Re: A/Stock final

[William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>]

I remember seeing an injected 327 in his Chevelle, though it was probably stroked.
Grumpy was a hole shot artist but the Max Wedges caught him at the half way point and just pulled on past.
I remember Pontiac came out with an altered wheel base GTO with the 421 that was competitive. 
When Mopar came out with the 42 Hemi it was all over for the other teams.
Nothing, and I mean nothing could compete with them.
The only way they lost in A/S was if the driver missed a shift.
It's weird that Arnold Palmer was the biggest Dodge dealer in the Midwest and I don't remember him having a factory drag car though he probably did.
I have the Color Me Gone car, Mopar Missle, Jayhawker, and Sox and Martin cars as the most memorable.
Drag racing today is not as fun as it was back then.
Technology has taken the "mystery", "excitement" out of the sport.
You can insert your own choice of word for mystery or excitement.
It's a feeling that I can't describe; All I know is that it's just not as fun and exciting as it used to be.
I'm 65 and still like to go fast....Just a kid that won't grow up I guess.
I know my grandchildren think me and my 65 are cool...Probably the car they think is cool.....
There is an old wives tale that Chevy originally came up with the Hemi head engine but didn't follow through with a production engine and Walter Chrysler hired the engineer that came up with the idea and let him develop the engine that came out in Desoto as the Firedome and the rest as they say is history.
Don't know if the story is true but it makes for good debate.
Alas, marriage and children ended fun cars.

Later
Bill


> From: MO ( Steve Mick) <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: A/Stock final
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:32 PM
> 
> Bill, I was thinking the other day- what did Chevy have
> that was comparable to the Max Wedges and then the Hemis? .
> I remember grumpy Bill was competitive. Was his 409
> chev?.......................MO
> {Steve Mick}
> http://stevemick.shutterfly.com/pictures#Part%202
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Harrison"
> <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:40 AM
> Subject: Re: A/Stock final
> 
> 
> The Ford Thuderbolts and Mercury Cyclones could not compete
> with the Mopars......Period.
> The only car that came close to the Mopars was Bill Jenkins
> and it was rare for him to beat the Mopars.
> The A/S and A/SA classes were dominated by Mopar in the
> 60's.
> I am dating myself here, but I witnessed the era and to
> hear Lindamood take Color Me Gone down the strip was
> awesome. When that torqueflite shifted, it was like 2 2x4's
> slapping together.
> I worked for Ed Martin Ford in Inidanapolis, Indiana during
> 63 and 64 as a warranty writer when I was going to
> college.He had a driver by the name of Don Arms who was the
> parts manager and he hated going against the Mopars because
> he knew the car was toast against the A/S Mopars. As far as
> I know, Ford only put out a 4 speed version of the
> Thunderbolt.
> I got to move it from the Shop to the back storage area
> once and pushing in the clutch was a chore.
> The feeling of sitting in that car was unforgettable.
> Later
> Bill Harrison
> 65 Coronet 2 dr post
> 
> --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: A/Stock final
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8:36 AM
> > 
> > Not quite '62 to '65 Mopar but fun to watch anyway.
> The
> > 1964 Ford Thunderbolt was in the thick of the drag
> racing
> > wars in the early 1960s.
> > 
> > I'm told it was the A/Stock final at Indy: a '66 Hemi
> > Belvedere vs. a 427 Fairlane, both 4 speed Stock
> Eliminator
> > cars.
> > 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj0tazghjpY
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Gary H.
> > 
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