Jack Mullins Firebird?
 

I remember sometime after the wagon and the 4dr hardtop pontiacs Jack ran, he had a white (what else?) 70's firebird for a short time. I remember it as very quick but look liked the body work was done with a sledge hammer. Maybe that made it more aero?
Anyway, does anyone out there remember this car and have a picture or two. I don't remember anyone ever discussing it before.
If I remember it was rumored to have gone to Texas.......if it even existed. Maybe the memories are crossing over each other. :confused:

Re: Jack Mullins Firebird?
 

I remember the car. It was a junkyard recovery and converted into a Trans AM to be able to run the SD 455. The hood came off a burned car so it had a few ripples in it. At the same time, NHRA instituted the breakout type racing in Stock and SS, so Jack lost interest and sold the car. I never knew where the car went to.

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I don't remember the Firebird...but did he have a '63 2dr hardtop in possibly SS/R
prior to the wagon...or was it a 4-dr?

Of course...his favorite color...think I've got a photo from Indy somewhere...but it would
take years to find....

Was the Firebird a SS car...or a Stocker?

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I remember a 4dr hardtop.

I believe the firebird was a SS car.

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Correct on both counts. I do not remember Jack running the hardtop at Indy; it came after the wagon.

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I raced against Jack's Firebird at Gainesville , maybe '76? Nosed him out for class! Was I nervous! He was the king of SS at the time and I think you still had to win class to qualify for eliminator. Bob Michael

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I believe the firebird was sold to Glenn Tinsley in the mid 70's, it's the one in the back.

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That's the Texas connection I was trying to remember. Heard that as a possibility some years ago.
Just no way of knowing for sure unless anyone has a way to prove/disprove.

Found this: http://www.competitionplus.com/05_20...ohn_clegg.html

Says he bought it new in '73. So...where's Jack's old firebird?

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...3&d=1378819613

Re: Jack Mullins Firebird?
 

Try this link, http://www.highperformancepontiac.co...ntiac_history/

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Hello, I did indeed purchase Jack's 73 Bird. It served me well until I decided to go AA/MC racing. It was a multiple record holder for me and was an easy car to sell in Houston. It was sold to a young medical student and I believe the car is still in Houston, although inactive for years. The 74 car pictured in the article was mine ...John Clegg did own the 73 from the showroom. I raced the 74 until the Budweiser Motor Craft Super Team came along. I traded the 74 to John for an excellent fifth wheel that John was building to haul the Mustang. John's son JB campaigns the car today.....Glen Tinsley

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You are right Bob. In 76 you had to win class in Super Stock to be able to run in the eliminator. Ask Sherwood Allen how I know.

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Ya'll excuse me for pulling up an old thread. But I'm not the 1st to do something like that, am I ? :)

This thread popped up yesterday, while I was searching for info on Jack's SS Bird. Somebody asked for pics, but none were posted. I have some, which I probably posted on one of my Pontiac threads. But I'll post 'em here, so that when someone else views this thread, they'll be able to see pics of the car in question.

I 1st saw Jacks SS Bird at the Cajun Nats, in 1978. At that time, I didn't know who it belonged to. It was just a white T/A, with a For Sale sign on it.

Jack sold it to Glen Tinsley, who did quite well with it.

In the 5th pic, the '74 Bird belonged to Glen & the '73 belonged to John Clegg. If I have the story correct, the '74 was the original H-O Racing Specialties SS/KA record Holder. John had bought the '73 new.

Glen sold the '74 to John. J.B. Clegg raced it with an auto trans for a few years. Then they upgraded it & changed over to a stick. J.B. got it well down into the mid 9's. Then they upgraded John's original '73, also as a stick car. J.B. has also got it down into the mid 9's.

As far as I know, those 2 Birds are the quickest regular Super Stock class Pontiac powered cars, ever. Next quickest is probably John Angeles' '69 Bird, with daughter Keri driving. I know it has run some 9.80's.