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[Alan Nyhus]

Originally Posted by fordteacherguy

Hey Alan, Thanks for pics of my old Corvair!

I bought that car from that owner that got busted (sans nitrous) and rebuilt it to legal stocker specs and ran Div 5 afterward. Later it became a streeter. I was probably standing by you when the car ran. I remember the car hit third gear and went pop-pop-pop and roared off to the finish! The tech guy next to me (You?) just looked at me turned around and went over to the return road and flagged him down to teardown.

What a show! Thanks for the memories. That car has been gone almost 25 years. FYI: I had the back seat out at tech with my first race with it!

Good to hear from you! No, that wasn't me you were standing by, it was Larry Bargman the Div. 5 Tech Director at the time. I was at the scales, heard the same thing and decided that a more.....errrrr....'thorough' look was called for when he came across the scale! Larry just stood quietly off to the side and watched to see what I came up with. The engine compartment was really dirty on the car...a little TOO dirty, if you know what I mean (nudge nudge, wink, wink). And there under all that filth was a line that had no place being there.

I do remember teching your car after you bought it and you coming through tech with the rear seat out. We all got a good smile from that and were happy the car was back on the track and in the hands of a good racer! Your car and the 'Slow Is Cheap' Corvair stocker (also from D5) were fast and fun to watch.

Good memories, for sure........ -Al