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Old 04-26-2012, 10:55 AM   #1
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Very good video. That gentleman has been one of my heros for many years. Thanks for posting the link.
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Old 04-26-2012, 11:14 AM   #2
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Cool video. One of my all time favorites. Think he and Dyno Don made me a Ford guy. Thanks for posting the link.

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Old 04-26-2012, 12:06 PM   #3
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The other incredible thing is everyone has a Bob Glidden story.

We had bought a T-5 transmission out of Gliddens old super coupe(turbo) T-bird for my brothers mustang. We didn't realize it was Gliddens old car until we pulled up to the place and realized the guy worked for Glidden. My first pass down a racetrack years ago just happened to be down Indy in the same lane that they hung the sign naming it Glidden drive.

Born and raised in Indiana being a Ford guy and being into drag racing you can't help but be a Bob Glidden fan. Then I met him, WOW!! Everyone is family!! Great guy! I feel extremely fortunate to have seen some of the greats race but unfortunate that I haven't been able to see others.

Connecting with the fans is the other half of the racers job not just racing but investing in public relations.

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Old 04-26-2012, 07:47 PM   #4
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The other incredible thing is everyone has a Bob Glidden story.

We had bought a T-5 transmission out of Gliddens old super coupe(turbo) T-bird for my brothers mustang. We didn't realize it was Gliddens old car until we pulled up to the place and realized the guy worked for Glidden. My first pass down a racetrack years ago just happened to be down Indy in the same lane that they hung the sign naming it Glidden drive.

Born and raised in Indiana being a Ford guy and being into drag racing you can't help but be a Bob Glidden fan. Then I met him, WOW!! Everyone is family!! Great guy! I feel extremely fortunate to have seen some of the greats race but unfortunate that I haven't been able to see others.

Connecting with the fans is the other half of the racers job not just racing but investing in public relations.
Got my own. When I was a kid, Both Bob and his brother Richard were family friends of cousins of mine that lived in New Whiteland. I met him when he was just getting started. Later in life, his brother and I worked together at the old Arvin Plants in Greenwood and Franklin. When he won his first Pro Stock title at the Nationals in 1973, a bunch of my Uncles and cousins were all talking about him.

Another irony, later as I began racing myself. I was in search of parts for my own 67 Mustang. That search led me to Danny Crawley's shop. He had bought both of Gliddens old SS Mustangs. I bought a couple of Doug Nash transmissions, some spools and other assorted pieces that came out of those cars.
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Old 04-26-2012, 07:52 PM   #5
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The other incredible thing is everyone has a Bob Glidden story.

We had bought a T-5 transmission out of Gliddens old super coupe(turbo) T-bird for my brothers mustang. We didn't realize it was Gliddens old car until we pulled up to the place and realized the guy worked for Glidden. My first pass down a racetrack years ago just happened to be down Indy in the same lane that they hung the sign naming it Glidden drive.

Born and raised in Indiana being a Ford guy and being into drag racing you can't help but be a Bob Glidden fan. Then I met him, WOW!! Everyone is family!! Great guy! I feel extremely fortunate to have seen some of the greats race but unfortunate that I haven't been able to see others.

Connecting with the fans is the other half of the racers job not just racing but investing in public relations.

Whiteland, where I was born by the way, had three Pro cars all along the same road. Glidden on the corner, Charlie Reed with a Vega next door, then C J Rayburn who had a Hemi Duster.

Hey Bob, get off the computer and work on the firebird lol
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Old 04-26-2012, 08:39 PM   #6
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I met Bob at one of the D3 meets when he was testing. I asked what he was working on and he told me, which was pretty much over my head, then later I saw him in the lanes and asked if he had made progress. His face lit up and you could tell he knew I was genuinely interested. We had a small conversation and he went on out. Very real person.
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Old 04-26-2012, 10:50 PM   #7
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I have a couple Bob Glidden stories. I used to arrive at the track to watch eliminations before the gates opened. As soon as the gates opened I would seek out Bob's pit area. He would have the car in a million pieces with parts everywhere along with cigarette butts and empty coffee cups. Many of the other tems did not even have their trailers open yet. He really did work harder than any other team.

When he was a crew chief on the DSR team I took my old vhs tape of The Bob Glidden Story with me to see if I could get him to autograph the box. He got a real chuckle out of the old tape and we chated for awhile and he said he had to get back to work. I said thank you as he walked away. He turned back around and said "no, thank you for being a long time fan. It is people like you that keep me going".

That video is great. I really wish Bob would do a book on his life. It would be a great read. Brian
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I really wish Bob would do a book on his life. It would be a great read. Brian
The man simply has NO EQUAL in the racing world, in my estimation.

There are lots of examples of his amazing talent as a racer/engine builder, but to me, one of the most "telling" episode centered around the 340 Mopar-powered Plymouth Arrow he ran for one season.

He took a combination that had never won an NHRA national event, and with virtually NO R & D time, won the NHRA Pro Stock World Championship with it. There were all kinds of copy-cat cars built by a whole bevy of high-ranking, successful, Mopar racers, but if I remember correctly, not one of them ever won even a single NHRA national event with that 340/Arrow combination!

As I said, Bob won the World Champioship with his.

It's not for nothing that they call him (reverently) "Mad Dog."

Nobody did it better...
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I met Bob at one of the D3 meets when he was testing. I asked what he was working on and he told me, which was pretty much over my head, then later I saw him in the lanes and asked if he had made progress. His face lit up and you could tell he knew I was genuinely interested. We had a small conversation and he went on out. Very real person.


I always liked the "Big Shot-Gun Motors" that they ran back in the day...
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Im jw as im a huge Glidden Familly fan and got to meet him in 2010 at Charlotte(A HUGE highlight of my life) Does anyone have stories or anything at all from his Super Stock days??? I always read or hear tidbits of him running a 65 Galaxie for Ed Matrin Ford or his Cobra Jet Mustangs or his Ford Fairlane but im just interested in hearing about his days before Pro Stock. Thanks
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