What's with the hood...

[dragracer9911]

Terry, you are partially correct. Yes, it was Dave Pyles L/M. The dealership was in Marlow Heights, MD. He moved the dealership over to the Annandale area on Va. Then came Wison Powell L/M at Auto Row on Route 5. The very first race I ever went too was thru an invite from Dave Pyles to my dad who worked at the Ford dealership in Clinton MD. to go to Aquasco to see him race the car. At that time, it had a 289 in it (I don't know the rated HP) and was billed as an the only 289 FX car.

It was Bill Carnes that had the Pontic dealership. He was the second onwer of MIR, known then as St. Mary's Dragway. He bought it from the La Roque family, who built the track, around 1964/65. He in turn sold later to Tod Mack and Larry Clayton. Then Royce Miller leased the track for approximatly 10 years before they came to terms for him to buy MIR.

But having that be said, for an old guy, you memory of the past is great.

Tom Sr.

[Capri]

I am sure dad will get to this eventually, but the 1964 Mercury K code "special" has a 1.12 carb. Ford did not want Mercury to "steal" the thunder of the 289HiPo in the Mustang.

Dads car is a real K code 65 Mustang 289/271hp 4 speed car and still original everything other than front fenders and hood. For those who have never seen it, the interior still smells new with a hint of rubber........

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[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by dragracer9911

Terry, you are partially correct. Yes, it was Dave Pyles L/M. The dealership was in Marlow Heights, MD. He moved the dealership over to the Annandale area on Va. Then came Wison Powell L/M at Auto Row on Route 5. The very first race I ever went too was thru an invite from Dave Pyles to my dad who worked at the Ford dealership in Clinton MD. to go to Aquasco to see him race the car. At that time, it had a 289 in it (I don't know the rated HP) and was billed as an the only 289 FX car.

It was Bill Carnes that had the Pontic dealership. He was the second onwer of MIR, known then as St. Mary's Dragway. He bought it from the La Roque family, who built the track, around 1964/65. He in turn sold later to Tod Mack and Larry Clayton. Then Royce Miller leased the track for approximatly 10 years before they came to terms for him to buy MIR.

But having that be said, for an old guy, you memory of the past is great.

Tom Sr.

Yep....You are correct. I had completely forgotten about Bill Carnes. I was thinking it was Dave Pyles. My bad. Thanks for reminding me about Bill. More memories came back to me with that name. I hadnt thought much about those days until this thread poped up. It was a long time ago. I was close.....Its a bitch getting old.....LOL. Do you remember a guy named Carl Condon (I think) who ran a neat G/SA(at that time) red 1964 comet Cyclone at Aquasco back then? Gene Collins was killed in an auto accident here in Fl. many years ago from what I heard after his divorce and he had moved down here. Prior to that we were partners on a 71 Dodge Challenger in 1971 with a 383. Ran good as a stocker but was a dog as a S/S and sold it to Frank Slater who lives in Aquasco. .

[Neil Smedley]

another forgotten option..........parking light delete http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...pse2365fcb.jpg

[Crew Chief]

Who's teching these cars? I cannot believe that the real Stock/SS techmen would let stuff like this slide unless they are being overridden by their superiors.

[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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Mark Yacavone 7001 STK
Southwest Nostalgia Drags, S/SS Combo Race
Next one: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 ..Firebird Raceway


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 !

[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 ;-)
__________________
Mark Yacavone 7001 STK
Southwest Nostalgia Drags, S/SS Combo Race
Next one: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 ..Firebird Raceway


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]

Takes one to know one?

[SuperStockDodge]

Originally Posted by Crew Chief

Who's teching these cars? I cannot believe that the real Stock/SS techmen would let stuff like this slide unless they are being overridden by their superiors.

I bet cowl hoods will start slipping by on '66 Chevy II's soon as well...Oh well, it probably wouldn't be any performance gain??? May be just as easy to run hood pins and leave the clip 3 inches above the hood, so it's getting more air down track in that fashion. That seems to be over looked as well...