Quote:
Originally Posted by jeff conley
Can't make everyone happy and obviously you are one of those people. You have options it's your choice what you do with them.
|
You know I used to work as head tech before Bob Meyers came on board for NMCA back when it was out of Memphis Tenn and owned by Racing Head Service. Who do you think came up with the et breaks for this NSS stuff? After I saw all of the cheating going on when it was a heads up deal the late Ivars Smeltnicks and myself came up with the et breaks and to answer the question about expensive engines ....no one said you had to run 10.00. You ran the class you car was capable to run in whether it was 11.00 or 12.00. The engines had to LOOK like they did when original which meant the correct carbs, intakes, blocks, etc. The engine had to at least resemble the stock combos. No Sheet metal manafolds, and dominators. Back then at least the cars LOOKED like they should and some were the REAL DEAL like the Golden Camandos 63 Plymouth except for the couple of home made 2% altered wheelbase cars I caught during the heads up deal. . The tires were more like they were when the cars were new (10.5 max tread...NOT side wall designation) and then M/T screwed up the deal with that 10.5 W tires that were about 13 inches wide. The A/FX cars ran a 10 inch Racemaster tire back in the early 60' and the S/S cars ran a 7 inch tire. Because there were no 7 inch tires around it was decided to run a real 10.5 tire so the cars would NOT have to be tubbed. It WAS a good show back then and a lot of people had fun without the hassel of tear downs, and spending big bucks. Later the NMCA was sold to Hot rod magazine and those who ran it were young people who dont even know what they looked like back in the day nor did they care. Most didnt know how to work on a car but they sure could write about the fastest street crap. They were concerened with NOS fastest street cars and NSS got lost in the shuffle and bastardized. The rest is HISTORY ! If you going to build a Nostalgia car then at least make it look period correct instead of looking like a bracket car. My 2 1/2 cents.