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Here are some other, possible one owner cars and/or cars that have been racecars (almost) all their life:
Larry Mohar's '69 Camaro
Harry Huntzberry's '69 Camaro
Gary/Wayne Ewing '69 Camaro. Dad thought he saw it at 1970 Indy as a Stocker
Ray Paquet '67 Fairlane (and maybe the T-bolt too?)
Pat Gerek '67 Fairlane. Bought from Jim Van Cleve, who got it from Bill Ireland?
Harry/Larry Golliday '69 AMX
Joe Comella '68 Hemi Dart
George Baptiste '68 Hemi Cuda
Gene Daugherty '67 Camaro
Gene McBean '69 Mustang, bought from Tom DeCamp, bought from Jeff Velde?
Mike Wither's '69 AMX, bought from Ray Wino, bought from ??

If anyone can fill in the blanks, correct any false info, add a story, etc, feel free.

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I think Jim Parsons and his '66 L79 Nova take the cake. He bought it off the showroom floor in '66 and is still racing it.

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Put my 1971 Buick GS together in the fall ,winter of 1975.Ran it down the track at US 30 dragstrip in march of 76.Loaded it up and went to the Gatornationals in 76.My first NHRA event.Ran the index of 12.50 the first weekend.that was back when stockers ran all out under the index.Didnt stand a chance against those Pintos!!!!

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My wife's 72 buick GS has been in the family since 73. Grandma bought it brand new, mom & dad a few years later and bracket raced it off and on until making it a stocker in 1984.
Bobby Stevens

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Mike Carr has plenty of cars listed that have been out there racing a long time. Still, Ken Montgomery's Hemi Belvedere was purchased new in '65 and raced continually all these years. His auto repair shop that he and his son Ken Jr. run takes more of his time of recent years and he hasn't been out much in the Div. 1 races as he once did. He does run the York U.S. 30 Reunion race every July at Beaver Spring in Pa. My best guess is this car has been raced at every year since '65. Another cool car though not a stock / super stocker is the '55 Chevy owned and driven by George Walleigh who has raced this car every year at Maple Grove since way into the early sixties. Looks like a super stocker, flat hood, very stock appearing, low 10 sec. / 130 mph car. A great car and fine driver, still going strong.

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Our car has been a race car its whole life. It has always been raced by a father-son team!!!!

Bill Ireland sold his car to JVC.
Ray P's 67 Fairlane, I'll find out that info from dad............


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Dont forget Donnie Beeler, I think he told me he has had "Goldie" since 1970.

Wade

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I believe Casey Miles bought his Z28 Camaro new and still races it In stock eliminator

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Jerry Stein Since 63-64 still has 2 cars in the garage

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Don (Rosebud) Rhode of Port Clinton, Ohio has raced his original 68 Z28 Camaro since he bought it new from Foster Chevrolet in 1968. It is a multiple National and Divisional event winner and is still being raced in IHRA Superstock. Look for him soon in NHRA.

As for Gene McBean's 69 Mustang - he did buy it from DeCamp, but it was not Velde's car. My husband, Larry Buckingham, bought Velde's car when he went Pro Stock racing. It was the old "Nitro 9" car and it was a 68 stick car. He sold it in the early 80's and it recently resurfaced at at collector car auction a couple years ago. That was the only time he ever raced a Ford, but between the horsepower rating and being close friends with Larry Morgan and Joe Buchanan that might change real soon. Have you driven a Ford lately?