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Question: Were Manley cams any good? I mean horsepower-wise as compared to the more popular brands like Crane, Isky, General Kinetics, etc.?

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Book by book, page by page ! :D

Lovin' this.

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Originally Posted by Charlie A (Post 447348)

Book by book, page by page ! :D

Lovin' this.

Thanks Charlie, glad you're enjoying the 'scans'.

Pete

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Originally Posted by mopar68 (Post 447617)

"You're gonna cry 96 tears...You're gonna cry, cry cry cry now."

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Question Mark and the Mysterions 96 Tears.

And no...did not have to Google that. Sometimes the memory is still functional!

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Originally Posted by Charlie A (Post 447626)

Question Mark and the Mysterions 96 Tears.

And no...did not have to Google that. Sometimes the memory is still functional!

Cool songs like that and the name of the band that performed it are very hard to forget.

Pete

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How did we ever get away from these cool times?

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Originally Posted by Shaun Quill (Post 447794)

How did we ever get away from these cool times?

That it was, very. I wish I could answer that one. Time moves on, people change, etc. I dunno...just remember how it used to be and I miss it.

Pete

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Coolest thing about most of these stories are that the runner-up gets almost as much ink as the winners.

:cool:

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Originally Posted by mopar68 (Post 447853)

That it was, very. I wish I could answer that one. Time moves on, people change, etc. I dunno...just remember how it used to be and I miss it.

Pete

Pete, Thanks for sharing these! Started going to Raceway Park about this time...
I was a "green" kid out of high school...remember a LOT of these cars...

How about a weekly program featuring ALL Categories...try doing that TODAY at
your local track? Very competitive racing...even if a few tenth's off the National
Standards in some cases...

That clean '57 Chev wagon of Ed Franks was later run by Claude Urevig...and
called the "Tape Peddler" I believe...You might remember him after that with a
wheel-standing '71 Chevelle 454 Conv. in SS/EA......

Was Len Mayersohn.....Norm's brother?

Lakewood must have made a killing selling "slapper" bars and scattershields!

How about the guy with Crane rockers on one side and Mr. Gaskets on the
other?......Fun times!!

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Brother those were the days ! Now I know I am getting old. Thanks Pete

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Nice One Pete,

Bill Casey and his 57 Chevy 'E/G' were at Dover Drag Strip a lot.

He was a 'regular'.

301 Cubic Inches, and 9000 RPM launches.

All '4' wheels hopped off the ground when he launched. Incredible
suspension.

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http://www.doverdragstrip.com/phpBB3...le.php?id=2363

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Originally Posted by ss wannabee (Post 447918)

Pete, Thanks for sharing these! Started going to Raceway Park about this time...
I was a "green" kid out of high school...remember a LOT of these cars...

It's my pleasure. I was still in high school at the time.

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How about a weekly program featuring ALL Categories...try doing that TODAY at
your local track? Very competitive racing...even if a few tenth's off the National
Standards in some cases...

That clean '57 Chev wagon of Ed Franks was later run by Claude Urevig...and
called the "Tape Peddler" I believe...You might remember him after that with a
wheel-standing '71 Chevelle 454 Conv. in SS/EA......

Oh yeah, I seen Claude Urevig racing the ex-Briggs Chevrolet, ex-Ray Allen driven 454 LS-6 convertible 1970 Chevelle SS many times.

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Was Len Mayersohn.....Norm's brother?

Yep.

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Lakewood must have made a killing selling "slapper" bars and scattershields!

How about the guy with Crane rockers on one side and Mr. Gaskets on the
other?......Fun times!!

I forgot who that was. Fun times indeed!

Pete

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Originally Posted by Bob Pagano (Post 447933)

Brother those were the days ! Now I know I am getting old. Thanks Pete

You're welcome, Bob. I didn't know you were from North Brunswick.

Don't say "getting old", say "getting better!"

Pete

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Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine (Post 447957)

Nice One Pete,

Bill Casey and his 57 Chevy 'E/G' were at Dover Drag Strip a lot.

He was a 'regular'.

301 Cubic Inches, and 9000 RPM launches.

All '4' wheels hopped off the ground when he launched. Incredible
suspension.

Music to my ears and candy for my eyes (as in eye candy)!

Thanks, Paul.

Pete

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Originally Posted by Charlie A (Post 447873)

Coolest thing about most of these stories are that the runner-up gets almost as much ink as the winners.

:cool:

Raceway Park's weekly results paper in the early-1970s I'd nominate as the best track paper ever published with almost 30 pages and for free!

Pete

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Pete,

Those damn 1967 and 1968 Camaro SS-350 cars in SS/I.

They fit in nicely {10.00 - 10.49 Wt/Hp}

350/295 HP with the big Quadrajet.

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Paul,
Did you ever see that "Easy Glider" wagon at Dover? I noticed the M & M
logo on the rear doors of that car...think that was a shop in your area...so the car
must have been local....

Any tidbits on M & M....they still around today?

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Pete,

Yes, 'Easy Glider' was a regular at Dover Drag Strip.

1968 thru 1973

It was a 1955 Chevy #210 Townsman Wagon with a {265/180 HP ~ 4-barrel} with a Power-Glide.

#3435 lbs. ~ 180 HP = 19.08 Wt/HP

Billy Liqouri and Barry Weighall had it, and raced it from 1968 thru 1971 in Stock Class.
* 1968 = P/S
* 1969 = Q/S
* 1970 = R/S
* 1971 = R/S

In 1972 and 1973 it was classed in SS/V, where it ran right close to the National Record of 13.86.

http://www.doverdragstrip.com/phpBB3...2716276b0798de

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Originally Posted by mopar68 (Post 448013)

You're welcome, Bob. I didn't know you were from North Brunswick.

Don't say "getting old", say "getting better!"

Pete

I dont know about getting better but going back to 73 it dose not get any better than that for me !
Yes, grew up in New Brunswick.

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Sundays at Dover where special, I thought it then, and more so now.

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Originally Posted by Bob Pagano (Post 448053)

I dont know about getting better but going back to 73 it dose not get any better than that for me !

Nineteen seventy-three was a very good year in drag racing.

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Yes, grew up in New Brunswick.

Then you remember "The Ave." and probably know Gus Puskas, Tommy Molnar, Jim, Paul and Tom Rainey plus a few others I know/knew.

Pete

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Was this a 'true' 1971 Hemi Cuda 4-Speed 'convertible'.

;)

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Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine (Post 448173)

Was this a 'true' 1971 Hemi Cuda 4-Speed 'convertible'.

;)

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From what I read on another forum, yes, it was a bona fide Hemi 'Cuda--1970 vintage--convertible that Centolanza Bros. updated to a 1971. Fast forward a few decades: car was found, restored as 1971 Hemi 'Cuda, then owner found out it really was a 1970 Hemi ragtop, then had it restored back to its correct year.

Pete

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Pete

Correct El Mundo on the Cuda.

I was there that day in 1973 at Dover Drag Strip.

A big Super/Stock meet.

The Centolanza's blew the clutch apart doing a burn-out in Time Trials
and damaged the Transmission.

They worked on the Cuda for 2+ Hours, then gave up and packed everything up and went back home to Highland.

Dover was mobbed that day. 400+ cars.

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These scans are awesome, like going back in time. Thanks!!

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This thread has become my "top of the list internet views" every morning. I'm addicted!!! Thanx Pete. Great Stuff here!!!!

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