Coolest or Oddest Combo.....

[bill dedman]

How about Minneapolis/St. Paul's Richard Charbonneau's '66 (or, '67?) Fairlane wagon with a dual-quad, 425hp FE motor and a 4-speed??? Doesn't get a whole lot weirder than that, unless you remember Helena, Arkansas' Jack Mullins, who had a Pontiac station wagon (about a '63???) running in Super Stock with a manual transmission, and winning a lot... and, I'm not at all sure about this, but I THINK it was a 2-bbl car. Anybody remember the carburetor on that car? (Dwight?)

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

How about Minneapolis/St. Paul's Richard Charbonneau's '66 (or, '67?) Fairlane wagon with a dual-quad, 425hp FE motor and a 4-speed??? Doesn't get a whole lot weirder than that, unless you remember Helena, Arkansas' Jack Mullins, who had a Pontiac station wagon (about a '63???) running in Super Stock with a manual transmission, and winning a lot... and, I'm not at all sure about this, but I THINK it was a 2-bbl car. Anybody remember the carburetor on that car? (Dwight?)

Charbonneau's car was a single 4 barrel (410 HP) and a flat steel hood. Jack Mullins' '63 Pontiac was a 235 HP with a single small AFB.

[Wade_Owens]

Was there an aluminum head Buick, 2x4 deal in or around the mid 60's?

Also, what about the 4 cylinder Pontiac Tempest with a Q-jet?

Any body ever try or own one of these?

Wade

[Dwight Southerland]

Jack also built a '63 four-dour hardtop for SS/R to butt heads with Dwight Cox's Indy-winning '66 Impala. He also built a '73 SD Firebird, but gave out on NHRA's decision to do breakout racing on the indexes.

I think Don O'Malley's '64 Corvette is cool. So is Eddie Miranian's '68 when he runs it with the 3x2 carbs.

Pillo's SS/B Hemi. Neil Smedley's turbo Firebird. And who was it that built the turbo '80-something T-bird for R/S? Blew everybody away with NO sound.

Mark Y. - If you are going back as far as Johnny Bartlett, you are going to leave out a lot of this crowd.

My personal favorite cool door car, although not a Stock or SS car, was the Wayne County Opel B/G.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Jack also built a '63 four-dour hardtop for SS/R to butt heads with Dwight Cox's Indy-winning '66 Impala. He also built a '73 SD Firebird, but gave out on NHRA's decision to do breakout racing on the indexes.

I think Don O'Malley's '64 Corvette is cool. So is Eddie Miranian's '68 when he runs it with the 3x2 carbs.

Pillo's SS/B Hemi. Neil Smedley's turbo Firebird. And who was it that built the turbo '80-something T-bird for R/S? Blew everybody away with NO sound.

Mark Y. - If you are going back as far as Johnny Bartlett, you are going to leave out a lot of this crowd.

My personal favorite cool door car, although not a Stock or SS car, was the Wayne County Opel B/G.

Oh really? Then I better not bring up Ken Wilkinson's Jeep station wagon.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Wade_Owens

Was there an aluminum head Buick, 2x4 deal in or around the mid 60's?

Also, what about the 4 cylinder Pontiac Tempest with a Q-jet?

Any body ever try or own one of these?

Wade

The Pontiac 194 and a half, with the 4GC is way too high horsepower.

Same with the 68 Firebird Sprint Q Jet Cammer

The Chevy II 4 cyl is way too deep into W/S...3 speed only,too

[Greg Reimer 7376]

John Halbig,Denville New Jersey about 1980-82-'61 Chevy Impala hardtop,250 horse 348,4 speed,O/S, went 13.05 or so with an early rear end. We used to talk by phone on his nickle from Joisey during that time when he was doing that car. I think he got it into the 12's at either Island Dragway or Englishtown.

[Brandon Peterson]

I like Ed's gremlin...i think that is the coolest car... only seen it once in person in 07 at budds creek md.....that car is PIMP!!!!!!!!!!!!............side note..i also like the Dynamite duece 302 2brl. chevy II driven by Homer....the Shotgun Boogie 302 2brl. chevy II...curently driven by me....and the boot scoot and boogie....302 2brl...chevy II wagon 4 speed..formerly driven by Mr. Gil Carty himself....those are some screamin cars......Ed's car is also one of dads favs.... its is diff the coolest stocker ive ever seen....also like MB's volarie and Scott Macy's volarie....

[bill dedman]

There was a guy named Everett Hatch from (Portland?) Oregon who ran a '56 Packard Clipper in D Gas with a Carribean twin four barrel manifold, and he and his car were featured in Hot Rod magazine back in the late '50s, because his car was very fast, for its class. I think it may have held the D Gas national record for an extended amount of time.

Additionally, there was some guy from Indianapolis who had a '56 Golden Hawk (the one with the Packard 352 motor) who put a GMC-6:71 on it and ran A Gas Supercharged for awhile. A buddy of mine almost bought that car in about 1959. Can't remember his name, but it was something funny like "Casey Jones," or such.

[Larry Hill]

My old truck. Dialed two seconds under at Indy points race and broke out, was not very good looking but plenty fast.