A990 Super Stockers

[gregwho]

Originally Posted by jnor

Greg, Gail died a couple of years ago sorry to say........

Thanks for letting me know, sorry to hear.
I didn't know Gail other than selling my car to him, this made me remember what must have been, a ride of a lifetime, I gave him when he came to look at the car. I can only emagin how narrow my side street must have looked from the passenger seat, at the top end of third gear!
It was realy nuts when I think now, the rear tires had at least 3 lbs of air and it was real dark and very laoud! I think Gail's eyes got real big and he said, "I'll take it"

[jnor]

Originally Posted by gregwho

Thanks for letting me know, sorry to hear.
I didn't know Gail other than selling my car to him, this made me remember what must have been, a ride of a lifetime, I gave him when he came to look at the car. I can only emagin how narrow my side street must have looked from the passenger seat, at the top end of third gear!
It was realy nuts when I think now, the rear tires had at least 3 lbs of air and it was real dark and very laoud! I think Gail's eyes got real big and he said, "I'll take it"

Great story Greg....I remember that I wanted to drive that thing bad, I had a SS/H 68 Camaro at the time. I think Gail sold it because it was right about the time NHRA was going to allow backhalfing SS cars, and he didn't want to spend the money.

[Hemi Moose]

A few more shots of some '65 A990 Dodge & Plymouth's...

[Hemi Moose]

[Jared Jordan]

There's always this old car...

Originally purchased by a gentleman named Wayne Seymour from McMahon Motors in Rawlins, WY. I've got the original window sticker stashed away somewhere...

Owners along the way include (in reverse chronological order):
Harry Holton
Robin Pellisier (Art Pacheco drove for him with Barton Power)
Dan Zeisset
Anatoli Polewik (Alex's dad)
Larry Wikoff
Jay Smith
John Wilson (I've read that it was his "first" car?)

We bought the car from Robin Pellisier in early '95. I think it sat for the better part of a year when we first got it. Grandpa started racing it and did so throughout the late 90's going as quick as 9.28 @ 142.99 with the car in SS/BA. The car was parked after the 2001 season and didn't see a racetrack until I was fortunate enough to get to drive it from July of 2002- July of 2005. In 2004, the car went 8.96 @ 145.67 at the Mission LODRS. To my knowledge, that was the first sub-9 second run for an original A990 car in SS trim. I set the record later that year at the Vegas LODRS running an adjusted 8.92 @ 146.15 (actual 9.15). On the backup run, I ran Grandpa for the first time. Clearly, he thought he was going to leave on me as he was .006 on the tree. Too bad I was .000. We still laugh about that.

A whopping 3 weeks later, David Thomas took the record back with his beautiful Corvette. It might have been a short stint, but the record certificate hangs in my office to this day!

The attached picture is from the 2005 Winternationals and was the next-to-last time I drove the car. The photographers had requested that Grandpa and I line up together. I'll never forget that run -- I had a .066 light and when I pulled high gear the Barracuda was nowhere to be found. Then I heard some noise followed by a (then) 73 year old guy blowing my doors off. He was .300 or so on the tree and claims he did it so he could "watch me leave." LOL

The last pass I ever made in the car was at the 2005 LODRS in Sonoma. Ogburn arranged an impromptu "Hemi Shootout" with the Division 7 cars. To get the car count high enough, the B-body and Street Hemi cars were allowed to run with the Barracudas & Darts. I raced Grandpa in the final. We both absolutely ANNIHILATED the tires off the starting line, but when I looked behind me at the 1000' mark he was behind me and stayed there. I'd like to drive the car again, but if that's the last pass I make in it I'm ok with that.

Car is currently for sale. It's got the requisite: 1) radiator core support stamping, 2) fender tag, 3) VIN plate, and 4) package tray stamping. It's certainly a "real car," but it's a bit of a tweener; it's got good race parts and has been cut, but doesn't have all the original parts and pieces on it that it should have for purposes of authenticity/originality. Be happy to talk to whomever its curious about it.

The second attached picture is from the 2000 Autolite Nationals with the "old guy" driving. We've got another photo at the shop of that run with a 17 year old me squatting behind the car. The older photos of the car are from circa 1985 when the Polewik family owned it. Thanks to Alex P. for sending me those pictures. Finally, the last pic is from 2004 at Vegas. Judging by the shoe polish on the window and the lane I was in, that had to have been the record run.

[Hemi Moose]

Jared, great story...I also came across this article on Harry Holton's race cars...

http://www.competitionplus.com/2005_02_03/holton.html

[Dennis P Chapman]

Jared.............What happend to Mr Ogburn and his cars?

[HP HUNTER]

Originally Posted by Jared Jordan

There's always this old car...

Originally purchased by a gentleman named Wayne Seymour from McMahon Motors in Rawlins, WY. I've got the original window sticker stashed away somewhere...

Owners along the way include (in reverse chronological order):
Harry Holton
Robin Pellisier (Art Pacheco drove for him with Barton Power)
Dan Zeisset
Anatoli Polewik (Alex's dad)
Larry Wikoff
Jay Smith
John Wilson (I've read that it was his "first" car?)

