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Greg Reimer 7376 · 01-03-2010, 05:55 PM

My friend Bill Mitchell,who I met in 1980,has a 55 Chevy sedan that originally had a Pontiac rear end in it, a straight axle, a fiberglass front end, and a 409 with Z-11 heads. He had the car since the mid 60's when they all raced at San Fernando. We got to racing in the 1980's,and after a few insane outings to OCIR,the car went to Dave Tuttle's, and came back as low as it was high. Bill ran a 348 with some kind of stroker kit(1/4" by 1/8")which made it a 427,409 heads, and the most one off single four barrel Holley intake you could imagine, a Powerglide, a nine inch Ford rear end, and he raced this car in Super Gas starting in the early 90's. Bill used to race Super Street Association races at Palmdale,usually doing quite well at them.He and the late Dennis Smith ran around together. After retiring, he moved from Granada Hills to Chino Valley,Arizona.I've seen him once since then,at Speedworld, I hope all's well with him, he still has the 55, and I guess that makes him the one with the same race car the longest that I know of. Bill, if you read this, call me!!

01-03-2010, 05:55 PM	#8
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,137 Likes: 172 Liked 719 Times in 220 Posts	Re: Who has raced the same car the longest time My friend Bill Mitchell,who I met in 1980,has a 55 Chevy sedan that originally had a Pontiac rear end in it, a straight axle, a fiberglass front end, and a 409 with Z-11 heads. He had the car since the mid 60's when they all raced at San Fernando. We got to racing in the 1980's,and after a few insane outings to OCIR,the car went to Dave Tuttle's, and came back as low as it was high. Bill ran a 348 with some kind of stroker kit(1/4" by 1/8")which made it a 427,409 heads, and the most one off single four barrel Holley intake you could imagine, a Powerglide, a nine inch Ford rear end, and he raced this car in Super Gas starting in the early 90's. Bill used to race Super Street Association races at Palmdale,usually doing quite well at them.He and the late Dennis Smith ran around together. After retiring, he moved from Granada Hills to Chino Valley,Arizona.I've seen him once since then,at Speedworld, I hope all's well with him, he still has the 55, and I guess that makes him the one with the same race car the longest that I know of. Bill, if you read this, call me!!