Re: Original 65 Hemi lightweight for sale

[Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The car did lose.
It was regularly paired up against the Wickersham A/FX 427 cu.in., 2+2 
Mustang fastback driven by Clester Andrews, and sponsored by Wickersham 
Ford of Orange, Texas. .
The Mustang was the closest thing to it, so it was usually a heads up 
match between the two cars.
I remember the A/SA Plymouth running an 11:03, and the Mustang running 
mid 10's.
Not a fair match up, but that's all there was . And on 9" tires on the 
Plymouth.
The Plymouth was a very pretty car when new, but Leo Simpson just 
treated it as a utilitarian mode of 1/4 mi. transportation.
It wasn't pretty for too many years.
Leo Simpson is still living, and I think residing in Orange,Tx.
Both cars claimed the long gone Golden Triangle Dragstrip,on Texas Hwy 
69 , between Port  Arthur, and Beaumont, Tx as their home track.

   Jimmy

On 10/12/2011 11:31 AM, Jim Altemose wrote:
> Interesting.  The description certainly wouldn't lead you to believe
> it's a recreation
>
> - Jim
> Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
> '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
> '63 Polara 500 (383)
> '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
> '71 Bronco
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Jimmy Peavy<peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > I do have photos of the car in ruin.
> > I also have video of the original running down the strip in the day.
> > He was trying to get a copy of that footage from me, but when I discovered
> > what he had done, I never did get back to him on it.
> > He sounds like a really nice guy, but he does not have the original car
> > shown in that photo spread.
> > At one time if a person bought the re-creation, he threw in the original
> > hulk of a car.
> >
> > Jimmy
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/12/2011 9:37 AM, Jimmy Peavy wrote:
> > > That is not the original Texas Rattler.
> > > The Rattler was owned/raced by Leo Simpson, and sold in the 70's for
> > > $2500.
> > > It was a local strip terror.
> > > The Original was too far gone to save, so he cloned one and called it the
> > > Texas Rattler.
> > > He found an original motor/trans in California, and is suggesting it is,
> > > or may be the drive train out of the Texas Rattler.
> > > He was wanting $250,000.
> > >
> > >
> > >   Jimmy
> > >
> > > On 10/12/2011 9:04 AM, Jim Altemose wrote:
> > > > Nice restored 65 Belvedere 1 original lightweight Hemi for sale.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/plymouth/belvedere_1/1312779.html%26refer%3dnews
> > > >
> > > > Only $185,000.  A little out of my league.  Maybe 50 of us could kick
> > > > in $3,500 each and own it for a week.
> > > >
> > > > - Jim
> > > > Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
> > > > '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
> > > > '63 Polara 500 (383)
> > > > '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
> > > > '71 Bronco
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