Re: A/Stock final

["Dennis J." <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,
 Someone else has probably already answered this, Chrysler patented and developed the hemi, as an airplane engine during WW2.
DJ


--- On Thu, 9/9/10, William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: A/Stock final
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 3:55 AM
> 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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