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Racers out there !!!!! If you know of any old MODIFIED corvettes running or sitting . Please let all us modified fans know where they are. Before pictures and what they look like now!!!! BIG Stock/Super Stock race at Hagerstown MD this weekend don't miss it . Maybe some old modified cars there ???? Thanks again

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Talked with Angelo DeCarlo in Vegas yesterday. The 63 StingRay is the old Ault & James Modified car according to Angelo. I can tell you it is IMMACULATE ! Very straight and a beautiful bright RED ! He is on the qualified list at #20 @ 9.928 ET going into day two of qualifying tomorrow (Friday)

http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/DSCN2655.jpg

http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/DSCN2645.jpg

Wade Mahaffey

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Thanks Wade!!!! That one one super clean cars . Angelo Decarlo is one lucky guy. Thanks for posting. If ya locate any more please let us know ..Thanks again JB

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Mr. DeCarlo hopefully has these photos from the Modified final at Indy 1976....when Jerry Ault broke something and got quite out of shape:

http://www.nhra.com/UserFiles/image/...tober/ault.jpg

and...

http://www.nhra.com/UserFiles/image/...ober/ault2.jpg

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modified corvettes

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I was there was pretty wild.

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Attachment 22036Enclosed are picture of my 62 G/G Corvette that I raced in the 1970's.
It had 288 cu in sbc Nash 5 sp Mr Gasket Vertical gate shifter. Dana
with 6:50 and Sommers Bros spool and axles. I had a Motorola 12,000
rpm Tell Tale tach. The Tell Tale needle would be pinned past 12,000
rpm after each run. My best run was 10:12 @ 134.00 mph. I still have
my spare 40# Hays flywheel and 12 bolt long style pressure plate. I sold
the car turn key in 1978.

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john..thats a great old pic of Chomos vette. that car used to pull the wheels in 3rd gear im sure..

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Modified Production was THE BEST!

Thanks for sharing the videos, brings back great memories.

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Here is an old thread on CR that has lots of old footage from modified back in the day.

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=23660

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some one needs to tell me how to put pics on here it always says there the wrong size. thanks, lynn engels

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guess i figured it out, just a pic of my car and hernandez in staging, they are super nice people, more pics to come.

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Two really sweet hot rods right there. Two racers not to far from showroom stock, I know if they were mine....they would have tags on them as well....Cars like those two deserve more fun than just a quarter mile at a time.....but definitely some quarter mile time for those babies.
Again, love those two!

Wade Mahaffey

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Look who was "Best Engineered Car" award winner at the Las Vegas Divisional points race last weekend. Angelo DeCarlo from out Chicago way, with his 63 SS/HA Corvette entry....Sweet car!

http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...ointsevent.jpg

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Lynn those are two super looking cars!!!!!

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DeCarlo's 63 is drop dead AWESOME!!!! He one lucky guy.

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I don't want to "discredit" those guys from the nice car they have.....but an SS/HA is a loooong way from Modified eliminator .......without the manual trans , 10,000 plus RPMs.........its just not the same.

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[Racers out there !!!!! If you know of any old MODIFIED corvettes running or sitting . Please let all us modified fans know where they are. Before pictures and what they look like now!!!! Even if the car is running SS or now a bracket car. Some of the most famous corvettes of yesterday are out there .True MODIFIED fans want to know !!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks again

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I have Jerry Arnold's old 60 Corvette that I am slowly restoring, Jerry was kind enough to dig up some old photos from the early 70's, he also included his final round wins & runner ups that he could remember, I thought the stats were impressive. The car is finally out of body shop prison so more to come on what it looks like now, thanks.......Doug Engels

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Thanks dedracer. Those pictures and stats are awesome. Cannot wait to see the work in progress. Those cars are what drag racing is all about!!!!!! Thanks again

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I took a few pics of the 60 to show you what it looks like now, it's painted 61 corvette fawn beige with a creme cove, I hope to have it together by spring but we'll see. The 66 is an ex modified car that we have been working on for a couple years now & it's close, you should see it in super stock come spring....

