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herbjr 05-02-2009 06:41 AM

What happened to this car
 
The SS/AA car Sonny Ray drove to a SS win that Harold Stout owned. This was around 88 or so.

Herb McCandless Jr

Robert Swartz 05-02-2009 08:00 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by herbjr (Post 118422)
The SS/AA car Sonny Ray drove to a SS win that Harold Stout owned. This was around 88 or so.

Herb McCandless Jr

Herb,

I know this really doesn't help in reference to locating the car. Stout sold his RV business sometime back. Got divorced, sold his house and pretty much dropped off the map. He always had some really nice equipment. I'd imagine most of his stuff has been spread to the four winds.

Robert Swartz

FED 387 05-02-2009 08:31 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Herb JR--Get a hold of Rampy--He & Stout have been buddies forever--Stout now lives in Vegas( I think)

Any way Sonny I think is Rampy's Father in law -so get ahold of either of them maybe they can help!!! Dick

herbjr 05-02-2009 08:36 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Thanks.

dwydendorf 05-02-2009 10:46 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
If you are talking about the car that was originally one of the West Virginia Hemis, a guy from outside Marshall, Michigan bought the car from Harold Stout. He raced it for a while until he broke the motor and then traded it to a guy in Ohio for a hemi powered Dodge pickup. That is the last I heard about it.

ww63 05-02-2009 05:17 PM

Re: What happened to this car
 
If you are talking about the car Danny Crowley drove for Stout that Stout bought from Eddie Smith that Eddie Smith got from Sox which is the car with the polished tricks in the Gator National photos, I bought that car from a guy in Ohio and it is currently in Florida

herbjr 05-02-2009 10:01 PM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Neither of those are correct. This is the car Sonny drove in the late 80's. Around 88 or so.

Herb Jr

Gregg Luneack 05-02-2009 11:04 PM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Herbjr, if you are talking about the red&white cuda, I bought it from Stout at the end of 1985, I raced during the 86 season in division 3. After racing ended I broke the motor on my dyno. I sold it to Eddie Smith in the spring of 87, after that who knows?Gregg

herbjr 05-03-2009 07:02 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
That car was built by my dad in 1979 and he ran it for 4 years. I drove the car for only 4 months before he sold it to Dale Meers of Buffalo Ky. Dale then sold it to Stout. So yes that is the car. Who knows where it is now.

Herb Jr

Bob Pagano 05-03-2009 07:52 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
If Eddie Smith had it last the IRS took all his cars and Royce Freeman had all of Smiths cars and trucks, Royce had two 68s one is listed on racingjunk.

treessavoy 05-04-2009 12:11 PM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg Luneack (Post 118582)
Herbjr, if you are talking about the red&white cuda, I bought it from Stout at the end of 1985, I raced during the 86 season in division 3. After racing ended I broke the motor on my dyno. I sold it to Eddie Smith in the spring of 87, after that who knows?Gregg

Gregg,

Are you talking about the Hemi convertible? If so, sonny used to bracket race it in AL between events, I often wondered what happened to the car.

Jim R

MBogina 05-06-2009 07:48 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Jim- I hate to hijack the thread, but if you are referring to the 70 hemicuda that Sonny drove for the Collins and Jones team, I bought that Cuda from Phil Collins in 1990 and I still currently race it in NHRA SS/DA and SS/EA. Far as i know, it is the only SS Hemi convertible that is actively being raced. Search www.autoimagery.com "mike bogina" for about 70 or so pics.

herbjr 05-06-2009 07:53 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
That car I think use to belong to John Livingston right?

Frito 05-06-2009 07:28 PM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Pagano (Post 118604)
If Eddie Smith had it last the IRS took all his cars and Royce Freeman had all of Smiths cars and trucks, Royce had two 68s one is listed on racingjunk.

Eddie and Mike were able to get rid of a LOT of stuff before the IRS got involved. Family dispute started long ago!!!;)

Frito 05-06-2009 07:30 PM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by MBogina (Post 119126)
Jim- I hate to hijack the thread, but if you are referring to the 70 hemicuda that Sonny drove for the Collins and Jones team, I bought that Cuda from Phil Collins in 1990 and I still currently race it in NHRA SS/DA and SS/EA. Far as i know, it is the only SS Hemi convertible that is actively being raced. Search www.autoimagery.com "mike bogina" for about 70 or so pics.

Mike, you beat me to the punch, I was going to fill them in. I also found the photo of the 65!!

treessavoy 05-06-2009 10:21 PM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by MBogina (Post 119126)
Jim- I hate to hijack the thread, but if you are referring to the 70 hemicuda that Sonny drove for the Collins and Jones team, I bought that Cuda from Phil Collins in 1990 and I still currently race it in NHRA SS/DA and SS/EA. Far as i know, it is the only SS Hemi convertible that is actively being raced. Search www.autoimagery.com "mike bogina" for about 70 or so pics.

Mike,

Sonny, David Rampy, Horace and other AL racers used to come to this little dinky strip called Green Valley and race 1/8th mile brackets. It was sort of a gathering of friends to race for a couple of hundred dollars. Really a lot of fun!

thomas sheehan 05-07-2009 08:16 AM

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I believe this was a "Tom Kasch" photo.....

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...ckssaa86cm.jpg

thomas sheehan 05-07-2009 08:19 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
I don't know who took this picture.......... (sorry for not having the credits.... I did not take it)

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...ysonny85bg.jpg

Frito 05-07-2009 08:53 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
I think Greg has given the answer. The guru of 68 hemis is Mark Janaky. He and Dell Jones have the most documented info and photos around. Great source of factual info.

Stephen & Horace Johnson 05-07-2009 11:20 AM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by treessavoy (Post 119279)
Mike,

Sonny, David Rampy, Horace and other AL racers used to come to this little dinky strip called Green Valley and race 1/8th mile brackets. It was sort of a gathering of friends to race for a couple of hundred dollars. Really a lot of fun!



I'll ask dad about this car, he knows quite a bit of info about all the cars that came to GV. He was there every weekend..


Stephen Johnson #2162
Horace Johnson #2167
SS/D 427 Ford Fairlane NHRA-IHRA

TommyFreeman 05-08-2009 12:23 PM

Re: What happened to this car
 
Sorry to hijack.But reading about Sonny Ray got my attention.I happen to grow up in the same town.He was friends with my parents.When I was a kid I used to hang around his shop,sweep the floors,clean parts,wash the cars from time to time.Still remember the day he got the G.T.O. Judges(one of em Rampy won his 1st national driving).Was fun getting to hang around him,Clark Davis (Barry's dad,who's Rampy crew cheif) ,Red Ford,and Ronnie Traffensted.Learned alot.I remember the times at Green Valley in Glencoe Al in the late 60's,early 70's. Even today,at 54 yrs old I'm still involved in drag racing,going from track to track as an event starter/official.Owe alot to Sonny and those guys.Even today when I go home to visit the family, one of my first stops is Rambo's shop,see how everybody's doing.


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