Wagon Pics! - Page 16

Bench Racer · 01-23-2009, 12:40 PM

Here was Davids replacement for the 58 Chevy, same engine but with a glide and a brake. I still think the 58 was way cooler lol!

Jim Cimarolli · 01-23-2009, 12:59 PM

Anybody got a picture of Tom Neja's '57 Wagon?

Jim Cimarolli · 01-23-2009, 01:01 PM

Hey Bench Racer,

On that '58 Wagon, could that have been the same car that was one time owned by Roger Benefield out on the east coast? I know he raced one like that in IHRA Super Stock back in the '70's.

Chuck Norton · 01-23-2009, 01:10 PM

Tom Neja

Chuck Porter · 01-23-2009, 02:12 PM

How about a picture of the infamous "W.A." aka WALee & wife Chevelle.
I miss that guy.
CP

Bench Racer · 01-23-2009, 10:30 PM

Jim you are correct. David bought the car from Roger around 1981. David had three different paint schemes on the car, and I have saw two different paint schemes from when Roger had the car. The story went it was once used at a nearby Biltmore Dairy and had a 235 six in it. The last time I saw the car it had been cut up and lightened somewhat and had a BIG inch nitrous motor in it. It was kinda like seeing a moustache drawn on the Mona Lisa lol. I had some fun times with my Brother and the wagon going to the races. The car always drew a lot of looks and questions anywhere it went. Don Jackson

Jim Cimarolli · 01-23-2009, 10:42 PM

Thanks Don, small world.

That car was a bad boy back in those days. I can remember when I hated to get the new Drag Review because I knew Roger had probably re-set the record again. Back in those days we had to run off of the record. I had (still have it) a '57 Wagon with a 265 that ran the same class as the car Roger had.

Mark Yacavone · 01-23-2009, 10:52 PM

1972,

Today,

jmantle · 01-23-2009, 11:05 PM

Chuck, I couldn't resist, it is a wagon.
We hope to have it in Medicine Hat this year.
Jim

Bench Racer · 01-23-2009, 11:34 PM

Jim after David got the car The index on the class was hit at least once and maybe twice if memory serves me. The car got a lot of number one qualifiers. That 650cfm holley 2bbl was reworked by TRC and flowed something like 730cfm, it was almost as quick as a 4bbl on the 292ci engine. The index was likely pretty soft on that class. If a guy was to build a state of the art 283 production engine now and put it in the IHRA SS 2bbl. J/A class I would like to see what it would run. At the time the engine was a pretty trick Gene Fulton piece, I doubt it made a lot of horsepower but it would shift at 10,500rpm with no problem lol.I think now IHRA requires some type of carb. restriction in the 2bbl class. Don Jackson

01-23-2009, 12:40 PM	#151
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01-23-2009, 12:59 PM	#152
Jim Cimarolli Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sulphur Springs Texas Posts: 741 Likes: 144 Liked 166 Times in 46 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! Anybody got a picture of Tom Neja's '57 Wagon?

01-23-2009, 01:01 PM	#153
Jim Cimarolli Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sulphur Springs Texas Posts: 741 Likes: 144 Liked 166 Times in 46 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! Hey Bench Racer, On that '58 Wagon, could that have been the same car that was one time owned by Roger Benefield out on the east coast? I know he raced one like that in IHRA Super Stock back in the '70's.

01-23-2009, 01:10 PM	#154
Chuck Norton Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Covina, CA Posts: 472 Likes: 92 Liked 76 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! Tom Neja Attached Thumbnails

01-23-2009, 02:12 PM	#155
Chuck Porter Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 104 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! How about a picture of the infamous "W.A." aka WALee & wife Chevelle. I miss that guy. CP

01-23-2009, 10:30 PM	#156
Bench Racer Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Green Creek (Tryon) North Carolina Posts: 331 Likes: 69 Liked 99 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! Jim you are correct. David bought the car from Roger around 1981. David had three different paint schemes on the car, and I have saw two different paint schemes from when Roger had the car. The story went it was once used at a nearby Biltmore Dairy and had a 235 six in it. The last time I saw the car it had been cut up and lightened somewhat and had a BIG inch nitrous motor in it. It was kinda like seeing a moustache drawn on the Mona Lisa lol. I had some fun times with my Brother and the wagon going to the races. The car always drew a lot of looks and questions anywhere it went. Don Jackson Attached Thumbnails

01-23-2009, 10:42 PM	#157
Jim Cimarolli Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sulphur Springs Texas Posts: 741 Likes: 144 Liked 166 Times in 46 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! Thanks Don, small world. That car was a bad boy back in those days. I can remember when I hated to get the new Drag Review because I knew Roger had probably re-set the record again. Back in those days we had to run off of the record. I had (still have it) a '57 Wagon with a 265 that ran the same class as the car Roger had.

01-23-2009, 10:52 PM	#158
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,744 Likes: 2,849 Liked 5,004 Times in 1,904 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! 1972, Today, __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

01-23-2009, 11:05 PM	#159
jmantle Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Black Creek, BC Canada Posts: 326 Likes: 72 Liked 166 Times in 78 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! Chuck, I couldn't resist, it is a wagon. We hope to have it in Medicine Hat this year. Jim Attached Thumbnails

01-23-2009, 11:34 PM	#160
Bench Racer Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Green Creek (Tryon) North Carolina Posts: 331 Likes: 69 Liked 99 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Wagon Pics! Jim after David got the car The index on the class was hit at least once and maybe twice if memory serves me. The car got a lot of number one qualifiers. That 650cfm holley 2bbl was reworked by TRC and flowed something like 730cfm, it was almost as quick as a 4bbl on the 292ci engine. The index was likely pretty soft on that class. If a guy was to build a state of the art 283 production engine now and put it in the IHRA SS 2bbl. J/A class I would like to see what it would run. At the time the engine was a pretty trick Gene Fulton piece, I doubt it made a lot of horsepower but it would shift at 10,500rpm with no problem lol.I think now IHRA requires some type of carb. restriction in the 2bbl class. Don Jackson