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Don't ever change the wheels on the '60. Those polished Cragar Super Tricks are perfect in my book,,, ran a set on my black '66 Nova in the '70s. People loved them,, me too.
Danny Durham

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Hey all,
I had the time so I worked over some classic 1990 US Nationals video here.
This is the true gearhead era... note the extra pit space!
This was probably the last really great Indy for modified.
Its mostly stick SS and Modified from the top gear bashers of the day.
Lee Otis, Taylor, Calder, FJ Smith, Don Wolf, Larry Pritchett, Scotter Anderson, Willie McLemore, Stokes, Yamarino, Barforth, Bridges, Ronnie Smith, and more.
Cary Menard is announcing most of Round 1, and he's just great on the ears.
Note that there was no S/C on the grounds in 1990.

https://youtu.be/ey_0On77zZ4

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So there are two parts to this video, It was apparently broken in two after 14 minutes.
Here is the end of round 1 class and the rest is round 2, and some extras.
Cary Menard is announcing most of Round 1, and he's just great on the ears.
The audio is pretty awesome here, good enough to get Kubrick awards someday!
I hope you diehards enjoy this.

https://youtu.be/yhEv0-BND_4

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Don, you always took the best videos! Keep uploading them! I still have some of your old vhs tapes from the 90's! If you ever do box sets in DVD format, count me in!

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Fawn beige is easily the best color on early Corvettes. Beautiful work, as always. Can't wait to see 'em..... -Al

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Thanks for posting those two AWESOME corvettes!!! Cannot wait to see them going down the track. yes those wheels are great and hard to find. Please keep us all posted on those two AWESOME cars..... Thanks JB

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Don .. Thanks for posting those two great videos. Cold chills watching them.. What drag racing should go back to. Thanks again JB

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Been following this thread for awhile and was thinking about the old IHRA days of Modified, with names like Mark Osborne and bro. Ted Osborne and ofcourse Gene Fulton and Strawberry Dixion and Kenny Melton, and Dane Pearson and the Papa Smurf corvette out of Kent. can't get his name in my head, these guys could rake a good old Doug Nash and keepem whinnding all day, the heavy flywheels are the best, oh almost forgot my friend Steve McCrearys beautiful Dog Gone Vette, man those where the days.............................................. .........:)....................................... ...............................

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Doug,

The '60 is stunning, just like all of your cars. You have outdone yourself again!

What class and combo are you going to run in the mid-year SS car? Do you have any pics of the SS/Mod '57 you had a year ago that you can post? That was a masterpiece as well.

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Thanks to all for the kind words, as far as class designation Mike, I know it's gonna have a stick in it, not sure about a 283 yet. here's a few of the 57 before and after.. thanks....

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I grew up watching those cars.Can anyone tell me the specs on those High Winding Motors.Im curious to know what most people ran.Cubes,Stroke,Bore,and what Heads they ran back then.Those Motors were way ahead of their time.

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THANKS dedracer Those before and after photos are Awesome. Thanks again JB

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I agree. I remember as a 6-8 year old pouring bleach under my Dads slicks at Epping and Conn. Dragway. Whenever he ran a 'Vette, I assumed we would lose. Those cars scared me! I remember we went to a race in Maryland or Virginia and there was a 'Vette there that my Dad was in awe of. Think it was lettered Martinez and Barth or something like that. Anyone remember? I also remember getting beat regularly by Larry Kopp and "Sundays Child", driven by some guy named Al Hoffmann! M/P ruled!


Manny Sousa

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Martinez and Barth had yellow 64 or 65 vette fast car for the time hard working guys they were from new York.

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Don Coonce, and Albert Clark's vette, I think in E\Gas. I have a picture somewhere.

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All
I added another video of the McLemore dry hop from 1992.
Why is it that a new, ground hugging, 8.10 comp car is less fun to watch than this car?
I can't believe he got 3 dry hops in, and thought about a fourth one!
This may have been the coolest thing at the entire event.
Glad I caught it.

https://youtu.be/pIw3zlnFEhA

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Doug, not sure how / where you keep coming up with these old cars, but so happy you do... Always a real pleasure seeing your end results.

This Fawn car is Bitch'n!!

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Please post more vids if you have them, ive been glued to my PC, lol! Love those class runoffs, super bada$$:)

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Thanks. Here are a couple of shots of my Dad racing the "Addict" at Mason Dixon in I think 1973.