Bought my dad's old '67 Buick Funny Car "Ingenue"...

.... nice restful vacation ? :laugh:

 

Oh very much so...only problem was coming back to freezing cold rain,talk about a buzzkill,lol.ou:

The caribbean waters were so azure blue and we snorkled with the sea turtles on one excursion and stingrays on another...fantastic.

Here's one of the big boat...miss her already!

 

Updated pictures...

Shot these Sunday morning before the rains came...a couple of 4-light A-bodies staring you straight in the face:TU: :
















Pretty important piece of Buick racing history I'll tell you that...:3gears:

 

I think I could see that 70' Chevelle shacking, cause it is sharing its room with the big dog.

 

LOL...

 

Hey guys...just checking in.

Home PC is on the fritz with a virus so I've been out of touch lately.
Sat down with a beer yesterday studying Ingenue and took some new pictures,will try to get them posted up soon.

 

^^^^^ enjoying every picture posted. Thanks for continueing to update this thread.

 

Thanks Brian,will do.:beer

It was pretty cool reading all the articles yesterday and having the car right in front of me to compare them to the real car...pretty amazing indeed.:bglasses:

 

Can't wait to see the new pics!

 

tease ....:rant:

 

LOL....:Brow:

 

You're going to have to find some Buick signs for the front of the garage or that GS is going to get a little jealous. I liked the Can-am posters on the wall of the shop as well. The white one looks like one of Jim Hall's Chaparrals. My dad took me to see them race in Brainard MN on my 16th birthday many years ago. I think that SS is going to want to find a quieter place to live once that blown BBB gets fired up next to it! Later, Randy

 

Sharp eye,yes Jim Hall Chaparrals.Laguna Seca had a tribute to him and his cars a few years back and Jim brought them all and these were no static displays either...all ran laps around the track...amazing.

Here are a few more pictures as promised:
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Are there any numbers or markings on the tires that could tell the date of when they were made?

 

Yes there are,on the fronts at least.I remember seeing them last time I was out there before I shot these,the date code on the fronts is from 1968.
I haven't been able to find anything on the outside of the slicks so far,haven't looked closely on the insides yet.

The paint job is somewhat perplexing to me as well...owner said he was trying to re-create a "barn find" look but I am trying to wrap my head around why someone would take all the time to re-create the beautiful gold leaf lettering yet purposely mask off all the imperfections.It was right there in the paint booth...why not go that extra little bit to make it perfect like it was originally...then do the lettering.o No:

Anyhow's,I'll have to completely re-do the body at some point and will look into several options on how to re-do the gold leaf lettering.

I'm learning more about this car everyday so I can't detail the exact timeline but my best guess after talking to several people close to the car is that it was only raced until around 1973-74 then was stored in a warehouse in NJ for almost 20-25 years.
It obviously had some extra tubes welded to the cage so that tells me it was raced in a more modern class that required those modifications to be legal.

 

What ever happened to Brooklyn Speed & Machine? Are they still around?

 

No,that was my dad's shop,when we moved to CA in 1970,he worked for Steitz Buick in Salinas for several years then opened up another speed shop in the late 70's in Sand City called Peninsula Speed & Machine,same logo as he designed for BS&M.