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I did see that car you just brought that was on ebay,thats a good car,there is a car on racingjunk,the owner says its a butch leal car
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You guys are each talking about different cars. The Leal Dart Sport S/S car that Gale Mortimer drove is on Racing Junk right now also in Virginia.
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I was talking about the Duster I bought. It WAS on Racing Junk before I bought it but it doesn't matter now.
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The car in the vintage pics has factory door windows? and drip mldg ......decals have been replaced etc etc. Is that the original scoop , looks very similar but...nose seems high.....? The Gummout" decal on the current car is smaller............:) |
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This is the original car as verified by Butch Leal and by Gary Hansen who built the car at Ron Butler's. The car was being raced in Super Pro with a 440 that had fenderwell headers and a powerglide. The interior was full of starting line electronics and a single light weight seat. The access hole to the transmission area had been significantly enlarged and the original Butler roll cage, while still intact, had been added to with a front hoop, an under dash bar and lower side bars. Over the last 40 years the hood, deck lid and doors had been replaced with race-weight fiberglass components and a Lexan windshield was fitted. The car had been completely repainted at least once and the original wheels had been polished. A fuel cell had been installed and although the original Butler ladder bar rear suspension was intact, the leaf springs had been replaced with coil-overs while all of the original leaf spring mountings are still in place. Dual battery boxes on either side had replaced the original truck battery in the right rear. The entire front inner fenderwell and core support structure had been removed and replaced with lightweight panels. Naturally the image of the car “as-purchased” looks different than the 40 year old “as raced” pictures. Even the rear slicks which are 3” wider and 1” shorter than the originals and required spacers to be run behind the rear wheels for frame clearance give the car a decidedly incorrect look.
We are replacing the front half of the floor with a new AMD piece. The front panel structure, firewall, doors, hood, fenders and deck lid have been harvested from a completely rust free 1975 Duster bought in Texas. All non original roll bar pieces have been removed. The spare tire well is being replaced so a new stock fuel tank can be fitted. We have already removed the rear coil-over shocks and test fitted leaf springs; even the pads on the rear end were still there. The proper seats were purchased last week in Carlisle and will receive new Legendary covers along with new door panels. I have some old Super Tricks that we are going to use to experiment with for techniques to restore the original wheel finish. We have a Hemi, The correct Weiand I.R. intake, some 16-plug parts, headers, bellhousing and the car came with a fresh unused slick-shifted A833 4-speed. We still need to buy the proper sized (true 14 x 32) rear tires and the wheelie bars. All of the contingency stickers still available were sent from the various manufacturers and the three or four that were no longer available will be recreated by our excellent graphics technician as will paint masks to make it possible to accurately replicate all of the original graphics and logos. Note that the paint scheme was even changed in the year and a half that Butch raced the car with the top half of the “California Flash” lettering on the doors being all white on the early version (as ours will be) while the later rendition had the top half of the letters painted red. Included with the car were the transferable rights to use Butch’s California Flash paint scheme and name. Every effort will be made to return this car to it’s original 1975 Image and specification. Original unpublished photographs taken during the creation of the Car Craft article were sourced from Peterson Archives. A lot of people can attest to our capabilities with this platform and on this board perhaps Daryl Klassen would be the best source to impart what to expect. Now there will be a brief intermission in the build as the walls of our new 36 x 48 shop reach for the sky, the front half framed in the last two days. The car? We can’t wait to get back at it! http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...pswntwlsmw.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...psbw68ebdd.jpg |
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As you may have got from Johns post already, John and brother Denny are absolutely perfectionist in everything they do. If theres anyone that bring this car back to its roots correctly its these guys. They have a few very cool "insider" connections including Joe Pappas as an example just to keep an eye on things
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Sounds like it'll be "perfect" when you guys finish. Thanks for the clarification and info. Looks like that'll be a really nice shop when finished..............wish mine was that big.:rolleyes:
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Talk about a "blast from the past" Ed Sielski..........had a speed shop in Downingtown ( ? ) Coatesville area in the seventies. Right off of 30 , across from a 7-11 I worked at right out of high school. I remember him ( or who ever ) taking , what I believe is this car , for a ride right down 30..............I watched as he drove out of the parking lot and to my surprise right down the highway :eek: for a little ride........don't know if the cops saw him. I know it was a Vega , and this had to be that car. I stand corrected...Thorndale...it was in between Coatesville and Downingtown. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dai...?pid=156927951 http://116.imagebam.com/download/DIe...ed_sielski.jpg |
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Leal Duster core support, front inner fenders, firewall and front half of floor are in and being finish welded (all TIG). Spare tire well will be replaced next before it comes off of the rotisserie. After a few more days of welding and grinding it goes straight to our body and paint guy.
