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Originally Posted by tommy d
Donnie, the last time i saw it it was on a trailer at a rest stop i think coming back from the Gators and Mike Mckinney was driving it. I got to see that engine apart a couple of times and it had some "VERY" interesting headers on it. That car was like a mini pro stocker in its day. Tom
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We were just talking about those headers the other day! The first time I saw them was in tear-down at the SPORTSNationals in '75-'76. Jack (Roush) told me to get some rags and cover the "special features" and put the headers in the trunk and shut it. Sometime in the early eighties, I saw a small ad in the back of a magazine for a set that looked just like those. I'm sure others had 'em, but it took a while before they were common knowledge!
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Originally Posted by Rick Leininger Jr.
Hard to vote against the Coal Digger, I did like the Turnage Nitro 9 too.
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In 1975, I believe, the Coal Digger made the trip from KY to the Winternationals on an open trailer pulled behind the Nitro 9 enclosed truck. It'd be nice to have a picture of that! Clyde Brandon and Gene Turnage were around here quite a bit back then.