Dick Arons 69 Camaro

Gordy Foust · #1 07-25-2010, 08:53 AM

You guys are correct, the cAR was a 375hp 396. I drove the car from bergers in grand rapids which had the very loud low restriction exhaust and a 4:10 rear with the red stripe tiger paw tires to our little back alley garage in west detroit where in a matter of couple hours had the engine four speed and rear end laid out on the floor. Arons built a spec engine for the car that we ran for the entire life as a SS/E
It originally was an automatic 400 turbo but I had trouble running the auto matic the style Dick liked to drive, so I put the four speed back in it and that's the way it stayed after he liked the way I handled the four speed, which performed just fine to my liking also. the car could run on a good track a best of 10:82 off a 11:04 record at the time. Dick sold the car to Dick Woverton in Jacksonville Fl the end of the 69 season and the 68 which was painted the same and the one he drove the most with a 396 325 hp automatic trans.Don't remember who bought the 68 but it was a nice unit also.

**Xplantdad** · #2 07-25-2010, 05:44 PM

Very cool Gordy! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

**mockingbird812** · #3 07-25-2010, 06:03 PM

Welcome aboard Gordy. Good stuff! Thanks for checking in!

**PeteLeathersac** · #4 07-25-2010, 07:56 PM

Great to see you here Gordy!.
Your Rat-Pack brother Lance Hill drops in periodically and has laid a few great pics on us...some in this thread below..

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...867&page=1

Welcome aboard!.
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ORIGLS6 · #5 07-26-2010, 11:51 PM

Hmmmm, <span style="font-weight: bold">Gordy Foust</span>. That name's vaguely familiar. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

I wonder just how many times that name has appeared in magazines and NHRA/AHRA publications over the years? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

Welcome aboard Sir.

**midyr** · #6 07-27-2010, 03:08 PM

Hey Gordie, how you doing, bud?

I sure do remember that back alley garage and how frosty that thing was in the winter, especially the concrete floor when changing motors and transmissions. I figure Ma Bell is still after Dick for hooking a pirate line to the overhead wire behind the garage.

Had a long talk with Maskin a while ago, same with Ben Wenzel recently. Big M filled me in on Heidi. That was sad to hear.

Send me a PM when you get around to it.

Lance

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