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Expert 5K+ Passed away 30th Sept 2024. You will be missed Chuck! Posts: 8954 Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | here a photo from above that shows one of thatcher's dart . there is no D500 badge ---------------------------------------------------------later (tumblr_mvgnn4X26u1qelkhfo1_500.jpg) Attachments ---------------- tumblr_mvgnn4X26u1qelkhfo1_500.jpg (127KB - 442 downloads) | ||
hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Draggin' wagon (fwlk.jpg) Attachments ---------------- fwlk.jpg (34KB - 459 downloads) | ||
Hyfire |
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I'm thinking this car wasn't a D500. It may or may not have had a D500 engine originally, as the majority of Norm's cars were custom built from the factory with the largest engines available. I do know that the only other exception I know of is the 1959 Dodge racecar. It was the only car shipped to a local dealership and he was paid back by Chrysler with a check. Looking at the engine compartment, just like the 300D...it's a stripper. What makes me think it may be a dealer car is that the car doesn't appear to have a radio, and every one of Norm's racecars had radios. I've always had a feeling this car is out there. | |||
hemidave |
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hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | . (f287d230cd844723_landing.jpg) Attachments ---------------- f287d230cd844723_landing.jpg (13KB - 459 downloads) | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | Ima go racin soon - WHOO ! (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (180KB - 486 downloads) | ||
flattie45 |
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Veteran Posts: 195 Location: Dorset, England | A most excellent build. Looking forward to seeing the videos of it on the strip. | ||
MOPAR-TO-YA |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5140 Location: cornpatch county, Southwest IOA | B/G 61 - 2015-03-22 5:51 PM Cool! bet there was not another one there!...................................MOIma go racin soon - WHOO ! | ||
longram60 |
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Veteran Posts: 255 Location: Dunnellon, FL | B/G 61 - 2015-03-22 5:51 PM Ima go racin soon - WHOO ! Sweet! Where you planning on running? | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | Ohio's Thunder Capital !!! http://thompsonracewaypark.com/ | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | WHOO !!! (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (107KB - 445 downloads) | ||
hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Either the Plymouth is going to race, or it's a push car for a dragster that's out of view. Edited by hemidave 2015-03-26 12:14 PM (685.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 685.jpg (51KB - 445 downloads) | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | Well until someone starts a "cruisin's cool but who goes flying?" thread, I figure this is as good a place for this pic as any... (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (187KB - 446 downloads) | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | Gotta advertise (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (75KB - 463 downloads) | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | Bad cell phone pic of a magazine - '59 Savoy (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (72KB - 424 downloads) | ||
ABloch |
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Expert Posts: 1482 Location: Pacific Northwest | Racin' the 62. Sorry bout the shaky camera work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIVY7pGjKCU | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | WHOO ! mid to low 13's is quick ! Way cool. I watched the other video of you backing out of the barn/garage- car sounds healthy for sure. How's this for cool...??? (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (202KB - 458 downloads) | ||
ABloch |
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Expert Posts: 1482 Location: Pacific Northwest | Now that looks fun! | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | ...And snarky handling! The engine (torque) would 'drive' the car. The front wheels are spread-wide, but, recovering from a power-slide/skid would make for a memorable event, in this ride. With a fiberglass body, etc., what modern class would this 'rod' compete in? Edited by d500neil 2015-04-07 1:50 AM | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | . (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (126KB - 454 downloads) | ||
ruchaven |
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Expert Posts: 1231 Location: York County, PA | I take all of mine to the track at one time or another just to find out what they will do. Catch ya later | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | ... (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (186KB - 436 downloads) | ||
hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | . (gasser.jpg) Attachments ---------------- gasser.jpg (207KB - 432 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Could be an optical illusion, but the white 61 Fart, above, looks to have a shorter wheelbase than the car residing next to it? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Why are 61 Fords so dammed scarce today ??? Was there some fatal flaw to them that did not seem to bother the 60 and 62 cars ??? I see 100 of the others before I see a single 61 anymore. Wassup ??? | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9953 Location: So. Cal | I suspect that they are too "plain Jane" so that most of them were overlooked and crushed. But in saying that, I see more '61 Fords than I do of any forwardlook cars. What does that say? | ||
ttotired |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8445 Location: Perth Australia | That mopars are rust buckets and expensive to fix, but, they look good once done But lets not get into that one on this thread | ||
Paul Hettick |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 705 Location: California | That's Canadian 61 meteor. Demo derby guys are still using 57 to 64 fords and mercs. They were built for it. | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | ... (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (203KB - 422 downloads) | ||
hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | 60 Plymouth (4742015_orig.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 4742015_orig.jpg (97KB - 410 downloads) | ||
Polybun |
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Temporarily suspended to cool off Posts: 316 | the real question is, who goes land speed racing? | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Dodge Boys in action: (PICT4590.JPG) Attachments ---------------- PICT4590.JPG (165KB - 411 downloads) | ||
Hyfire |
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Polybun - 2015-05-31 6:19 PM the real question is, who goes land speed racing?
