RE: Petty Stock Car- and a way to have one of your own!

[Rick Gilmore <rickgilmore66@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

 

Where in Georgia are you??

 

Rick Gilmore

North Carolina (Petty Country)
 
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: 426_maxwedge@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Petty Stock Car- and a way to have one of your own!
> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:17:17 -0400
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> Way back in the 1980's I started a similar project on a '67. Was pretty 
> serious into being authentic
> as much as possible and travelled to the Joe Weatherly museum after speaking 
> with the curator and
> setting up an after hours metting to take detailed shots of the car on 
> display. Armed with these photos
> and six 8x10's from the Daytona historical archives I started on a '67 
> Satellite that I and a friend went
> in together and bought from a guy that was at the time the manager of Honest 
> Charlies in Chattanooga.
> He was selling the car to move outta state and go to work for Weld Wheels. 
> I mention this because this
> chance meeting was also my first real exposure to early B coolnees. He had a 
> really nice ice blue '64
> Dodge big block car and that was definately a turning point for me; seening 
> a nice one for the first time.
> Our combined purchase went like this, he got the interior, and I got 
> everything else. This was a two tone
> burgandy body, silver rocker, black vinyl top combination with a 383/727. I 
> had the cage duplicated as
> close as possible leaving out a forward diagonal to accomodate a passenger 
> bucket. The engine hoop
> looks somewhat convincing but doesn't connect through the firewall. There's 
> a in car rear shock mount
> that again looks the part but isn't really doing anything. I spent a lotta 
> nights, summers, and time. A young
> feller oughta be out doing somthing more enjoyable: but I guess all in all 
> it kept me outta trouble and I'm
> sure I musta learned a thing or two while I was at it. Bought and 
> stockpiled some parts, still have just
> about all of them, there's a bunch of stuff been waiting in an attic since 
> the early 80's for a day that never
> came. Jumping ahead several years, my dad who has ran a carlot since '62 
> takes over the project and
> puts his on staff body guy on it full time. It made some real progress for 
> a while the doors made it to
> final paint, the hood and deck lid got well toward completion and are in 
> tinted primer, these parts too are
> in storage. Car was sandblasted inside and out, the quarters were radiused 
> as were the fenders, and the
> quarters were also swelled for clearance like they did in the days prior to 
> templates. And then it stopped.
> Dad tired of the project and it was pushed outside under a shed in bare 
> metal no less and there it sits.
> This is not a project for the timid. There is a bunch of stuff worth 
> acquring the project just for the parts
> alone. I will include every piece I have for '66/'67 Plymouths AND my 
> research photos etc. I am
> relunctant to do this and I hope whoever might be interested will finish the 
> vision I and my father had.
> The car has no title but I do have the Georgia Bill of Sale that I got with 
> the car so long ago. Greg Weld
> might know the whereabouts of the original owner as might whoever the oldest 
> still working dude is at
> Honest Charlies. I have the original block which is a hunk of cast iron 
> that has sit under a shed with no
> heads for years, it's included if you want it. If the sound of this strikes 
> a chord in you, I'll be willing to make
> a deal that would be worthwhile on any level. I realize that I'm not gonna 
> finish this car: my dad isn't able and
> has no interest, and my son just hasn't turned out to be a car guy like his 
> old man. It will require a donor
> vehicle, in fact the donor might be the car to swap onto...I don't know if 
> it can be saved at this point but
> I'll be more than happy to show you the car and let you decide. In a day of 
> "Pro Touring" - "Barrett this and
> Jackson that", a true, pure, real man's, no holds barred, Mopar race animal 
> on the street will pitch a iron
> glove in the face of "the large money in a hermetically sealed box on 
> wheels" set. The concept has come and
> gone a time or two over the years but I've yet to see but a handful that 
> were built more like a scale model
> than a street car with decals and Air Conditioning. Are you the next hard 
> core trend setter? If so either
> E-mail me at 426_maxwedge@ comcast.net or call John Hammond 423-506-2497 
> Sorry for the long
> and probably misplaced post but this car has half of my life's memories 
> attached to it and I feel like the
> members of this forum would be the most likely candidates to understand why 
> I've never offered it for
> sale. I also feel members here are of a type that I'd like to see acquire 
> it in hopes of giving it back the
> life I've been unable to do.... John
> From: "Ollie" <satellite1965@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Petty Stock Car
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> Rick,
> I know that 65 was a bad year, hemi ban, and that he draged a Cuda. It was a
> parts car that I had for my good Satellite and I did not want to scrap it.
> Ollie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick Gilmore" <rickgilmore66@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Mopar Website" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:35 PM
> Subject: RE: Petty Stock Car
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> Ollie,
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> Just curious why did you decide to clone a car the year Richard hardly raced
> in NASCAR due to the hemi boycott? '65 was the year for the most part he
> drag raced. It was pretty much a wasted year for his stock car activities
> > > For any whom are interested..just posted some updated pics of my Petty
> > > Stock Car Project
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