Racecars shipped to Sweden back in the day.

[COPO_Anders]

A couple of days ago my friend Ingemar in Karlstad contacted me after having found this thread. He told me that "The Greek" was bought in 1979-80 by two guys from Karlstad, Eddie and Perry Hollander. He believes the best time they made with it was 9.44. It was later sold to Torgny Trell, also living in Karlstad. Ingemar thinks the car is still around somewhere but doesn´t know who owns it. Ingemar is the guy who gave me vital information about the COPO-Chevelle "THE CONVINCER".



And he also told me that WBHP isn´t a radiostation, it´s a speed shop. He has this decal on his garagedoor. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Salvatore]

So you are telling us Anders that you guys stole this car too. Boy-O-Boy how about giving some of those cars back? Saw it run many times. John Theoflies (spelling) A real fast Modified Production car in the 70's-80's from the Delaware area.

[COPO_Anders]

Sam, you have to look at it this way: every car that is/was sent here can be sent back. Just think of my old COPO that is now back in the USA.

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[Salvatore]

Yea maybe your COPO, but you guys don't want to give up the old race cars. Plenty of COPO's out there BUT the racecars are 1 of 1 manytimes. I would like to see a gathering of all the old race cars that went to Sveeden. I bet you guys could have a REAL nostalgia race, with the REAL cars! YEAA

[PeteLeathersac]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I would like to see a gathering of all the old race cars that went to Sveeden. I bet you guys could have a REAL nostalgia race, with the REAL cars! YEAA </div></div>

Very C[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img][img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]L!!!

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~ Pete

[COPO_Anders]

I don´t want to upset Sammy (I hope he doesn´t see this at all!) but here is a good site for Funnycars seen at the Swedish tracks during the seventies. They were not that many.

http://www.tugboatlars.se/Dragrace.htm

[COPO_Anders]

Hey Sammy ! Here is another nice car that was shipped over here. This Vega came here in 1977 and if you exclude some decals that were put on the car in Sweden, this is what it looked like when it was shipped from the USA. It had a CSB and a fourspeed. Pic is from the small Vårgårda airport that was sometimes used as a dragstrip. Does anyone remember this Vega ?

[COPO_Anders]

This photo shows Bob Taylor and his Vega at a warm up at OCIR before the 1980 Winternationals. The Vega was later sold to Trenneman in Sweden. Eiward &amp; Forsberg also owned it at one point, and it is also known as the M &amp; M car over here. This photo was shared on Facebook in a swedish street and dragracing group.

[Carleen]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COPO_Anders</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Hey Sammy ! Here is another nice car that was shipped over here. This Vega came here in 1977 and if you exclude some decals that were put on the car in Sweden, this is what it looked like when it was shipped from the USA. It had a CSB and a fourspeed. Pic is from the small Vårgårda airport that was sometimes used as a dragstrip. Does anyone remember this Vega ?

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Gold and Wite Vega? Bill Blandings MIMI?

[jannes_z-28]

They are not the same cars.

The Swedish one look a lot simpler, more like a Street conversion. Remember Motion sold Vega kits, and so did Don Hardy in Texas. I would assume it is something like that.

The MIMI car is a pure Pro Stocker.

And look at the paint scheme, not the same.

Jan