Joe Szabo - Page 6

**Xplantdad** · #51 12-13-2005, 05:27 AM

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Ken,
You are awesome! Not many people know that Little John Buttera was building race cars in Wisconsin, prior to moving out to California. I never even had a hunch that 'Psycho Too' had a link to Little John, until I got that phone call today.

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See? Okay Ken...when is the book coming out?

**kwhizz** · #52 12-13-2005, 05:35 AM

I don't have any expertise in factory correct numbers like some of the people on this site, but I am full of "Useless" information...........LOL

Ken

**Xplantdad** · #53 12-13-2005, 05:36 AM

It isn't useless...It's awesome!

What's useless is why I can remember my phone number from kindergarden...but not what I had for dinner last night!

**kwhizz** · #54 12-13-2005, 05:40 AM

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It isn't useless...It awesome!

What's useless is why I can remember my phone number from kindergarden...but not what I had for dinner last night!

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I suppose you cooked out on the Grill cause it was in the 70's.........Right!!!...........

Ken

**Xplantdad** · #55 12-13-2005, 05:51 AM

C'mon Ken....More info!!

**kwhizz** · #56 12-13-2005, 06:20 AM

Dennis and John (R&B) built some of the first Fiberglass Funny Cars (A/FX) at the time....they built Don Schumachers first "Stardust" car....Injected Hemi.....Also built Mr. Norm's first Flip Top Fiberglass A/FX car..the 66 Charger that Gary Dyer toured the country with...they also played around with very lightweight junior fuel cars....after John moved to California and went out on his own he built the High End type cars , again for Schumacher, Barry Setzer, etc........He was one of the first to set-up Funny cars with Coilovers in the rear, at the time most were solid mount rearends....his Tall "T" street rod was cutting edge for the time... Handbuilt Independent Front and rear suspension with the rear tires inside the fenders (most stuck out at the time)........then he built an Indy car with a small block chevy and qualified very well, but as I remember they sheared off the flywheel bolts during the race, I think he also ran a 180 Degree???? crankshaft in that engine...Seen him at the SEMA show about 6-7 years ago and he was building Custom Harleys.....the one that he had at the show was so slick that if it were outside in the rain it wouldn't get wet because there was nothing for the water to catch on.........everything was hidden and slicked off......

Just way ahead of his time.....

Ken

Belair62 · #57 12-14-2005, 04:01 AM

R & B also built Larry Swiateks Gray Ghost 66 GTO Funnycar !!! Scully painted it ,Fiberglas LTD made the body...Heavy duty Chicago connection there Stefano ! ...

**kwhizz** · #58 12-23-2005, 03:38 AM

R&B is still in business......Dennis is not doing very well from a health perspective.......Lil John was the creative one at R&B and when he left, Dennis continued on and did a couple of neat cars but he didn't have the finesse that John had......
One of the "Neatest" cars that Dennis built was Mini Cooper Panel Delivery.......Dennis started with just a brand new Body shell......built a tube frame,narrowed 9" Ford rear, Built Ford V6 engine, it had about 12" aluminum Rims about 9" wide....looked like a Roller Skate....the car was about as high as your belt buckle.....NEEEEEETTT!!!!!

Ken

Mike · #59 02-06-2006, 11:32 PM

Does anybody know if Joe Szabo ever ran a '69 Camaro in the early to mid '70's. Do you know if Joe ever move to Pennsylvania around the same time period?

Thanks,
Mike

**kwhizz** · #60 02-06-2006, 11:41 PM

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Does anybody know if Joe Szabo ever ran a '69 Camaro in the early to mid '70's. Do you know if Joe ever move to Pennsylvania around the same time period? Thanks,Mike

[/ QUOTE ] No.....After the tax man got thru with Joe, he was Lucky to have Gas money for his car.............(thru his own fault) Ken (eating Mango's) LOL

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