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Jared, great shots of the old '65 A990 Plymouth Belvedere "Hemi Countdown"...nice saying on the trunk too.

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http://www.moparmax.com/events/2010/..._mopars/16.jpg

Quote - This is the old Huckleberry Hound 1965 A990 Super Stocker, now restored to its original as-built appearance by owner Denny Guest. Mopar Max Magazine - July 2010.

http://www.moparmax.com/events/2010/..._mopars-7.html

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Here's a few more photos of the 1700 mile original '65 A990 Dodge Coronet...it is said that the motor was also freshened up.

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...thumb/53_7.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...thumb/53_3.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...thumb/53_9.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...humb/53_10.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...thumb/53_6.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...thumb/53_4.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...thumb/53_5.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...humb/53_11.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...humb/53_12.jpg

http://www.showyourauto.com/manager/...thumb/53_8.jpg

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Paul
Sox & Martin later altered the wheel base on this car like the hard top.
This car was sold to Buckeye Philips from Baltimore around the same time he had purchased the hard top. Buck later sold the second car to John Rayford also from the Batto. aera . Some one told me it showed up at Henderson last year. Buck also bought their altered 66 Cuda. Do you have any pictures of that car, as it almost never shows up in any posts.
Jack

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Answered a request.
Nothing more.

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Jack, here's an article on some of Sox & Martin's early race cars...

http://www.moparmax.com/columns/magnante/vii_3-1.html

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There is an incredible Altered Wheelbase Picture Thread going on over at the Jalopy Journal for those of you who are interested in AF/X cars of all makes and models. Lets try to keep this topic on track wit the history of Chyrsler's 1965 A990 Super Stock fleet.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=393460

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Hi guy's, the car was a Mr Norms $3950 special, sold by the high performance king himself. Norm B was the second owner around 1978. The car was repainted around that time. It apparently was campained by the original owner with blue stripes although I have no photo's of this. I can see a touch of dark blue under the front gaurd wheel lip and the scoop appears to have been blue as well. It was quite a story of the cars history, I suppose this is what makes these cars so special.
The car has been on a journey and is now located in Australia.

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So did you buy the car or did a friend, also what was the fellows name that you bought if off of, or was it through a broker...got any pics of it.

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It's my car Hemi Moose. It was purchased through a broker. The owner was Norm Brandes. He has owned the car for 33 years.
I can send you a photo with my dog eyeing the car with suspicion. He hadn't heard a hemi before.
There are a lot more photo's available on Show your auto website for those unaware.

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I searched unsuccessfully all weekend trying to find a mid to late 80s Musclecar magazine that featured Norm Brandes' white A990 Coronet when it had chrome Cragar Super Trick wheels on it. I remember that article like it's etched into my brain but I can no longer find the magazine in my library. Might you know which article I'm talking about or have it yourself? I started frequenting Union Grove around 1989 and saw Norm drag racing his immaculate Dodge regularly at Da Grove's Mopar gatherings back then. Norm would always draw a crowd while he performed super smoky burnouts in the water box!

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The paperwork I received was the original invoice from Grand Spalding, a report dated 1978 from Walter Redman verifying the car as authentic, etc. I did not receive anything on the cars previous history. I have learnt more from the last couple of pages of this thread than I knew previously.
I was told the original owner, whose name appears on the invoice, was a Barrister and raced only as a hobby, hence the car remained relatively unmodified.
I would be interested to see the article if it shows up a990.

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I will continue my search for the magazine article that featured Norm Brandes' A990 Dodge. That one article is the one that told of the original owner being crushed to death by the car while he was swapping the original headers for aftermarket ones. Jeff Wick, son of midwest Pro Stock standout Jim Wick, may be able to shed some light on your white A990 Super Stock as well since the Wick family was the primary source for race Hemi tuning in the Fox Valley, WI area bitd.

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http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...lvethammer.jpg

liteweight

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As I said in my earlier message, I saw the car at Union Grove during a Musclecar Nationals. We were allied with Muscle Car Review and they always sent staff to shoot the event and get features. I'm pretty sure they did a piece on the car but I'm just about positive that the car had steel wheels on it when I saw it.

I still haven't totally recovered from my last move, so my collection of vintage magazines is still in various boxes. Sorry that I can't help with looking up the issue.

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Harmon Friend's "Harms Way" stalked Norwalk. Set a speed record in 69. Great story located @ texas classic cars of dallas, sold cars.
Car was sold around July 11. It was an invite to the Norwalk reunion. Did anyone see it run?

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Detroit area A/FX and Super Stock standout Dick Smith.

