Article on George Williams

[art leong]

Originally Posted by mopar68

Speaking of Ray Cook, whatever happened to him? Last time I saw him was at the Summernationals about twenty years ago with his Cook & Liquori Dodge Aspen C/EA (?) Comp car. The few times I briefly chatted with him in the pits I found him to be a personable fellow. He always had time to answer a few questions this Hemi "head" asked. And to a racing fan that means a lot.

I remember seeing the B/SA Cook & Leong Dodge Challenger ragtop at Englishtown many times. Just curious, Artie, why did you guys end up selling all the Stock Eliminator Challengers you had (Hemi-powered ragtop, 440 Six Pack-powered ragtop & Hemi-powered hardtop). Did NHRA make them uncompetitive? Were any of them numbers matching Hemi cars?

I remember one racer from Staten Island (Dom Burris) had one of your Challenger ragtops for sale at one of the swap meets at Englishtown in the mid-late 1980s. From what Dom told me, it was it was an original 440 Six Pack convertible and he (by 1980s resto standards) restored it as such but decided to keep original C & L race car paint and lettering. I don't remember if he told me it was ragtop number one or two.

M68

P.S. How long did you guys run the S & W Dodge-sponsored 1971 Charger R/T (Superbee?). Was that an original Hemi car?

The 71 Charger was an original Hemi car And had quite a past. We could never get a straight answer about that car from the Chrysler guys. But it was less than 3000 pounds with a steel headed hemi. And no baggage.
That car grossed over $100,000 street racing.

NHRA never factored our combo It was always 440 hp. We quit because of the acid ported heads. It was use them or get outrun, or quit We chose to quit.