A990 Super Stockers

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by WH23H6

A friend of mine owns this...has had it for many years.....finished restoring it, showed it a bunch but couldn't resist making some trips down the track last year at Norwalk in Sept. Was really cool to see it...

Here's an older shot the '65 A990 Coronet called 'Thunder II'...

[Charlie A]

[Hemi Moose]

Nice find Charlie, but I'm wondering if this was a real A990 car to start with according to this statement below...anyone here know for sure.

This car was originally a "doner" car for an altered WB car built at Branster's 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.

[Charlie A]

Anyone know anthing about this one? A990 or not?

[Charlie A]

One more from the same group: A990 or not?

[Dave Wolfe]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

Anyone know anthing about this one? A990 or not?

That is Jimmy Johnson from Monroe LA. I think he got it from Bill Gibbs in about 1981-2. Kept it a while then Ron Cheshire had it. Don't know what happened to it after that. It was a
990 car.

[Charlie A]

The Cheshire Dodge is posted a few pics back (post #188). I took this picture from a website that showed both of them at the track at the same time(I believe).
Maybe there was more than one that wound up in Pine Bluff, Ark.

[bert powell]

This is a picture of my great uncle Len Ford's Dodge he bought in 65. He sold Vanke's red "Tin Indian 1" to buy it. Anyone know about this car or what happened to it? My dad told me some stories about it being cut up but never knew what happened to it.

[Dave Wolfe]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

The Cheshire Dodge is posted a few pics back (post #188). I took this picture from a website that showed both of them at the track at the same time(I believe).
Maybe there was more than one that wound up in Pine Bluff, Ark.

It could be I have Ron's car mixed up with another. I talked to Jimmy about his car when he was selling it, then Cecil and I ran into Ron and Harris in La. at an IHRA race and I thought I remember him saying that it was Jimmy's old car. It was along time and many brews ago, so who knows.Thanks for posting the picture, the 65 Dodge a990 is my favorite car of all the HEMI cars.

[gregwho]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Nice find Charlie, but I'm wondering if this was a real A990 car to start with according to this statement below...anyone here know for sure.

Absolutly real A990 car! Had all the real goodies and then some, I thought I made that clear, anyway, yes they used to use a complete A990 car as a doner, mostly wireing and trim parts, they left this car very much intacked. All the trick stuff was prety much untouched. Most of the trick A990 parts where too heavy for an A/FX car. Boy seeing that picture sure brought it all back, thanks!
Greg Charney