We bought the car from Robin Pellisier in early '95. I think it sat for the better part of a year when we first got it. Grandpa started racing it and did so throughout the late 90's going as quick as 9.28 @ 142.99 with the car in SS/BA. The car was parked after the 2001 season and didn't see a racetrack until I was fortunate enough to get to drive it from July of 2002- July of 2005. In 2004, the car went 8.96 @ 145.67 at the Mission LODRS. To my knowledge, that was the first sub-9 second run for an original A990 car in SS trim. I set the record later that year at the Vegas LODRS running an adjusted 8.92 @ 146.15 (actual 9.15). On the backup run, I ran Grandpa for the first time. Clearly, he thought he was going to leave on me as he was .006 on the tree. Too bad I was .000. We still laugh about that.

A whopping 3 weeks later, David Thomas took the record back with his beautiful Corvette. It might have been a short stint, but the record certificate hangs in my office to this day!

The attached picture is from the 2005 Winternationals and was the next-to-last time I drove the car. The photographers had requested that Grandpa and I line up together. I'll never forget that run -- I had a .066 light and when I pulled high gear the Barracuda was nowhere to be found. Then I heard some noise followed by a (then) 73 year old guy blowing my doors off. He was .300 or so on the tree and claims he did it so he could "watch me leave." LOL

The last pass I ever made in the car was at the 2005 LODRS in Sonoma. Ogburn arranged an impromptu "Hemi Shootout" with the Division 7 cars. To get the car count high enough, the B-body and Street Hemi cars were allowed to run with the Barracudas & Darts. I raced Grandpa in the final. We both absolutely ANNIHILATED the tires off the starting line, but when I looked behind me at the 1000' mark he was behind me and stayed there. I'd like to drive the car again, but if that's the last pass I make in it I'm ok with that.

Car is currently for sale. It's got the requisite: 1) radiator core support stamping, 2) fender tag, 3) VIN plate, and 4) package tray stamping. It's certainly a "real car," but it's a bit of a tweener; it's got good race parts and has been cut, but doesn't have all the original parts and pieces on it that it should have for purposes of authenticity/originality. Be happy to talk to whomever its curious about it.

The second attached picture is from the 2000 Autolite Nationals with the "old guy" driving. We've got another photo at the shop of that run with a 17 year old me squatting behind the car. The older photos of the car are from circa 1985 when the Polewik family owned it. Thanks to Alex P. for sending me those pictures. Finally, the last pic is from 2004 at Vegas. Judging by the shoe polish on the window and the lane I was in, that had to have been the record run.

Ive got a Hemi story for you! I was contacted by a gentlemen in the San Diego area, he wanted to buy an engine from me, he gave me the phone number to person he had contracted to install the engine, I called him and set up delivery for his customers engine. He gave me his address and some how he mentions he ran a SS/BA hemi car, Im thinkin to myself sure you do, well I load up and make the trip to San Diego, an older suburb, pull onto the property, at that point Im told to pull around to the detached garage behind the house, the garage door opens and up against the east wall sits a 70 chevy slope back car hauler with a 1965 SS aluminum front end hemi car complete, with the heads and intake off. I need help with the spelling but here goes Jake Erhlichsen's SS/BA hemi car, it was in the direct connection catalog in the 70s early 80s, Unreal complete hemi car, and yes its still there! One other thing to note was the presents of the Direct Conection SG daytona. It was a cool day, I remember sitting at taco bell trying to take it all in.

[TOM KASCH]

My story :
In 65 I had a good paying job at L.O.F. Glass Co.
I called Dodge & asked how I could get a new car. They said we will send you the paper work & you have to ordered it from a local dealer.
I went to "Glass City Dodge" with a offer to have them help me with the car If I payed for it.
It was on a Friday night I meet with the owner in his ofice, I'll never forget that it was a Friday night as you will see in the rest of the story.
He said lets fill out the papers and come back tomorrow moring & I ll sign a deal with you.
So as I drove up to the dealership at 9:00 am Saturday the place was covered with cops.
As I walked up & tryed to get in I was told that the owner had "SHOT" himself last night.
When I told the cops my story of being with him around 7:;30 last nighht they asked me ?
for a long time.
I still have the form I got from Dodge some place in our papers.

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by TOM KASCH

My story :
In 65 I had a good paying job at L.O.F. Glass Co.
I called Dodge & asked how I could get a new car. They said we will send you the paper work & you have to ordered it from a local dealer.
I went to "Glass City Dodge" with a offer to have them help me with the car If I payed for it.
It was on a Friday night I meet with the owner in his ofice, I'll never forget that it was a Friday night as you will see in the rest of the story.
He said lets fill out the papers and come back tomorrow moring & I ll sign a deal with you.
So as I drove up to the dealership at 9:00 am Saturday the place was covered with cops.
As I walked up & tryed to get in I was told that the owner had "SHOT" himself last night.
When I told the cops my story of being with him around 7:;30 last nighht they asked me ?
for a long time.
I still have the form I got from Dodge some place in our papers.

Holy cow Tom, that sure is a weird one...did you ever find out why he did it or was it foul play...and your lucky he didn't snap in front of you or something else worse happen when you were there...so you almost ended up owning a '65 Dodge Coronet A990 or did you have something else in mind at the time.