Throw some bumper guards and curb feelers on and you are ready for 185MPH. Man, I love that car. | |||
FwdLk56 |
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Location: Indiana | speakin' of racin' and granted not FL, but i've added a "fast and furious" Eagle Talon TSi AWD to my growing roster i know not many around here are fans of the 90s turbo's, but i still feel they have their place in PERFORMANCE history it's MoPar's engine performance history that drove me to be a MoPar Man even though my family is all GM-only and Stude-only bring the in-laws into the picture and it's Ford-only and JohnDeer-only, i'm the only MoPar Man in the whole bunch | ||
Tragic Wagon |
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Member Posts: 35 | I'm a long, long way from track time in my Suburban but it will definitely get run down the 1320 at some point. I'm not planning on building a giant-killer but I'd like to see 13s with it, which shouldn't be too tough with a big-block. My two non-Forward-Look projects both have a much-higher horsepower mandate, and I expect both to be considerably quicker. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | FwdLk56 - 2015-06-02 2:55 PM speakin' of racin' and granted not FL, but i've added a "fast and furious" Eagle Talon TSi AWD to my growing roster i know not many around here are fans of the 90s turbo's, but i still feel they have their place in PERFORMANCE history it's MoPar's engine performance history that drove me to be a MoPar Man even though my family is all GM-only and Stude-only bring the in-laws into the picture and it's Ford-only and JohnDeer-only, i'm the only MoPar Man in the whole bunch ===================================== Why is it that more often than not, car guys gravitate to one make, to the exclusion of all others ??? Sort of a blind loyalty that a certain mfr. built only "awesome" cars and everybody else made junk ? Where does that mentality come from ??? I just don't get it. | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | (Family-) blood/history/tradition, in many different aspects...even in preparing BAR-B-QUE, e.g.)....is thicker than water (somebody-elses') preferences, on the same or similar subject. Simple; people are communal, tribal and territorial, in their survivability, over the centuries. Remember Kenelration's jingle, from the 60's(?)... "My dog's better than your dog".......my dog's better, 'cause he eats Kenelration, my dog's better than yours!" [Meanwhile, back at the ranch...] Edited by d500neil 2015-06-02 10:45 AM | ||
FwdLk56 |
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Location: Indiana | Doctor DeSoto - 2015-06-02 10:25 AM Why is it that more often than not, car guys gravitate to one make, to the exclusion of all others ??? Sort of a blind loyalty that a certain mfr. built only "awesome" cars and everybody else made junk ? Where does that mentality come from ??? I just don't get it. i don't get it either, while a MoPar Man, i am *NOT* a MoPar-ONLY Man... the '56 Studebaker Sky Hawk, the '56 DeSoto Adventurer, the '58 Bonneville, and the '60 Dart are my Top Four - no one-make exclude-others there, and none of the four look anything like each other either... i personally don't put Dodge and DeSoto anywhere near the same "one-make" even though they are both 'owned' by Chrysler... and nope, a Prowler and a Neon aren't "one-make" either, don't care that they are both "Plymouths"... | ||
58sportsuburban |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 449 Location: jersey | with traction my car should see 11.20's @ about 120. not to shabby for a wagon. | ||
FwdLk56 |
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Location: Indiana | the numbers that people throw around has really taught me just who is into racing and who isn't ie, the really-into-racing always talk 1/4 mile and throw out numbers for how many seconds it took to cross the 1/4 mile line and what speed they crossed it i've never really liked 1/4 mile numbers, i can't show them off on the "street" how fast i can get to 60mph, now THAT i can show off on the "street" | ||
jimntempe |
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Expert Posts: 2312 Location: Arizona | That's the beauty of how the FL era cars were set up. They weren't necessarily hot dogs for the quarter mile but they could sure scoot off when the light turned green and right on up to the 45 mph speed limit on main street. | ||
FwdLk56 |
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Location: Indiana | agreed, my '55 base-model four-door with the "half-hemi" poly 270 nets 240 lb-ft that's actually on the low side compared to other '55s, but still a very respectable torque figure even for today's cars | ||
hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | HOT ROD magazine (hrdp-1205-history-of-when-stock-cars-nascar-mattered-02.jpg) Attachments ---------------- hrdp-1205-history-of-when-stock-cars-nascar-mattered-02.jpg (236KB - 427 downloads) | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | Not so much racin, but runnin hard... (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (76KB - 434 downloads) | ||
flattie45 |
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Veteran Posts: 195 Location: Dorset, England | http://www.akinamedia.jp/?p=895 The only detail wrong is that he guessed I'm packin' a Hemi, when I'm a proud to be poly. | ||
longram60 |
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Veteran Posts: 255 Location: Dunnellon, FL | This '59 Plymouth was on display at the recent NHRA Hot Rod Reunion. Never went down the track: | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | ... (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (116KB - 412 downloads) | ||
hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Ready to race (Dodge.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Dodge.jpg (131KB - 413 downloads) | ||
Ray Bell |
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Expert Posts: 2482 Location: Dalveen, Queensland, Australia | Yep... I guess with the rear bumper removed and the hubcaps pulled off, the Simca is definitely ready to go! | ||
ttotired |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8445 Location: Perth Australia | Ray Maybe the simca has a twin to the engine in the dragster hiding under the bonnet | ||
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