Even though this car was all white when new, it will follow Chrysler's build dictate where by the entire shell gets painted black and then the exterior of the body only (not the engine compartment, door jambs, trunk, wheel wells etc.) will receive the final finish. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...psfwkrdpvt.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...psmzdodaj9.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...psgp3ddijs.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...psr5zqkp1c.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...psq2qby2em.jpg |
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I have a few from the 70's.
72 Sringnts. http://thumbnails115.imagebam.com/50...d503626980.jpg 1975 Sportsnts. http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...c503691303.jpg 1971 Indy. http://thumbnails115.imagebam.com/50...f503691304.jpg 1972 our best helper & friend J.D. driving our D/G 41 , it was a show car ,but J.D. wanted to run it 2 x's, he even painted the car, steel body, 292 chevy , 4 speed. http://thumbnails115.imagebam.com/50...9503691306.jpg |
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AA/Gs class winner 1970 Indy
http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...3503692470.jpg D/A 1970 Indy. http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...0503692472.jpg 1975 Winternts Butch Leal http://thumbnails115.imagebam.com/50...2503692469.jpg 1976 Winternts Butch Leal http://thumbnails115.imagebam.com/50...5503692882.jpg |
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1964 Modif class records.
http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...e503693183.jpg 1965 Indy C/a http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...7503693185.jpg 1966 AA/GS Class run http://thumbnails115.imagebam.com/50...3503693181.jpg 1966 INDY I loved this truck. http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...9503693180.jpg |
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1978 Milan Bruce Allen
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Pat Hennebery's 68 Camaro he use to run in H/MP back in 69/70 (Later as a C/SM) has been "restored" back to it's former 6 Cylinder glory. With basically the same combination he ran except now with a Jerico 4 speed, we will be taking to the NETO event tommorow at Island Dragway in NJ.
The face lift included the "Six Fiend" logo with new H/MP class letters. We will be match racing Clem LaChances "Mad Frenchman" (Now owned by Kevin Bleakly since Clem's passing) 6 cylinder Maverick at the Sept 26 Dover Dragstrip reunion event at Lebanon Valley. More to come. Will Lamprecht 65 Impala I/SA 396/325 |
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1965 INDY S-W-C AA/GS
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1973 Indy wcs.
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1974 Milan Dragway
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1974 Milan Dragway
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1976 Indy
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Milan 73 or 4
http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...c504759852.jpg 1980 Sportsnts. http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...9504759854.jpg 1983 Milan IHRA NTS http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/50...6504759855.jpg 1973 Milan http://thumbnails115.imagebam.com/50...1504759856.jpg I have tore my "ham string' In a cast cann't drive or bend my leg for 6 weeks, I'll have to stop till I can set right. |
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hurt my leg on Saturday the 3nd, ever see a ballplayer tear his & get carred off the field. Walked on mine & went to 2 car shows before i went to the Dr's.
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Tom, your a tough SOB but you better take car of that. The older you get the slower the heal. Get well but don't push it.
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Me in 1960 after I got of the Navy in Jan. of 60.
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