Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? - Page 8

Nitro Joe Jackson · 07-09-2011, 11:59 AM

There is so many great wagon SS & Stockers that have raced since day one but i would have to say if i was voting, it would have to be the Jack Mullins Pontiac Wagon in NHRA and Mike Boyles Charlie Brown Wagon in IHRA.
Thats my 2 cents on this!

Charlie A · 07-09-2011, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck Norton

I don't remember what the weight break was for SS/R but it's likely that he was running a 283 at 220 horsepower? Jimmy ran that motor combination for a lot of years. It seems to me that a '66 Impala with a 220 horsepower also ran SS/R at one time so the weight would just about even out. I'm sure that someone out there knows for sure.

c

That would have been Dwight Cox out of Stuttgart Ark.
He won SS at Indy one year with that car.

JRyan · 07-09-2011, 11:41 PM

I just found my 1976 NHRA Rulebook. It shows the weight break at 15.00 to 15.99 for "R". I'm pretty sure that I ran "R" at Indy in '78 and "N" in '79.

I believe between '78 & '79 or thereabouts, they combined the six half-pound weight breaks between "I" & "N" (inclusive) to make the current one pound classes of I, J, & K. Everything else moved up at that time so the '65 Chevelle Wagons became "N" cars instead of "R"s. The 283 has been moved up, down, and around on HP from 220 to 235 in those cars, so who knows what they weighed at any given time.

Jerry

Bob Rice · 07-10-2011, 01:53 AM

Jerry,
I'm pretty sure that the class change took effect at the beginning of the 78 season.
Bob Rice

Mark Yacavone · 07-10-2011, 02:20 AM

I'm pretty sure Jimmy's wagon says SS/Q on it .That would be like the Cieri Bros. in 72-74
(15#) If the wagon was pre the 2dr HT, that would be in the same era.
Jimmy Parker could probably tell us about this.

I ran at 16 # in 73-74 with the Bel Air 4 dr (SS/R).
Later , I remember some 4drs. in SS/T and SS/TA ,so they got moved down a letter for some reason.

Mark Yacavone · 07-10-2011, 02:57 AM

I remember now, I think. There was a 12.5 class in S/S (SS/N) Remember Lingenfelter's conv. ? They did away with it for some reason (maybe 75?) and it moved everybody up one letter, below it.

Bob Rice · 07-10-2011, 03:00 AM

It is a Q Mark but it wouldn’t it have to be '74 or later due to the 2018 permanent number?Bob Rice

Alan Roehrich · 07-10-2011, 10:31 AM

If I remember it, I'll ask Mr. Bridges, next time I talk to him. And I'm fairly sure the wagon came after the two door hardtop.

Rich Erickson · 07-10-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The Hawk

For me,ANY station wagon class car is all star! I`ve alway admired `em. Al Corda`s big old Mopar is pretty cool too!

Rich Erickson · 07-10-2011, 03:29 PM

07-09-2011, 11:59 AM	#71
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07-09-2011, 11:41 PM	#73
JRyan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen SD Posts: 645 Likes: 30 Liked 112 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? I just found my 1976 NHRA Rulebook. It shows the weight break at 15.00 to 15.99 for "R". I'm pretty sure that I ran "R" at Indy in '78 and "N" in '79. I believe between '78 & '79 or thereabouts, they combined the six half-pound weight breaks between "I" & "N" (inclusive) to make the current one pound classes of I, J, & K. Everything else moved up at that time so the '65 Chevelle Wagons became "N" cars instead of "R"s. The 283 has been moved up, down, and around on HP from 220 to 235 in those cars, so who knows what they weighed at any given time. Jerry

07-10-2011, 01:53 AM	#74
Bob Rice Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 617 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? Jerry, I'm pretty sure that the class change took effect at the beginning of the 78 season. Bob Rice

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,817 Likes: 2,907 Liked 5,124 Times in 1,953 Posts	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? I'm pretty sure Jimmy's wagon says SS/Q on it .That would be like the Cieri Bros. in 72-74 (15#) If the wagon was pre the 2dr HT, that would be in the same era. Jimmy Parker could probably tell us about this. I ran at 16 # in 73-74 with the Bel Air 4 dr (SS/R). Later , I remember some 4drs. in SS/T and SS/TA ,so they got moved down a letter for some reason. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,817 Likes: 2,907 Liked 5,124 Times in 1,953 Posts	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? I remember now, I think. There was a 12.5 class in S/S (SS/N) Remember Lingenfelter's conv. ? They did away with it for some reason (maybe 75?) and it moved everybody up one letter, below it. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

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Bob Rice Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 617 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? It is a Q Mark but it wouldn’t it have to be '74 or later due to the 2018 permanent number?Bob Rice

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Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,116 Likes: 1,573 Liked 1,830 Times in 415 Posts	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? If I remember it, I'll ask Mr. Bridges, next time I talk to him. And I'm fairly sure the wagon came after the two door hardtop. __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S Last edited by Alan Roehrich; 07-10-2011 at 10:54 AM.

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