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The 56 is In Indianapolis In. as of about 4 yrs ago. Don’t know the owners name but it’s still a drag car of some sort.
Last time I saw Ramon was in Victorville, Ca. 1997. He was riding senior or masters dirt bikes. He looked good but that was 13 yrs ago.
I have POR-15 and Powder Coating on my frame. The frame looks good but I had to do the backing plates and steering knuckles with Por-15 The powder...
Chuck, I don't recall the race except for it's length. I do have a journal I tried to keep at the time, not especially the events of the race but...
My mother had a 57 BelAir 2 dr sedan with q 250 HP engine that she bought new. I would probably have it today but my sister wrecked it.
Tony did'nt John have 57 Chevy convertible at one time. It had a different colored front fender or front end. He won a points meet at Santa Maria,...
Tony, I stand corrected. John's Olds was Project Head Start right? I think he still has the manifold he made for that engine.
That's the man Marcel D'Avignon. I ran into Bill Nelson in Phoniex a couple of years ago. Guess he still runs the Fords but he was attending the...
Now you are picking my brain on the powerglide cars. If I remember right they used a small Opel converter 9" with a stall of anywhere from 1700 to...
I understood that Chrysler had a distributor with dual points, one set with advance to launch the car and other would retard the timing on the top...
When Paul and I ran the 55 at Ontario in 1971 we qualified around 31 in the field. The car was just very lazy on the top end. I don't know if we...
Who was the guy from Carpenteria, Ca. that race a 57 supercharged Ranchero. I think his name was Marcel or something like that. He was originally...
Paul and I ran the 50 Olds together for a while he was starting the 55 and I joined in as a partner until after the world finals. Paul moved back...
In regards to the difference from the local strips in southern California, as far as tuning went my Olds ran within a 10th of a second, Lions,...
I had a friend or hope I still have one from Mission Bay, Canada by the name of Bill Wells. I built the engine for his 50 Olds coupe called...
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