Fred Gibb Show '09

[kwhizz]

Ummm...if I'm not mistaken, that is a '64 race Hemi car, which is about the only car in S/S circles that will trump a '65 A990 car!

PLEASE tell me you got some shots of the insane exhaust setup...!!!!



Rob......No pic's of the exhaust......Duhhhh!!!......."And" brian even had the correct Single Muffler mounted per factory specs...Maybe Brian will post some pic's of the Muffler set-up......If Bruce would have showed up.......he would have got the "Money" shot......I'm still a "Pup"...

Ken

[markjohnson]

I had the pleasure to spend some time with a REAL '64 Hemi lightweight survivor a few years ago and those cars are amazing! The '64 Hemi cars even had lightweight aluminum doors that are just insanely light when you open and shut them. These cars are extremely fragile and were only intended to last a season or two and the fact that ANY of them survive 45 years later is simply incredible! Tears in the aluminum are common and elbow dents in the tops of the fenders from even changing spark plugs is to be expected. As neat as these aluminum front end cars are, like these early Hemi's, Z-11 Impalas, and Super Duty Catalinas, they really have to be nerve-racking and frustating to actually own!

[kwhizz]

Brian's Car is a Real one....."And".....there were some "Tense" moments with people leaning against the fenders.....

Ken

[markjohnson]

One of my favorite features on these '64 Hemi cars is the factory installed Magnesium 5-spoke Americans. Yeah "FACTORY INSTALLED!" How cool is that? These are my all-time favorite wheels and I've turned down some SERIOUS money for the set on the front of my '62 Biscayne.

[ORIGLS6]

Ya mean these?

[ORIGLS6]

S'more pix ......

[SS427]

Suffice to say this is one of the neatest cars ever built and I have waited many months to finally see it in person since hearing the "rumor". I was not disapointed as it was everything I expected and more. Brian was gracious enough to spend many minutes giving me not only the history of this car but the history of "these" cars and in the mean time I learned a LOT of things I did not know about them. One of my friends restored one of these same type of cars when we were going to Dunwoody Industrial Institute back in 1981 and I now have to find him and put Brian in touch with him. He also owns one of the very few Hemi cuttaway motors. He is from Minneapolis and his first name is Steve but I cannot remember his last in case anyone knows of him. Same color combination if I recall. Anyway, thanks for bringing the car Brian. As you can see it was well received and is a MUST SHOW in Chicago this November. We especially loved the sounds you made when you were putting the car into the trailer! Thanks for bringing it for us to enjoy!

[markjohnson]

Thanks for the extra photos, Mr. Cumby! I like the close-up shots of the modified grille to accomodate only two headlights instead of the usual four! We will never see factory-offered race cars like this ever again.

[Salvatore]

NEVER,EVER is an understatement Mark!!! What a car!!!

[SS427]

Suffice to say this is one of the neatest cars ever built and I have waited many months to finally see it in person since hearing the "rumor". I was not disapointed as it was everything I expected and more. Brian was gracious enough to spend many minutes giving me not only the history of this car but the history of "these" cars and in the mean time I learned a LOT of things I did not know about them. One of my friends restored one of these same type of cars when we were going to Dunwoody Industrial Institute back in 1981 and I now have to find him and put Brian in touch with him. He also owns one of the very few Hemi cuttaway motors. He is from Minneapolis and his first name is Steve but I cannot remember his last in case anyone knows of him. Same color combination if I recall. Anyway, thanks for bringing the car Brian. As you can see it was well received and is a MUST SHOW in Chicago this November. We especially loved the sounds you made when you were putting the car into the trailer!