underhood pictures exist....anyone got some?

~ Pete

[Verne_Frantz]

Here's one.

[Verne_Frantz]

This one may be earlier. Different paint and lettering. Bill Thomas certainly did make a big contribution to this car.
Too bad it's so underpowered.....

[Verne_Frantz]

Rollbar looks the same as Bad Bascom and it's got the same molded front end.......

Verne

PS: You guys are scaring me. You're getting interested in this early stuff....

[Verne_Frantz]

Here's another Saturn V launch. Definitely the same roll bar. Notice the S&S Headers lettering was removed at this time.



Bill, are you wetting yourself yet......

[427TJ]

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You guys are scaring me. You're getting interested in this early stuff....

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I love the old stuff! Here's a color photo of Retribution II that I found on the Internet. This would make a killer street car today.




x 100!!!

[olredalert]

------"Retribution", huh? I must have been living under a rock as I dont remember that ChevyII. It looks as though they moved the solid rear axle all over the place.
------I guess you would call that roll-bar a five point,,,LOL!!!.......Well,,, Im bummed, although the car did seem to have an illustrious career. Cant blame them for using what they had and not starting over from zero. Ive done that myself. I guess Bad Bascom(b) will have to live on in our memories. I know it will in mine now that you guys have dug up all this info on it. I cant thank you enough.......Bill S

[Verne_Frantz]

I love that picture TJ....

Now, block out all noises and imagine that picture with SOUND...........


Bill, actually it may have been only a 3-point roll bar. 2 uprights and one diagonal behind the driver. That's all NHRA required as late as '70 in my D/MP convertible. (don't know about AHRA).
Early FX cars didn't require a bar at all (or a helmit or seatbelts)

Verne

[olredalert]

Verne,,,You are right about the bar. When I got Red Alert out of mothballs in 1990 it had never had any kind of roll-bar or even so much as a driveshaft-strap, and when Bob held the record he was turning 10.90s with a best of 10.75............Bill S

[Verne_Frantz]

Bill,
I guess I started racing the '62 under '69 NHRA rules. /MP required that 3 point bar in convertibles (no bar in hardtops), with a head restraint attached to the bar, a driveshaft loop, an engine safety support strap (which was just a wire loop under the back of the engine), an approved 4-point harness and a coolant overflow can.

That was it.

Verne