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Topic: 1965 fastback drag car history search
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popeye
Gearhead Posts: 222
From: Dixon, IA USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 07-25-2004 10:09 PM
   
I recently purchased this'65 stang roller at a swap meet in Wisconsin .I's backhalfed & tubbed with ladder bars and old koni coilovers on all four corners(front also),pinto rack and pinto upper & lower A-frames,all steel body except for the glass hood and snorkel scoop...ya I know they're outdated but they were the $hit in the seventies.The car has an old looking NEW England Draygway decal in the back window and in the center of the decal is a dragster...Also,under a light coat of yellow paint,the rest of the car is a copper color,on each door is the name Jim Peters.Another hint of history is chassis builder by the name "Smith Bros. race cars chassis and components"Any help is appreicated.
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popeye
Gearhead Posts: 222
From: Dixon, IA USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 07-25-2004 10:12 PM
BTW I'll try get some pics posted in a couple a days
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43152
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 07-28-2004 06:32 PM
I popped  the pics on a photo page for Gene. It looks like the start of something good!  http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/MembersPics/popeye.html ------------------
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 07-28-2004 06:44 PM
Very cool project I bet you can't wait to run it.  ------------------
SCOOP oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 65 coupe,351w,C4,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc. My Pics The older I get
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 6417
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 07-28-2004 08:44 PM
that was alex's race car when he was a little boy!! ------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 5761
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 07-29-2004 09:18 PM
Isn't Smith Bros another name for Wolverine Chassis? Car looks like a worthwhile project. You could always put the firewall and tunnel back to original by cutting one out of a parts car.
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 5761
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 07-29-2004 09:21 PM
also... That car has obviously been a race car for a long time. do you have a VIN #? It needs pretty thorough checking as it could be just a 6 banger car converted to a bracket car in the mid 70's or might be an original AFX car raced since new and worth a ton in original shape.
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popeye
Gearhead Posts: 222
From: Dixon, IA USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-01-2004 11:22 PM
Tom,I don't know of them where is or was Wolverine Chassis located ?There is tag on the door but none on the top of the aprons as they're long gone !
I trailered the car to Cordova Dragway Illinois fri and sat for the Fastest Street car Nats, which is 45 minutes away from home, and just left it on the trailer(without a 4 sale sign on it since it's not for sale) but set up for the swap meet.
Had a LOT of people check it out but the coolest thing was when a guy from Florida told me he saw the car at the Gator Nationals fifteen years ago but with less stickers but he said was "I remember the words " HOME OF THE BAD ASS"He recommended contacting Don Garletts,said he most likely could help and may even have pics.
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