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...REBREWED01.jpg

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...wedincolor.jpg

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a990hemi,
There sure were a lot of '65 A990 Dodge & Plymouth's that were converted back then...I wonder how many of them actually survived today, because most of them were hacked up junk...what about the UFO A/FX car, heard someone found it recently.

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Early 1965

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I'm geussing that single most contributing factor to the rarity of '65 A-990 cars has to be the match race madness that occurred in '65-'67. Chrysler only built 11 AF/X cars and abruptly abandoned the entire program after the very first NHRA national event of '65. The '65 season for Chrysler was very unique in the fact that the entire motorsports budget for that year was commited to drag racing and primarilly NHRA's Altered Factory Experimental class. Chrysler's fundamental flaw was building the AF/X fleet in such secrecy that no one at the NHRA new of their specifications or intentions and the factory cars were deemed unlawful and "funny" looking by the tech officials at Phoenix. Chrysler's motorsports marketing group would never again allow such a intensive factory package car program to occur and the quickest way for an independent Fuuny Car racer to acquire an altered wheelbase match racer was to purchase an A-990 post car and perform the wheelbase mods himself.

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UFO pictured early 1965 before the funky aerodynamic front cap mods took place.

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...90hemi/UFO.jpg

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Some '65 A990 before & after shots...

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...2&d=1334285992

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...3&d=1334285992

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...9&d=1334285020

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...1&d=1334285992

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...0&d=1334285020

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A few more photos of some '65 Dodge & Plymouth A990's...

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...artedItAll.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...nePlymouth.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0114070032.JPG

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0-img233-1.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...-beeson024.jpg

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A few more shots of some '65 A990's...one of Harry Holton in the Hemi Countdown...

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...nBelvedere.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...878-NANCE2.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...obertNance.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...wheelstand.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...46-Dodgmat.JPG

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http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...erVankecar.jpg

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...9&d=1280683110

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...deatoldPID.jpg

http://images34.fotki.com/v1082/phot.../img290-vi.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...lBelvedere.jpg

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Ah,,, I was wondering how long it would take for you guys to dig up a couple of my shots from back in the day,,, I took the shot of the "Hemi Count Down" at Puyallup in April of '68, the first drag race I ever attended, I was 15 at the time. I took the photo with me to Mission Raceway in B.C. a few years back and showed it to Harry and Julie, who got a kick out of it.
The photo of Butch Leal's "California Flash" '65 car was taken at Ontario Motor Speedway, site of the NHRA Supernationals/World Finals in '74, on an early morning walk around, thats Butch standing in front of the car. There were 2 carloads of us guys driving all night from Tacoma to get there and we slept in the parking lot,,, but we were 21, on our own and enjoying life! Where did the time go?
Danny Durham

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Anybody no where the 65 of Fast Eddie Econrode is today?

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It is restored back to it's original colors. That was Butch Leal's first A990 car.

Also, the Flack & Comstock Plum Crazy photo posted above is a '64 and running as a Max Wedge car. Rick Lakin later ran it with a Hemi.

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Thanks for the info on Fast Eddies car we raced with him at Eldora we he was in our zone working.

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Looking for any info on a 64 plymouth with a 65 front AWB owned by Sanford Bolin of Arkansas. Originally and Aluminum front 4spd max wedge. Was lettered SLEEPYHEAD on the door as a AWB. THANKS

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See Dwight's post #63 in this thread...he might have some additional info on the car.

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Check the new A/FX topic.
Took that from a pic site , supposedly Sanford's car way before it was primer for years and then blue.

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Any pics of the Sanford Bolin car?

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Click the (forbidden) second link in my post #61 in this topic.
I believe that is one of Sanford Bolins AWB cars.
I do remember one that was several colors of primer before being painted blue.
I also remember he sold the blue one and replaced it with a roadster.
The roadster is the only one I remember seeing lettered "Sleepyhead".
Could be wrong.
It was a l-o-n-g time ago.

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Sanford Bolin door

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You should read the rest of the posts on page 7...

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Anyone here remember this '65 A990 Coronet...looks like he switched the trans push buttons over to the center instead.

http://classic-carstore.com/sitebuil...MM01052410.JPG

http://www.classic-carstore.com/site...MM05052410.JPG

http://www.classic-carstore.com/site...MM08052410.JPG

http://www.classic-carstore.com/site...MM06052410.JPG

http://www.classic-carstore.com/site...MM03052410.JPG

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That pushbutton unit is from a ' 64. All ' 65 Coronets were either column or console shift. You can see on the steering column this car was a column shift.

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Jerry good eyes...and I believe all '65 A990's came with a tan interior.