Bill Bagshaw's Red Light Bandit Challenger

[mopar68]

M68

[mopar68]

Then...



...and now.



But what I'd really like to know about is...


"Gary Dodd in the ex-Bill Bagshaw Pinto Pro Stocker at Irwindale."

...when did Bill Bagshaw campaign a Ford Pinto?

M68

[Svendsen]

Originally Posted by mopar68

Then...



...and now.



But what I'd really like to know about is...


"Gary Dodd in the ex-Bill Bagshaw Pinto Pro Stocker at Irwindale."

...when did Bill Bagshaw campaign a Ford Pinto?

M68

Bill never raced or owned that Pinto race car, or any Pinto race car.

There were four Red Light Bandit race cars: 1) the C/Gas 57? Corvette; 2) the '68 Hemi Dart real Hurst car; 3) the 70/71 Challenger built from a body in white with a '70 Hemi Challenger street car that Mopar supplied, the paint scheme on the '70 is what we used... the same car was then updated to 72/73 Challenger status with tweaked paint scheme, 72/73 grille and tail light swap; and 4) the '73 Pro Stock Dart Sport that was featured on the cover of SSDI.

I've got to admit that the Pinto looks pretty good with that Red Light Bandit paint scheme.

Arvid Svendsen

[mopar68]

"Bill never raced or owned that Pinto race car, or any Pinto race car."

Arvid,

My hunch is: Bill Bagshaw built the car, never raced it (for whatever reasons), then sold it.

"I've got to admit that the Pinto looks pretty good with that Red Light Bandit paint scheme."

It sure does. Check out the gold anodized Super Tricks a la the 1973 Red Light Bandit Dart Sport.

M68

P.S. On its fender it says "Engine by Earl Wade."

[Svendsen]

Originally Posted by mopar68

"Bill never raced or owned that Pinto race car, or any Pinto race car."

Arvid,
My hunch is: Bill Bagshaw built the car, never raced it (for whatever reasons), then sold it.
"I've got to admit that the Pinto looks pretty good with that Red Light Bandit paint scheme."
It sure does. Check out the gold anodized Super Tricks a la the 1973 Red Light Bandit Dart Sport.
M68
P.S. On its fender it says "Engine by Earl Wade."

Yikes, I think I just proved Danny correct, that I am stup... misinformed.
Just talked to Bill this morning, M68 and Steve, you guys are correct, Bill bought that car from Dyno Don some time around 1974/5, got it close to being ready to race (his paint scheme), and then decided to sell it.

Sorry guys, I was wrong, I stand corrected. Thanks Steve and Mopar68 for the information.

Arvid Svendsen

[Geerhead55]

Arvid,,, take it easy on yourself. I was kinda thinking nobody would be involved in a shoot like that and be totaly cluless,,, all good fun.
Danny Durham

[Svendsen]

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

Arvid,,, take it easy on yourself. I was kinda thinking nobody would be involved in a shoot like that and be totaly cluless,,, all good fun.
Danny Durham

Danny, thanks, I know it was all in good fun, just funny how it all rolled out. I'm still laughing about it.

Arvid Svendsen

[Geerhead55]

Hey Bucky,, I'm just wondering,, was that interviewer just playing with you, or was he really that stup, er, a, misinformed?
Truly, you guys did a great job bringing back a piece of history,, thanks for all of us who appreciate these cars.
Danny Durham

[Svendsen]

M68- The paint scheme is identical, even the gold super tricks, but Bill never built that Pinto. He did build a Colt station wagon powered by a 340 engine that showed up in a magazine (Hot Rod,Car Craft?) during the 70's, and he built a 440 Duster that showed up in Car Craft in 1985, but no Pinto.

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

Hey Bucky,, I'm just wondering,, was that interviewer just playing with you, or was he really that stup, er, a, misinformed?
Truly, you guys did a great job bringing back a piece of history,, thanks for all of us who appreciate these cars.
Danny Durham

Danny- I'm that stupid interviewer ;-) Here's the context for that statement, Bucky just purchased a '32 Ford Victoria gasser sedan powered by a 327 Chevy, and took me for a ride in it. Being the Mopar guy that I am, I was ripping him for buying a small block Chevy powered "street rod" instead of sticking with a Chrysler product. So when I asked him his name in the video, Bucky answered "Chevy Guy" as if he had just finished drinking the Chevy Kool Aid, hence my "327" comment.

Arvid Svendsen

[Steve Stasko]

Bill bought the Pinto from Dyno Don, but never ran it. Gary Dodd sold it to some other guys in California who totaled it.