[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Gary, did you have any luck finding any other '65 A990 Coronets tucked away in someones barn somewhere...maybe you could start off with a clean rust free body and build your own '65 A990 tribute just like the one pictured above since you're such a fanatic about these old dodges.

Man, you sure know how to torture a guy...with that orange paint, I could add a bit of blue to it, and make a Denver Broncos looking racer!!! No I haven't because I need the money first. However, if I did have the money (probably nearly $100 grand +/- $50 grand more), I would probably see one at the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction next January, and that would be cool if I was able to enter a bidding war with someone over one of them (I'd do my best to have enough money so I wouldn't get out-bid), and then of course I'd need to catch up with one of my Mopar racing buds like Steve Wann and/or Mike Coe to make it competitive in either SS/BA, or SS/CA (perhaps even Dennis himself if I could ever catch up with him...I left him a message Saturday, but I have yet to hear back from him). You're right I'm a fanatic about those cars, and I feel they belong on the track, and GOD WILLING, I'll be able to come into the money to not only buy but campaign one. Then I'll get to see what it feels like to cover the quarter-mile in the 9sec range!!!

Besides, I can't think of any car that looks as cool with those big Super Stock sized drag slicks as those A990 Coronets, or the Savoy/Belvedere/Fury's from 63-65....

By the way, if Bob Marshall can hold off those behind him in the current D3 Super Stock points standings, he has a good chance to win the Division 3 Championship this year in his SS/BA Coronet....Brad Zaskowski has the best chance at catching/passing him, but he has two 3rd round finishes he needs to improve on, and the closest race to him remaining will likely be in Bristol this weekend? I thought Dan Olding would catch Bob, but he wasn't able to at his 8th divisional recently. I wish Bob well, because that's one SS/BADD Coronet!!!

By the way, that shot you have of Dennis Maurer's A990 doing a burnout was at Thunder Valley Dragway in Marion, Sd., wasn't it? I have some great memories there, but I'd love to go back there with a car like his...again you sure know how to torture a guy, but thanks for the pics!!!