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LB I wonder if that is an AHRA class. They had some different classes as I seem to remember. I seem to remember one day where they appeared to make up a class for a buddy racing his 61 Vette. It was a class he never ran in before and they told him if he won that class he could race the others in an eliminator format-he did not argue but we wondered at the time. I have a 66 AHRA rule book and found an XC class but that is a 396 engine I believe. I assume with the pie crusts this may precede 66 but I do not have a rulebook to see if it is a AHRA class. It appears the car behind it is another CX Vette of the same vintage. Anyone with a 62 or 63 or 64ish AHRA rulebook?

 

Maybe a ADRA class

 

Doug Marion with the vette he drove to a little eliminator win. He had a short story about this in his editorial in one of the hot rod type magazines some years ago. I think I might have the one it's in. I want to say that it was owned by a friends dad.

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Corvettes did get around .....

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I think I remember reading that it was owned by his father.

 

Green Valley Race City

 

Bill Hielscher who operated the track. Read about it right here on the HAMB ; https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ut-green-valley-raceway-in-amarillo-tx.71752/

Roo

 

Purple Haze

 

The rising body display story


Great whole story here
https://rmsothebys.com/ac15/the-and...hevrolet-corvette-demonstration-stand/1072502

Sorry can't copy and put there

 

I can't tell you anything about this car but Frank Kemp later owned a Vega B/Fuel funny car that was driven by George Ramos as late as the Last Drag Race at Lions where this photo was taken.

Roo

 

Again, no background on this one.

Roo

 

Nothing on Carl Parsons either but this shot is obviously from Indy and with the Ault and James backing the car is most likely from Ohio

Roo

 

Don't have time to pick one out but this should cover it.

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=s...bQinCiSIBGqIPc-3-EytfFnigwcLmKcLFtEm51Hn0cLYA

 

Thanks mate. Before my time in the US and it did not run in Oz (at least up until the time that I left)

Roo

 

Anybody see the show "Sticker Shock" yesterday? It's a show where people bring in cars to get an estimated price they can get for their cars.

I just caught a glimpse of a car that looked to be either the original or clone of the Vette Super Sport prototype that has been posted in here.



Unfortunately ( or fortunately ) one of my lady friends arrived and didn't get to see if it was the real one or not.

 

The talk of a Barris Kustom Corvette reminded me of this one ...I may have posted this before ..but I couldn't remember if I had posted the article with it...I did search and couldn't find it ...sorry if I did...

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The other Barris Corvette that's posted brought this "Shark" front end for the 58-62 Corvette ad to mind...from a old Kellison catalog of mine...and check out the price list....

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Is there a date on the catalogue to give some perspective to the prices?

$700 for a whole '63 body. I didn't remember there was a complete body available back in the day.

 

You know I have looked this over..it is in bad shape.....and I have not been able to find a date ...but going by the dates on the parts available my guess would be 1966/67 ...they offer what appears to be a 1967 Camaro body and 1966/67 Mustang parts....some examples...

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Here are a couple from my mate Richard Shute of Auto Imagery. They were actually taken a little after the HAMB cut off date but I picked out the cars with period correct wheels etc. The rest all had Cragar Super Tricks



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These are from a 1963 Hot Rod or was it a Popular Hot Rodding? Anyways it was 63...

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Good price on this one...

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This one is cool..I like freak drops...

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Any one still got snow on the ground....??

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YIKES!!!!!!!!!
I BET THAT IS A NUMBERS MATCHING CAR