Those cars dominated... ...A/FX when they were first introduced. I've read that most (if not all) racers ended up swapping the transaxles with Catalina rear ends and 4-speeds and went quicker, though I believe reliability issues drove the swaps (guess Stefina wasn't around then to set them up :laugh: ) Really, really cool cars. A cloned wagon was just featured in High Performance Pontiac, spot-on recreation.
Actually you are right on regarding durability. The unit I was supplied had a shredded ring and pinion when I got it. Word was from the cars owner, who had found NOS gears from a couple of sources, that guys campaining theses cars changed the ring and pinion every 10 runs! It also had a mainshaft with some serious run out from bending. I told Scott whatever you do, don't do a hard launch unless we have that shaft reproduced. :grin:
I agree - Well done, Brian. I checked my notes from a conversation with my Dad (he raced for Pontiac back then) and he said 6 wagons and about 8 hardtops. I saw this wagon at Stanton right after Scott had finished it. Words cannot describe what an excellent job he did; he had little plastic baggies over the brake and accelerator pedal so they would not get dirty! AND, he was making passes in the car! K
Uh, there were no hardtops until '64. Coupes only. I was at Dand and we went over to Scotts shortly after the wagon was finished but he had delivered it already. Lots of 1 off stuff. Radiator was lotsa $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. But I did get to see and take pics of the Packer Swiss Cheese car. :jd: :jd: :jd: Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh yeah said that already didn't I. You might want to talk to Scott or Dan about what to do. A 12 bolt fits nicely under the back.
Right - I meant "non-wagons". We have three '63s (two coupes and a convertible). Nothing special, just regular production cars. K
Hi Keith, Didn't realize who you were until I saw the pic of your Chev. We raced against you many a time locally in the NSCA Street ET class. I was with Rob Thomas in the orange and black 69 442. Car's been down for the last coupla years, but got everything straightened around and should be in the hunt again this year. Did you continue running NSCA after they eliminated Street ET? NMC? Enjoyed talking with you and your Dad at the Columbus and other meets. Dave Heilala
Hey Dave - I wondered what happened to you guys! I tried sending a note to Rob a while ago but didn't hear back... Yup, the old "Street Eliminator" class has morphed into "American Muscle", which is pretty similar but is an index class rather than straight up brackets. Lottsa' fun and I highly recommend it. The NSCA will be at Milan on June 25 - 26 and Stanton on September 10 -11 if you can make it. Look forward to seeing you again - K Tom, et al - sorry for the hi jack!
YEah, Rob kinda droped off the side of the earth when they cancelled street ET. He'll be back out this year, though. I plan to run the Factory Appearing Class with my own car this year. Milan for sure, hopefully Atlanta if we can get it back together in time. Hope to see you again. How's your Dad?
...complete with "shredded pinion"... ...can't get more authentic than that! Good job Brian. Geez - I thought in that first picture you were holding the thing up!! Yow! PS - there's a good bit of engineerin' going on there. No wonder there's about 8 empty cases of Bud Light in the background! K Dave - I'll send a PM.
The real deal. The case clean and paint Scott did. There was a guy who tumbled the cases in a slurry. He doesn't do it anymore though.
:laugh: :laugh: During the build I was good.........but it required a lot of quality ciferin' time in between!
That was my '40 Willys coupe. 392 Chrysler powered with a 6-71. Torque flight and early Olds rear. I built the car over about 5 years with other projects in between. I had to weld two cars together to fix that one. One car gave it's frame and cowl, the other the roof and quarters. Attached them together at the A pillars. Did the floors, mounts, door hinge mounts, rockers, dog legs, mounted the clip, roll cage.....yada yada yada. I even made the drip rails out of 3/8" steel tube. Basically did everything except the paint. I owned it 16 years then sold it minus engine and trans to a guy that was after it for four years. It was a lot of fun but I built the Merc after that and haven't really missed it since. Probibly because of the sheer amount of work it took. o No:
