What's with the hood...

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Dinsdale

I thought I posted this yesterday, but don't see it now ???

Anyway I had my Carter electric pump hidden pretty good. I built an open box which I welded into the top of my fuel tank on the 66 convertible.
I ran the pickup tube into the pump in the box, then ran the outlet back into the tank ,and out through the normal sender location. I used the gauge wire to power the pump . I had tapped into it with a toggle switch up under the dash where I could shut it off if anyone got too close!
I left the pushrod out of the block pump, and the removed the divider walls from the valve area in the bottom of the pump..It was there strictly for looks!

I think it was '75 or '76 when you weren't allowed much of that stuff in Stock.
Same with spool and axles and solid trailing arm bushings.
Of course I had the frame from the S/S 4 door Bel Air , spool and all , under the convertible body!
I made the solid bushings kinda short so I could hide them with a slice of rubber from the original bushings on both ends.

The next season ,they allowed all that stuff anyway , so I didn't have much to do over the winter ;-)
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And you're now questioning the legality of a hood that the owner has made no attempt to hide? I have no idea if the Hood is legal or not but I find this odd !

Yup, I did....and I still do .

[Jeff Lee]

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[dragracer9911]

Terry, you know a lot more folks that I do.
I have a picture of Gene's mustang at home, it was brown or a shade of burgundy. I think that it was from Budds Creek (P.S., when Bill bought the track, it was renamed Budds Creek for a while). I usally went to Budds Creek or Colional BEach with either Roy and Mary Wilsure or with Dickie.
I don't know if Mr. Slater still has the Challenger or not. It used to sit on that open trailer with the box on the front out on the edge of Route 381 all the time. I know that he has the blue Plymonth Arrow that his grandson drives in Super Pro. Mr. Salter is one of the nicest people in racing. He always speaks to me when I see him from when I safety tech'ed at MIR. no matter where I see him.

Thanks, Tom Sr.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by dragracer9911

Terry, you know a lot more folks that I do.
I have a picture of Gene's mustang at home, it was brown or a shade of burgundy. I think that it was from Budds Creek (P.S., when Bill bought the track, it was renamed Budds Creek for a while). I usally went to Budds Creek or Colional BEach with either Roy and Mary Wilsure or with Dickie.
I don't know if Mr. Slater still has the Challenger or not. It used to sit on that open trailer with the box on the front out on the edge of Route 381 all the time. I know that he has the blue Plymonth Arrow that his grandson drives in Super Pro. Mr. Salter is one of the nicest people in racing. He always speaks to me when I see him from when I safety tech'ed at MIR. no matter where I see him.

Thanks, Tom Sr.

Hi again......Frank sold the Challenger several years ago when he got the Arrow. It was cut up pretty bad as a bracket car. Sad part is he threw the shaker hood out behind his house and it rusted away beyond repair. Some guys on here or a collector would almost kill for that hood and shaker scoop....LOL. It was a factory built race car Gene and myself ordered without any options or sound deadner. Frank is and has always been a great guy. I used to travel with Dickie Estivez and his brother in law Alfred when they raced the 428 CJ's and I was doing their cylinder heads. Later with Jim Morgan. Knew Roy and Mary very well when he worked at Speed Unlimited. I think Mary is now living in Cobb Island after Roys passing. Genes 271 HP Mustang was a bronze brown. I dont remember what name color Ford call it but he had some sponsorship from a Martin Ford in Mongomery county. Used to flat tow it. Later he had a 428 1969 Ford Fairlane almost the same color with the "Box top" roof line. Then the Callenger last. If some on here get bored with our BSing you can always email on here or by my email at zorascar@comcast.net I didnt mean to hi jack the thread. Thanks again for reminding me about Bill Carnes. Made me remember a lot of stuff from the stone age I hadnt thought about for years. It was because of Todd and Larry that I got to work for IHRA back in around 72.
Terry