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Melvin Yow

1965 Coronet 'O. B. Hewitt'

http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.c...-MelvinYow.jpg

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Actually, Walt never owned my car and it never sat in his yard. Boy that's a good one! Walt was a mentor of mine in those days at Chrysler. I spent allot of time "picking his brain" he is a great guy and was always willing to share the info I was looking for.
This car was originally a "doner" car for an altered WB car built at Bransteaders shop for Roger Lindamood. The car was originally "given" to Ron Mancini as a body in white roller. Ron didn't do anything with it, he was building his 68 Dart and Hoover decided I could put it to good use. I got the car with a crashed 65 4 door car for $300 from Ron.
I put the car together with all my own stuff. Don't get me wrong, Allot of good people at Chrysler helped me learn real fast what I needed to know to screw a competitive car together and have a shot. I am forever great full for everyone that helped and the great friendships that have endured.
Hope this helps, I don't blog much but when I ran across this "description" I had to try and set it stright.
Greg

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opps

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Here's a couple of Mary Ann Foss '65 A990 Coronet called 'Go Hummer'...

http://classracer.com/classforum/pic...&pictureid=653


http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparf...1&d=1328067462

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Another '65 A990 Coronet of Gene O'Neil...

http://images.mecum.com/CH1009/CH100...d=091109174832

http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=CH1009-84839
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http://mecum.com/auctions/CH1009/CH1...d=091109174832

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Just a observation.........why would a A990 car need elephant ears?

JimR

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Because it has a TRUNK! Jim


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yuk yuk yuk yuk, you so funny!

Good luck this weekend,

JimR

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A couple shots of the 'Tension' 1965 Coronet A990 w/hood scoop & later w/injectors racing in the A/FX class...

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparf...1&d=1328587807

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...0&d=1218476234

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Here's the '65 A990 Plymouth Belvedere called 'Big Red'...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...1&d=1207280126

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Here are some before & after shots of a '65 A990 Coronet called the 'Virginia Twister'...

http://api.ning.com/files/r9b%2a9g4C...737&height=491

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...7&d=1204499021

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Here's a few of the '65 A990 Dodge Coronet "hardtop" not sedan called Color Me Gone...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...9&d=1306512120

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...onewinters.jpg

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...4&d=1208707005

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The 2 hardtops shown here were the 2% altered wheelbase A/FX cars ran at the NHRA Winter Nationals in 65. Note the 10 inch tires and the taller hood scoops used on all of the 10/15 inch AWB cars.

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I took that shot of the Jenkins & Serpa '65 Plymouth at Seattle in '85,,, don't know the history of the car or who it belonged to originally,,, or whats happened to it since then. I just remember it being a good working car that I liked and I was waiting for the DeFrank & Cohen Cuda to come up in the next pair, as you can see.
Danny Durham

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Yes I've read that Chrysler started off with 6 Dodge hardtops and 6 Plymouth hardtops and converted them for the altered wheelbase modifications for Super Stock but were quickly moved into the A/FX class...now as for those 4 early hardtops built they were still considered 2% cars because they still haven't received the full 10 inch front &15 inch rear wheel treatment...they were also acid dipped to make them even lighter, but I've heard conflicting stories on which cars were actually really acid dipped. Most of the old articles say that the 6 Dodges and 6 Plymouths were acid dipped but Landy was the only one to neutralize his hardtop...My question is if they were all acid dipped then that means these 4 early hardtops were already built to race and were on the tracks as seen in the photos above...then were all stripped down and acid dipped, then rebuilt into altered wheelbase cars along with the other remaining dipped bodies and built by the teams with factory support or Amblewagon another company that was in business that built them...does any of that make sense.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...8&d=1208827474

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...5&d=1208707065

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The elephant ears on the Gene's Speed Shop were actually installed in 1976. We ran the car in B/MP in Canada. We acquired the car from Ed Miller in the spring of '71

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Danny, you took some nice shots back in the day...did you ever get your own photo album made up for these old photos of yours on webshots or photobucket, so other people can link to them and post them on Forums like this one...I know there are some people that don't like it when other people use their photos, but there are some that don't mind. At least they had the foresight to take these great shots back then so people today could enjoy seeing them...so to all the great photographers from back then, good job guys and thanks for the memories...it's better that some of the old hot rod magazine coverage back then.

