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Old 07-27-2010, 01:00 AM   #5
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Default Re: If You Could go Back In Time, and Design One Performance Car.

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It was a 1964 Chevelle with the Z-11/427 engine, Jim. Then he changed the trim into a 1965 and altered the wheelbase the following year to use the Rat motor style 427 for match racing. He raced a lot at the long gone Aquasco drag strip in Southern Md. The first time I saw him race was against Ronnie Sox's 1964 Comet and he whipped his butt in a 2 out of 3 match race that Sunday. I had heard he outran Sox the night before at Cecil County. I talked to him a lot before his passing from cancer and he was a great down to earth guy and his kids turned out to be good people also.
Thanks for the correction, thought it was a nova but then I'm old. They showed up one night at Atco with the car on a flat bed truck and they had to remove the car by hand because the ramps wouldn't hold it. Half the pits helped. He was indeed a nice guy.

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