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Re: Dick Landy 'Q & A'

Dick's '62 was not one of the 11 lightweights Ford put together for Indy in 1962. It was a standard "steel" car but it may have eventually had some over the counter lightweight parts. Ford did sell a lightweight "kit" over the counter.

Dick also ran a '61 390-401 Starliner from what I've been told. So there was a bit of blue oval in Dandy Dick's background...

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Originally Posted by Carguy49 (Post 441959)

In looking through this entire thread no one mentioned the FORD that Dick Landy ran in early 62. It was a 406 tri power stick shift? liteweight car. There is a picture of it on the website by George Klass. The photo if from Muscle Car Review 1/88. I know Dick got all his fame in Dodges, but he did have a Ford briefly.

After that, a 1963 Max Wedge Plymouth. I have a photo of it somewhere...

"Landy was one of drag racing's first "factory" drivers, wheeling a 413 Max Wedge Plymouth to ever faster and faster quarter mile runs. In 1964 he moved to a 426 Wedge Dodge..."

http://www.dicklandy.com/about.htm

and

"Landy began racing in 1956 as a freshman in high school. Originally, Landy began his Pro racing career driving Fords and in 1962, he got a new 406-cid Ford Galaxie, which would have been a good car, but that was the year that Chrysler got into drag racing, and it made all the Fords and Chevys obsolete. Landy switched to a Plymouth with a three-speed manual transmission, then got an automatic-transmission-equipped Plymouth in 1963."

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=29101

M68

Re: Dick Landy 'Q & A'

see link below for link to Landy Plymouth

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Protected picture.

Check this link then click on to enlarge the pic.

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Originally Posted by Charlie A (Post 442207)

Protected picture.

No problem. :D

http://112.imagebam.com/download/B1q...3_plymouth.jpg

M68

Re: Dick Landy 'Q & A'

Thank you sir......

Great pic that needed to be here.

Re: Dick Landy 'Q & A'

Thanks to Mopar68 and Charlie A for adding the photos of Dick's 62 Ford and 63 Plymouth. I have the 63 Plymouth in Hotwheels did a few years ago. It is part of a old school drag strip diorama that features about a 120 cars and trucks.

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Dick Landy

1963 Plymouth Savoy '426 Super Stock' ~ S/SA

'Steel Nose' 426/425 HP, with added Hood Scoop

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODE2WDExMj...Ysg~~60_57.JPG

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Great pic Paul. Cigar and all....

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I thought his 63 was a stick car. By the looks of Paul's picture, sure looks like his left hand is ready to punch 2nd

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