Interesting story/history behind your racecar?

[Larry Hill]

We have owned our 71 Cuda since 1980. I still remember driving Chris to swimming lessons in that car when he was 3 years old. (He will be 35 next month).

Patsy

[Greg Hill]

My Camaro that I now race came from the late Jimmy Casey from Lubbock, TX. Jimmy and I were good friends and talked all the time and I mentioned to him I would like to have a 70-71 Camaro. A few weeks later he called and and said he had found a really nice car and it could be had for $1400 and he had a guy coming through Memphis and could deliver it to me. I told him I would take it and to have his guy bring it to me. The guy brought it to my warehouse and I helped him unload it. After the delivery guy left I started I started looking it over. I opened the trunk and there were a bunch of old greasy rugs in the trunk. I took the rags out and there staring me in the face was the gas tank. The trunk floor was almost all gone. I think I. Replaced every body panel with the exception of the top and deck lid.

Gary Jennings did the roll bar and chassis work and dipped the body in a large caustic tank to remove any body filler or seam sealer. Gary called me and told me I had better come up to his place and take a look at my old car because there wasn't much left of it. Well, he was right. Quarters, inside and outside wheel houses , both door skins, hood, fenders, inner fenders, and valance panels and I had a race car. I will say that it was a very light race car.That was more than 20 years ago.

[FED 387]

Ran a 67 Camaro in Modified Production years ago---bought it from my next door neightbor 82 years old--typical little old lady car 6 cylinder 3 speed on the column NO extras--- no radio nothing ---it had 7000 milles on it in 1973 she wanted to get a 4 door NOVA with automatic so she could take her girl friends around--dealer did not want it so I paid her $400 for it--- and as they say the rest is history---ran it as a E or F/MP car--had the first Nash 5 speed with Long Shifter and First 6:50 Ford gear too got it from Zoom---this car would hook on a ice rink--- sold it in 1981 built a Monza hatchback gasser---got all the sheet metal from GM for free ----287 cu in/3600 pounds would run 10:20 at 132 mph all day long---held the record for awhile----sure wish I had it be a fun car to play with---last I heard the car was in Alabama but that was 10-15 years ago

[Marine One]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

We have owned our 71 Cuda since 1980. I still remember driving Chris to swimming lessons in that car when he was 3 years old. (He will be 35 next month).

Patsy

My 71 tri black, big block Cuda came from a guy with a pet black bear (got pictures!). The car had been sitting under his car port for 20+ years.

My NHRA Trans Am is out of Cape Canavaral. The owner was a NASA engineer. Still has the Challenger plate on it that he gave me. I guess they were the first "specialty" plates in the US and were used to help generate funds for Challenger missions. After the accident, if you had a Challenger plate you could keep it as long as you renewed it every year, but the first time you failed to renew it, you were done.

[goinbroke2]

Went to Downey Ford in N.B in 86 and tried to order a "mean mister dirt" (or whatever it was called) mustang. I wanted a lx with delete everything and the gt drivetrain. "you can't get that". I argued and went to my car (72 fastback torinogt with a 428cj I dropped in) and grabbed the HotRod magazine that had the order number/options/what to get/etc.
Nope, wouldn't do it! I recognized a salesman from my stockcar days but he was working used cars now. Showed me a loaded 83gt.
My dad was with me so we pulled out for a test drive and stopped at the lights in front of the dealership. Light went green and I launched at 4500 and was in 3rd before I got across the intersection, smoking the hides.
Pulled back in 5 minutes later and the whole dealership was out there, the main guy screaming at me and saying he called the cops etc. I said I'd take it at least 5 times to the salesman before this guy would shut up. Was signing the papers when the cops showed up. They talked to the manager and left.

Exactly one week later my insurance company called and said I HAD to have full coverage because the car was "owned by the bank".

Exactly 2 weeks to the day I put the car 7 times end-for-end into a plowed field when I hit snow with the cruise control on!

Got it back a couple months later and started bracket racing it. Now it's patiently waiting for me to finish the 302/215hp crate motor that I have the heads in front of my desk at work for the last month.......
Bought the car in 86, that's 26 years and 12 postings including 4 years in germany. (went 257kph on the autobahn after I swapped the 2-4bbl's and 4:86's for a 2bbl and 2.75 gears.
No....mustangs are NOT supposed to go that fast, very scarey with the floating around!

[rx dealer]

When i had my 69 camaro back in the mid 90's I had a problem with the car missing at high end. I tore that whole car apart but no dice..go to the track and it does same thing..then one day i was at the track working on my camaro and this very nice tall blond was looking at my race car and she said your car don't sound good and i said yes it sounds sick and i said can you please give the car a kiss to make it feel better and sure enough she kissed the driver side fender above the Z/28 badge with bright red lip stick..I found the problem that day and i won the race!!..I kept the red lipstick on that car till i sold it 2 years later..Luke SS 311

[Hemi Moose]

Anybody here know the story behind this thing...

[Todd Boyer]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Anybody here know the story behind this thing...

Love the "Wheelie pipe" !!!

[philip miles]

I was 19 in 1970 when I told my brother that there was a guy at work wanted to sell a 1969 Z/28 not running. It was a Baldwin Chevy ordered for racing, no options other then cold air hood and spoilers. He said let's go look at it. I ended up buying it for $1350. with out the 8 track player but with tow hubs ,tow bar, slicks, headers and 140 chevy off road cam installed. It had 10k on the odometer, but the engine wouldn't turn over. We took it home and pulled the heads to find an intake manifold bolt that the original owner dropped down an intake valve while putting the heads back on the after having the heads machined from press in rocker studs to screw in rocker studs. I guess he tried to start it, but with the bolt in the cyclinder, it jammed the engine, but the bolt didn't damage anything. My brother and I put the heads back on the engine without dropping bolts, the engine ran fine. I've owned the car ever since.

Casey Miles
248H "F" NHRA Stock!

[SCOTT SST2871]

Originally Posted by marine one

my 71 tri black, big block cuda came from a guy with a pet black bear (got pictures!). The car had been sitting under his car port for 20+ years.

My nhra trans am is out of cape canavaral. The owner was a nasa engineer. Still has the challenger plate on it that he gave me. I guess they were the first "specialty" plates in the us and were used to help generate funds for challenger missions. After the accident, if you had a challenger plate you could keep it as long as you renewed it every year, but the first time you failed to renew it, you were done.

ill bet that trans am came from the dealership i work for..ive been here since 1992 i may have even worked on it .the cape is 6 miles from here
scott fifield