Hey, Ed Wright!
 

Does this shake some brain cells loose?

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e2...f/EdWright.jpg

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Yep. I had brown hair then.

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Ed what happened to the 56.

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Don't know. Someone told me once they saw it sitting outside near Keystone lake near here. Jeanie and I drove around the area I was told it was spotted for two weekends. Never did find it. Last guy I knew owned it had a 427" in it, driving it on the street. Had zero rust when I had it, and zero body repair. Very light, straight, clean car. No telling now. Only race car I ever had that made enough money to support it's self.

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Perfect stocker....Love the old panel paint jobs.

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Built an engine for that paint job. Panels were "in" then. Look funny now.

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Ed - That picture was taken at the 1970 Springnationals at Dallas International (Denton). My note on the back says "205 hp N/S record holder". Cars like that and people like you were inspirational to me. I remember talking to you then.

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Wow! Thanks Dwight! Btw, it was 225 hp. 2X4bl small solid lifter cam Corvette engine. The 205 was a single carb & hyd lifters. But you know that. Thought the track was in Lewisville. Long time ago, and I'm old.

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Gas was what? 39 cents a gal. Car bodies were $50 to $200 bucks, entry fees were $40 (in 1977) or less in 1970. Parts like your dual quads were maybe $15 to $50 dollars. Firestone 7 inch slicks were maybe $89 a pair. The win money was UP THERE in comparison to today. Dave Boertman won over $13,000 at Indy in 1970. Whats that in todays money. Some guys made a living to survive running locally when times were tough. Today NHRA rapes you for every nickle and have you asked what some one made this year at a race while running a $100,000 stocker. It was fesable to race back in the day. Its carzy today unless your well off.

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Yeah, prize money was about the same as now. Just went a lot further.

Dwight, would you mind if I put it on my facebook page? Right next to the one with a couple of us under it swapping out 3 speeds just before class run-offs? I'll give you credit for the pic.

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Cool car Ed Wright!

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I remember those days and miss them lots...especially when I could afford to race 24 times a year (at two different tracks), but sadly nowadays I'm lucky to race 5 times a year, and glendora's enhancements are a big reason why. Thank GOD, IHRA is on it's way out west! :)

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Can't believe that car passed tech. Did Wesley or Red tech you in. I see something illegal from the picture, can you pick it out.

Greg

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Red & Wesley both teched it in. As did tech inspectors at all the national events then. First race Wesley worked, Red tore me down for the ET record at Houma, LA.
You talking about some chrome trim? They didn't worry about that then. Removal (customizing) was very common then. They didn't get anal about that until later.

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Illegal weight removal! 4.52 lb hood bird removed for compettive advantage. Geesch, whata cheater!

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No hood ornament.

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lol

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I figured you would find it.

Greg

Wesley made me remove my passenger sun viser because a 150 model didn't come with one. lol

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Ed -
Absolutely you can use the picture. Shoot me an email address and I will send the file to you. Heck, I may have the negative for the picture so you can make real reprints if you want. I'll check it out and let you know.

Dwight

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ed-wright@sbcglobal.net Thanks Dwight!!

Btw, Red made me put the speedo cable back in the 9 pass sta wagon I had (same body style as Jere Stahl's) before that sedan. It is also missing the vertical side trim behind the door. Never looked for the speedo cable in the sedan. Did nail me for door seals the first time out with new paint. Just had not gotten it back in. Also, arm rests in the wagon.

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I also saw your C/SM camaro on Larry Meaux's site www.maxracesoftware.com/ You need to register (free) but a lot of pictuces from LaPlace, Southland and Baton Rouge.

Greg

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that was a cool old car the first time i saw it was at southland raceway in houma i have a pic of it at southland in the staging lanes. i had a 57 chevy 270 hp that was owned by the famous lenord hughes.

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Thanks Sammy! Jerry Dover used to come around and visit with Jeanie & I, at about every race. We really enjoyed him. I think you worked at his shop (Service Automotive?). He mentioned you a lot, always spoke very highly.
He had some really nice Oldsmobiles.
Kinda ramble, don't I? lol

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thanks ed i worked for jerry for ten years till i went in business for my self. jerry jr and myself talk dayley. we had lot's good time's. the black olds that i own was one of the old fornof cars that jerry drove for the fornof dealership. he sadley died of a rare sickness in 1990.ed i also own jerry's old red convert that he and jerry jr drove the car has only 38 miles on it my black 442 has 7 miles on it

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Sammy -

Is the red convertible the '72 that little Jerry raced in '75?

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that is the car i have been restoring it.they parked it before the rule change.it still has all the interior heater box windshield wiper motor.still has the old lakewood roll bar still has all the old stickers even has the old grace cup sticker.still has jerry jr's old div4 # on the window.jerry sr sold it to leroy charpentier in the 70's and sat in a mini storage till 2007 leroy died and his wife was a customer of mine. i tried to buy it for years but she would not sell.till one day sid's wife ran the mail route for mrs charpentier and she told me she was getting bankrupt letters so one day she called me and said she would sell the olds.so jerry jr was working for me at the time and he bought it. later he sold it to me.to keep it in the family.jerry jr is like my little brother we talk every day.