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HM,,, I miss the days before the concrete barriers went up and the average fan had a decent chance of getting a good shot now and then. Actually, that photo, among others is from a collection I sent in to Bob Rice a few years back and was put into Smug Mug by him. Hes got another collection of some of my later stuff right now which hasn't been processed at this time,, a lot of Mopar stuff in those pictures also, but all of it is Stock and Superstock. I'm still going to get this thing figured out on posting pics, just haven't made time to pound it into my thick skull. Love the posts you and Paul and the others have got going in here,,,great to look back. I'm really amazed at what people can come up with.
Tale care,,,,, Danny Durham

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So do you own this car now, if so how long have you had it...tell us more about the Dick Branster connection or the Mancini's, do you have any good stories from back then that you might recall.

http://images32.fotki.com/v1061/phot...DartSS3-vi.jpg

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No, I sold the car sometime in 1973, I heard that Ron Cheshier owned it for a while and lost track of it. If anyone knows where it is, let me know. It was a very original A990 when I ran it. I never evan tied the subframes together and it did start to "bend" as they would.
Ron Mancini worked in the trans lab back then and I was the new kid in the Dyno Lab (next building over) 1967. I found Ron and used to sneek awy from my lab and we would bench race allot. All I wanted to do back then was DRAGRACE, anything at all, it was a true passion. I'm sure I drove everyone nuts. I literally almost lost my job at Chrysler because of all the time off for racing. I would go to allmost every test day at Detroit dragway or Milan when the Racegroup would rent the track. Yea, I had the Dream Job, everything just kinda fell into place. Early on I had a 440 maxwedge Plymouth that I would take to the test days and make about 50 or so runs in a day. Got a lot of practice with the 4spd.
Oh well, great fun! Thanks for the intrest.
Greg

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Any contact info on Gail Parson would be appreciated!

Greg Who

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Here's a few of Shirley Shahan's '65 A990 Plymouth Belvedere called "Drag-On-Lady"...in the first photo shows it with no hood scoop, was it a pin on hood because I don't see any hood hinges.

http://images24.fotki.com/v825/photo...ymout13-vi.jpg

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...0&d=1205549795

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...xe/dragon2.jpg

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Anyone know what ever happened to these two '65 A990's...

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...7&d=1327532171

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Chuck Ostrich '65 A990 Plymouth called 'The Defender'...

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...ostrich_16.jpg

And one of Bill Shirley's '65 Plymouth A/FX called 'The Professor'...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...9&d=1205975920

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Greg, Gail died a couple of years ago sorry to say........

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John John Livingston,,,,,,,

http://www.colesy-juniorstockforum.c...le.php?id=9105

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Here's a '65 Plymouth that looks like one...notice the hood emblem and small hood scoop.

http://api.ning.com/files/Mv4KHOWmPp...600&height=600

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I wonder why the two names on the upper door saying 'John John'...
are they of the father & son.

http://www.classracer.com/classforum...0&d=1316064229

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Thanks for letting me know, sorry to hear.
I didn't know Gail other than selling my car to him, this made me remember what must have been, a ride of a lifetime, I gave him when he came to look at the car. I can only emagin how narrow my side street must have looked from the passenger seat, at the top end of third gear!
It was realy nuts when I think now, the rear tires had at least 3 lbs of air and it was real dark and very laoud! I think Gail's eyes got real big and he said, "I'll take it"

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Hey, Does anybody know if the Jim Hale Car in the pic is the same car that became white and black and was sponsered by Mopar Performance?

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ed.

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This one...

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Found the car in this link when Ron Cheshier owned it.

http://www.midsouthracers.com/forum/...topic=28429.15

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http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...g?t=1248787058

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...5&d=1328839295

So what does this '65 A990 Belvedere look like today...does it still have the same Mopar Performance paint on it or was it repainted to look like someone else's nostalgia car...does anyone here know for sure.

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Im 99% sure that this is the same car now...

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So does anyone here know the race history of this '65 Belvedere, was it a real A990 car or not, and who were some of the previous owners of it...

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...6&d=1328844389

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...4&d=1320117306

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I was thinking that the Hale '65 went to Southland and then to Tim Hebert? The 5-50 car sure looks like the Hale car in red though. These Hemi cars seem to get traded around in a small circle of racers.

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It's interesting to watch the evolution of the hood scoop as the cars aged, they seem to get bigger and bigger openings as the years went by.

JimR

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I seem to remeber reading a article that the 5/50 car was a recent new build for NSS racing. Not a real a990.