Why No 421 Super Duty in current NHRA Guide?

[Dwight Southerland]

Charlie Mitchell's car was owned by Caplinger Motors in England AR. I have asked around here several times, but i have found no one who knows what happened to the car.

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Charlie Mitchell's car was owned by Caplinger Motors in England AR. I have asked around here several times, but i have found no one who knows what happened to the car.

I don't see a Caplinger either. McCarthy lists the Swiss Cheese Cats as
* Blank
* Royal
* Thompson
* Vanke
* Van Winkle
* Unknown
* Beswick
* Union Park
* Seaton
* Unknown
* Packer
* Blank
* Collingwood
* Milner


So I guess its one of the 4 that doesn't have a delivery name already. The 1st 12 cars were silver, the last 2 gray. I should add, in the text McCarthy notes that though the Swiss Cheese engine code was a 389-2bbl, the 421sd was actually installed at the factory. Still a long way from the NHRA minimum 50 though.

[mtkawboy]

1963 Ford light weight Galaxies were low riser 427s, not high risers

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by mtkawboy

1963 Ford light weight Galaxies were low riser 427s, not high risers

Good catch, though I was a bit too terse.
I was trying to point our cases where NHRA allowed a car into Stock (or S/S) with only 50 units.
I was using the 1964 LWG, only 50 made, all 427 HR, but all hardtops ie all the same (vs the 1963 Pontiac 421sd cars) so NHRA let them in.


For 1963 I show 227 LWG total, those were all 427 LoRiser from the factory, a few did run the 427 HR late in the year but not in stock class.

[FED 387]

Beswicks car if I remember back in the late 70's early 80's a guy named Ray Bisic SP or something like that had his old SD car Silver Catalina 2 dr HT blue interior--- Raced at Union Grove WI he was a beer truck driver lived in Chicago or north suburbs of Chicago---FED 387

[mtkawboy]

No big deal, I had one of those motors out of a wrecked LW car in my 57 Ford along with the aluminum T-10 4 speed. Me and a buddy bought the engine & trans for $600 off the owner who had no insurance on it. My buddy later changed to a hydraulic cam and put it in a new 67 F100 when he got home from the army {you just drill the plug out in the cam gallery}

[oldskool]

There are guys who know all about all the popular Ford models used for drag racing. Some know about all the Mopar models. Others know about Olds models.

Well, ya'll get the picture. I know very little about any brand except Pontiac. And as anyone can tell, I'm not an expert on Pontiac. But, I have done some research & have accumulated quite a few Pontiac pics.

After lookin over this thread, it occurred to me that lots of guys here may know very little to almost nothing about a '63 421SD engine or any of the lightweight Pontiacs.

The 1st 2 pics below show the "Swiss Cheese" frame.

The next 3 show what I assume is a re-creation of a '63, with the hood scoop. I've read that those scoops were actually bought from Ford. They came on some Ford trucks. I remember seeing a few of 'em on Ford trucks, back in the day. I especially remember some F-750 dump trucks which had the scoops. This is a link to a Google search which shows several trucks with the scoops.

https://www.google.com/search?q=f-75...DNpqLVFSc5xFOM

Below are pics of the Royal Pontiac '63 B/FX class winner, & Arnie Beswick's A/FX '63.

The last pic shows a '63 which was running E/SA. So, you guys figure out what engine it was running.