A990 Super Stockers

[a990hemi]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

a990hemi,
There sure were a lot of '65 A990 Dodge & Plymouth's that were converted back then...I wonder how many of them actually survived today, because most of them were hacked up junk...what about the UFO A/FX car, heard someone found it recently.

I'm geussing that single most contributing factor to the rarity of '65 A-990 cars has to be the match race madness that occurred in '65-'67. Chrysler only built 11 AF/X cars and abruptly abandoned the entire program after the very first NHRA national event of '65. The '65 season for Chrysler was very unique in the fact that the entire motorsports budget for that year was commited to drag racing and primarilly NHRA's Altered Factory Experimental class. Chrysler's fundamental flaw was building the AF/X fleet in such secrecy that no one at the NHRA new of their specifications or intentions and the factory cars were deemed unlawful and "funny" looking by the tech officials at Phoenix. Chrysler's motorsports marketing group would never again allow such a intensive factory package car program to occur and the quickest way for an independent Fuuny Car racer to acquire an altered wheelbase match racer was to purchase an A-990 post car and perform the wheelbase mods himself.

[a990hemi]

UFO pictured early 1965 before the funky aerodynamic front cap mods took place.

[ww63]

Looking for any info on a 64 plymouth with a 65 front AWB owned by Sanford Bolin of Arkansas. Originally and Aluminum front 4spd max wedge. Was lettered SLEEPYHEAD on the door as a AWB. THANKS

[Hemi Moose]

See Dwight's post #63 in this thread...he might have some additional info on the car.

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by ww63

Looking for any info on a 64 plymouth with a 65 front AWB owned by Sanford Bolin of Arkansas. Originally and Aluminum front 4spd max wedge. Was lettered SLEEPYHEAD on the door as a AWB. THANKS

Check the new A/FX topic.
Took that from a pic site , supposedly Sanford's car way before it was primer for years and then blue.

[Hemi Moose]

Some '65 A990 before & after shots...

[Hemi Moose]

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

[Hemi Moose]

A few more shots of some '65 A990's...one of Harry Holton in the Hemi Countdown...

[Hemi Moose]

[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Ah,,, I was wondering how long it would take for you guys to dig up a couple of my shots from back in the day,,, I took the shot of the "Hemi Count Down" at Puyallup in April of '68, the first drag race I ever attended, I was 15 at the time. I took the photo with me to Mission Raceway in B.C. a few years back and showed it to Harry and Julie, who got a kick out of it.
The photo of Butch Leal's "California Flash" '65 car was taken at Ontario Motor Speedway, site of the NHRA Supernationals/World Finals in '74, on an early morning walk around, thats Butch standing in front of the car. There were 2 carloads of us guys driving all night from Tacoma to get there and we slept in the parking lot,,, but we were 21, on our own and enjoying life! Where did the time go?
Danny Durham