Lloyd Bray

Jeff Lee · 01-17-2012, 05:32 PM

I met Lloyd & DG at the Denver Mile High Nationals while I was racing A/FS with my Shelby Daytona. I was building my AMX for Stock at the time and Lloyd was intrigued by the combo and he really, I mean sincerely, wanted to help with the 4300 Autolite. I sent him a core. Soon thereafter, I made it to a test-n-tune for the first time borrowing a poorly jetted, no jet extension, no slosh tube 750 DP Holley. I ran 12.65 ET with it chugging & not pulling past 5K.
The following week Lloyds Autolite arrived. I placed it on the car and headed to the track. First pass; huge wheelie, even in 2nd gear and 11.65 ET! I called Lloyd immediately and thanked him. Trouble was, he would never give me a price....so I waited for the bomb to drop, knowing Q-jets went for $500+...he said "I love that you are so excited about this, how does $250 sound?" I said it sounded really good!
That carb has always been on my car. Tried changing the air-bleeds on the dyno. Nothing I could do to improve it.
We spoke many times over the years because he was just the nicest guy to talk to. He warned me long ago to not obsess over the sport as it could ruin you! Naturally, he was the first I called when I set a record and qualified well.
He'd say, "oh, Jeff...I told you to be careful!"
DG, you have lost a great friend. But this has been approaching for a while now, so I hope you two had plenty of good times while he was in long-term care. The two of you will go down as one of the great partnerships in NHRA history.
I'm saddened by his loss but know he is in heaven enjoying that great-big drag strip in the sky!
4-speeds forever,
Jeff

01-17-2012, 05:32 PM	#16
Jeff Lee VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Anthem, Arizona Posts: 2,766 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Lloyd Bray I met Lloyd & DG at the Denver Mile High Nationals while I was racing A/FS with my Shelby Daytona. I was building my AMX for Stock at the time and Lloyd was intrigued by the combo and he really, I mean sincerely, wanted to help with the 4300 Autolite. I sent him a core. Soon thereafter, I made it to a test-n-tune for the first time borrowing a poorly jetted, no jet extension, no slosh tube 750 DP Holley. I ran 12.65 ET with it chugging & not pulling past 5K. The following week Lloyds Autolite arrived. I placed it on the car and headed to the track. First pass; huge wheelie, even in 2nd gear and 11.65 ET! I called Lloyd immediately and thanked him. Trouble was, he would never give me a price....so I waited for the bomb to drop, knowing Q-jets went for $500+...he said "I love that you are so excited about this, how does $250 sound?" I said it sounded really good! That carb has always been on my car. Tried changing the air-bleeds on the dyno. Nothing I could do to improve it. We spoke many times over the years because he was just the nicest guy to talk to. He warned me long ago to not obsess over the sport as it could ruin you! Naturally, he was the first I called when I set a record and qualified well. He'd say, "oh, Jeff...I told you to be careful!" DG, you have lost a great friend. But this has been approaching for a while now, so I hope you two had plenty of good times while he was in long-term care. The two of you will go down as one of the great partnerships in NHRA history. I'm saddened by his loss but know he is in heaven enjoying that great-big drag strip in the sky! 4-speeds forever, Jeff __________________ Jeff Lee 7494 D/S '70 AMX