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Originally Posted by Hemi Moose
I came across this info on a few other websites and I've heard a couple of different stories about Gliddens Arrow, so I don't know if it was his originally or not...
Quote: Paul Gentilozzi’s old D/Gas Arrow is alive and well, and my father, Dennis Buckley, has been bracket racing the car for the last 12 years now," wrote Scott Buckley. "The little Plymouth has retained all of its original Wayne Farr chassis and red anodized tinwork but was updated with an early '80s grille and headlights by a previous owner. Paul Gentilozzi and Wayne Farr verified the authenticity of the car at a Trans Am Series race at Road America about eight years ago. Paul told us that he had the car constructed when he was the technical editor for Popular Hot Rodding magazine after doing an in-depth feature on Glidden’s Pro Stock Arrow. Paul was first in line to purchase Glidden’s car when Ford renewed Bob’s Pro Stock sponsorship, so he sold the red Arrow to a fellow Super Gas racer in Kentucky (after removing the manual trans and installing a Powerglide), and it eventually wound up in Nebraska, where my father purchased it 12 years ago. The old Arrow is still very consistent, and Dad won the Super Pro category at the Drag News Shootout a few years ago and also had a runner-up finish at the Fall Bracket Nationals. The old Plymouth Arrow is in the Madison, Wis., area now.
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This was not Glidden's Arrow, I know since my father owned and campaigned this car in Super Pro for the last 14 years. Paul Gentilozzi was the technical editor for Popular Hot Rodding magazine back in the late 70s - early 80s when the magazine featured a lot of drag racing. Paul and Wayne Farr built the red and silver Arrow starting with a body in white and were awarded Best Engineered for their efforts at the 1979 Spring Nationals. My father sold the car to a Milwaukee area racer about 2 years ago and we haven't heard from him since.