The Factory Experimental Cars

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A few shots of the Ramchargers '65 A/FX Dodge Coronet AWB car...

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Here's a couple of before & after shots of Butch Leal's '65 A/FX Plymouth Belvedere called the "California Flash" in action...

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RIP original AFX in the Cecil County thread video link. Can't remember which team Harrop got this one from, Ramchargers, Color me Gone?

Love those afx cars.

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Bobby Harrop was driving the ex-Ramcharger's A/FX Dodge Coronet AWB car that crashed...notice the different crude paint jobs.

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the 2 photos of the gold 65 .... You gotta wonder what the driver looking at ? Is he backing up in those shots.

[Jimbo17]

This was a great era in drag racing history even though I always thought it was unfair that certain teams got parts the other teams could not get.

I know some will say it has always been done this way but it still sucked that certain teams had all the right high performance parts while other teams were trying to do the best they could do with what they had.

The other thing I never realized that back in the 60's many of the match races were fixed!!!!!!!!!

I had always wondered about this and if it went on but after reading some posts on another forum by drivers who matched raced for a living it appears that it was true.

Promoters told you in advance that if you wanted future bookings with them this is the way it works.

I still enjoyed watching all those match races for years.

Jimbo

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Here's a couple before & after shots of Dick Landy's '65 A/FX Dodge...

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A few more oldies of Bob Harrop's first '65 Dodge Coronet A/FX AWB...

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Originally Posted by Jimbo17

This was a great era in drag racing history even though I always thought it was unfair that certain teams got parts the other teams could not get.

I know some will say it has always been done this way but it still sucked that certain teams had all the right high performance parts while other teams were trying to do the best they could do with what they had.

The other thing I never realized that back in the 60's many of the match races were fixed!!!!!!!!!

I had always wondered about this and if it went on but after reading some posts on another forum by drivers who matched raced for a living it appears that it was true.

Promoters told you in advance that if you wanted future bookings with them this is the way it works.

I still enjoyed watching all those match races for years.

Jimbo

Jimbo,
I have heard some rumors about the early days in match racing as well but not quite like you have described it...and post some more photos or stories if you have any from back then.

Here's some early shots of Sox & Martins '65 A/FX Plymouth hardtop...also notice the Chrysler Pentastar on the doors, this was the cars first paint job.

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Originally Posted by Jimbo17

This was a great era in drag racing history even though I always thought it was unfair that certain teams got parts the other teams could not get.

I know some will say it has always been done this way but it still sucked that certain teams had all the right high performance parts while other teams were trying to do the best they could do with what they had.

The other thing I never realized that back in the 60's many of the match races were fixed!!!!!!!!!

I had always wondered about this and if it went on but after reading some posts on another forum by drivers who matched raced for a living it appears that it was true.

Promoters told you in advance that if you wanted future bookings with them this is the way it works.

I still enjoyed watching all those match races for years.

Jimbo

Fixed match races? I never thought about that but now that you're saying it, I can easily see that happening. Especially so if one of the racers is local. Fans would want to see their hometown favorite take down one of the out of town "big guns."