While I never did go to Dave's place in Lynden WA, friends did and told me all about it. On Google Earth go to "9073 Weidkamp Rd. Lynden WA "
Those are all Mopars! And that plane... he had a grass runway (barely visible running at an angle from the driveway to the SW) Here's the proof...
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInq...umberTxt=9827R
The buildings were packed full of cars. Not even room to walk between them so as they crawled along the tops of the quarter panels and doors Dave would say "Careful that one's aluminum fenders". Hemi heads stacked like firewood.
The primered Max Wedge looked like a beater but he was on the brakes by 900 feet to run 11.50. He still raced the red Hemi Barracuda last i'd seen. He had heart problems a decade or so ago and couldn't renew his competition license so he ran that Hemi dialed 10's in Pro bracket. He was a regular at Mission. We'd seem him at most races.
That travelling to Colorado would have been like a trip to the store for Dave.... he told me about going to Gainesville.