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Sean, looks to me like he's giving Bucky a half car before he leaves......this thing must be real fast!

Jim

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I remember a guy running in the AHRA in MP with a 1950 Stude coupe with a Pontiac Sprint OHC six 4bbl motor and a Corvette 4 speed and a '56 olds rear.

Don't remember the times but it was quick and held track records all over Texas....he drove it on the street also.

Jim

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Well, this wasn't a Stocker, but this was the weirdest thing I ever saw: Hot Rod magazine, way back, had an article about a '40 or ';41 Willys coupe that had a supecharged V8 under the hood that was force-fed pressurized air from a GMC blower that was driven by a 4-cylinder industrial engine of some kind. The blower and the auxialliary engine were both in the TRUNK!!!

It was called "Blown by Proxy".... lol!

Strange, indeed...

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LOL. Not that fast. Been -.97 under with it (14.93 on a 15.90). Actually, I did leave first on Bucky by about a hundreth and a half. Meaning, against his car, I led the race for the first, oh, six inches or so, maybe.

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In the '70's there was a guy racing in the AHRA that was running a four cylinder ChevyII...but it wasn't the standard 4cyl.

It was a 283 cut in half with a hand made manifold with a Carter backed by a 4 speed with a '58 Olds rear.

It sounded really strange and ran well. Wish I had paid more attention to the engineering.

Jim

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There was a company named "SESCO" that sawed 283's in half, making an inline 4 for midget racers.
They were pretty popular in Midget racing back in the '80s.

The bore-center spacing on a Chevy II four cylinder is 4.40", just like a 265-400 small block. A SBC cylinder head can be "installed" on one by re-drilling the hold-down bolt holes, and adding some material to the outside of the block at the top, so the bottom row of hold-down head bolts have something to get hold of. Instant cross-flow head....

My partner, Harry Sparks (we had a Stocker that we share-cropped) and I were building a bug-eyed Sprite "gasser" with just such an engine in 1980. Had the frame and front-end built, a 'glass 1-piece front cap, a narrowed Chevy rear end, and a Brodix head for it, but, I moved away. He never finished the car, but I think it would have done some damage in the VW class. He still has it, but rules have obsoleted the combination, now.

AA/Different....

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I was reminded this evening to mention a 1960 Pontiac station wagon owned and raced by a Paul Longnecker I think out of Ohio. He latter raced Top fuel and prior to that he raced in Pro Stock during the 1970 year in a Camaro. The old Pontiac wagon had a 288 or 292 small block Chevy with fuel injection sticking out of the hood like the old altered wheel base Mopars had. It rand E/G or F/G and weighed about 4400 lbs. It had a Mopar A833 4- speed trans and a 6.17 geared Dana 60 rear that lasted only about 13 to 14 runs before needing replacement (ouch). It was equiped with the factory 8 lug wheels and pulled wheel stands approx 2-3 feet high on each pass. At least it was different.

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The E/G late 40s early 50s Packard that looked like an upside down bathtub with the 292 Chevy in it that left at 10 grand was impressive too. The name was Koeffel or something close to that

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"flintstone flyer"

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Dave Koffel became a Mopar factory guy in the '60s and still is active, as far as I can tell, within the Mopar community. This is one of his websites: http://www.b1heads.com/

But, his "Flintstone Flyer" SBC-powered Packard, and later, Studebaker Lark Gas Coupes were originally the cars responsible for his notoriety. The Mopars came later.