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I can remember from years ago, Mr. Nance at Brainerd Optimist, he had the duster then, racing s/s with it, that was the hayday for s/s cars then, what with the likes of Charlie Lee, Noel Davis, Sonny Ray, Boyd Arms, Labbous, Goldsmith, and all the other one's I can't remember the names, good times, and good racing back then.

Dave

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Some great old photo's of Robert Nance's 1964 Hemi Belvedere and his 1965 A990 Hemi cars...:cool:

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Great shots!! Please keep them coming!!!

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i may be wrong (not a 1 st ) but isn't that track lester mt (spelling) in birmingham al not phenoix city ???? jim

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Very Cool!!! I was wondering when someone would start a thread on the A990's. Keep the pix coming!!! I know there's lots out there, with memories/ stories attached to them

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I THINK the pic with the TBolt and the 616 cat were both at Phoenix City Al . Later J.Smith 4621 racing

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Do you have anymore photo's of his old 68 Hemi Barracuda, sure wouldn't mind seeing some more of those if you do.

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Wayne,,,,,

Again,,,,good photo's
Robert Nance on that 'special Chrysler Performance racers list',,,

Georgia Team;

Robert Nance got the automatic.
Harold Dutton got the 4-speed, which was the #19 car built.

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I heard that a lot of businesses in that town might have been damaged when all of those tornado's went thought there back in the spring time, does anyone here know for sure if Robert Nance home or business were affected?

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Yes, thats the paint I had put on in 84 when I bought it from Robert. I took the Mr Plymouth door skin to Robert after I changed the door. It was in rough shape. Robert hung it at the station. Don't know where it ended up. Jerry Bryant was driving for Robert when I bought the car. Jerry won the last race he drove for Robert. I moved to Atl from Chatt in 86. When I wanted to get rid of the car I called Jerry and he bought it. Think that was 86 too.
Robert was a sad man when I drove off with the car. I told him he would build another but he said no. He didn't. I bought most everything out of the shop. Even the tig welder and drill press. When I had it it was still SS legal. Last class race I ran with it was the 85 Atl points meet. 2 SSJA cars there and who do I get first round, think it was Joey Warren heads up. I was toast.

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I have had Mike Robbins as a customer for quite a few years. He has used my engines in some heads up programs. I was unaware of a tornado hitting Ringgold Ga. until I read this thread. Mike is the current owner of the dealership Mr. Nance owned.
I E-mailed him and got this response:

Adger, here are pics of the damage it was an ef4

My dad bought the dealership from two partners Raymond Beasley and
Robert Nance. As a kid I helped Robert work on a ss/aa dart named "Car
Wars" he made me do all the hard work like lay under the dash and run
wires. he was all hemi or small block. He thought the big blocks were
crap...
Mike

The pictures show a pretty well torn up dealership and the area around it. Looks like the parts dept and service dept were hit the hardest. One of the pictures has a 5 gal bucket, looks like paint or dry wall, and there are some long pieces of wood blown completely through the bucket. UGH!!

I can't post pictures if some one wants to I will e-mail them and let them post.
Any of the "Car Wars" pictures floating around out there? Please post'em.

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Stewart
To make the doors rough, were they possibly acid dipped?

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I just got another e-mail from Mike Robbins. I thought it was interesting.

I cant post yet but if I remember correctly Robert was big
into acid dipping, and I am almost sure the fenders and the doors were
dipped on that duster. the fenders would bend super easy when working on
it...

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Just got another e-mail from Mike:

I have signed up for an account on that site but the mods have not
o.k.ed me to post yet. I have some of those pics I can post on the
thread, plus I have some race car pics I want to post too. I also have a
you tube video that was taken from a 1977 8mm movie of Robert Nance
Johnny Laboose and a lot of those cars mentioned in the thread I want to
post it too. but you can give them an update and tell them to stay tuned...
Mike

Looks like he has some more interesting "Stuff" for this thread when the moderators approve his membership. Come on Ken get him locked and loaded into class Racer !! :~)

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I was unaware Robert campaigned a SS/AA Dart. Was this an original Hurst car???? And if so, I would particually be VERY INTERESTED in seeing some pix & getting some info on it as I am currently looking for the history on mine previous to early 80's.
If you haven't seen it yet I made a post here a couple years back on this forum "Original Hemi Dart Information". Any & all info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx
liteweight

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Ok, I guess I'm Mike's poster "Boy" untill he gets accepted by the moderators... Here is another e-mail with a link to You Tube viedo.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfhTySQoa7A

Mike wrote:
If you look close at the very first of the video you can see Mr Plymouth
being towed with a tow bar at the gas station...

You will also see Cotton Perry's "pocket rocket" 66 Chevy II in the video
Cotton Perry, from Ringgold, GA., drove a bread truck route during the
week. Perry teamed up with engine builder, Jim Headrick, to run one of
the dominating cars in NHRA MODIFIED class. The Chevy II was powered by
a 301 CU. IN. straight 6 CYL. engine with a Doug Nash 5-speed
transmission. The car ran mid 6'S in the 1/8 MI. and mid 10'S in the 1/4 MI.

His biggest win was the US NATIONALS. Cotton also drove the SS/L Chevy
II of Jim Daniels to a win in the 1978 GATORNATIONALS.

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OK More from Mike Robbins,
Esp for Liteweight..
Mike wrote:

Tell the last poster that Robert was on Chrysler's special list. They
gave two cars in Ga. Robert got the auto and Harold Dutton got the four
speed, Roberts was delivered to our dealership... not sure if Dutton's
was also, I can find out I go to church with Raymond Beasley he would
know...

Here is a link to the 65 superstock list...

http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.c...ockowners.html

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Thanx Wayne. Looks to have been taken in the mid 80's by the cars in the background & the lettering font. Too new for Robert Nances ownership.

lightweight

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Yep, that's it! there is some of my dna under the dash of that car as much as I scraped my hands and arms...

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http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00080.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00081.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00082.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00084.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00084.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00086.jpg

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http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00087.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00088.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00089.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00091.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00092.jpg

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/Ri...0428-00093.jpg

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now for some car pics...

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/mrp1.jpghttp://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/mrp2.jpghttp://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/mrp3.jpghttp://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/mrp4.jpghttp://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/mrp5.jpg

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last one

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/mrpvshousey.jpg

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This is another Ringgold guy that is still around he drove this Anglia and it had a Hemi in it made out of Roberts leftover parts...

Red Stanley...
http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/redstanleyanglia.jpg

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I had the fiberglass front end off of this car. it was setting behind the dealership. I kept it forever and finally sold it to a guy in Washington state...

http://users.catt.com/%7Emrobbins/mrpxp1.jpg

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"Mr Plymouth" Robert Nance Barracuda thru the years, it's many looks.

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