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Welcome to the list, I used to go to U.S.
30 Dragstrip in the late 50's and early 60's but the one I went to was in Gary,
Indiana. A friend of mine had a 64 Plymouth 2-Door Post with a 413 with a dual
quad cross ram manifold, and a three speed stick that was very fast, I
remember that the stock header dump had a larger diameter than was legal so he
stuffed beer or soda cans into them to meet the size limitation, I don't know if
they ever made it all the way through the quarter.. I never got to see him run
since I was in the Air Force at that time. That engine ended up in another
friend's 53 Studebaker after the first friend got married and settled down and
the cam in the engine flattened some lobes, it might have also spent some time
in a Henry-J that the second friend also raced.
John
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Subject: [FWDLK] MOPAR EXTREMIST JOINS
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Hi
Guys,
I just joined "Forward Look" and my
directions was to give a short
introduction.
I am and old Mopar drag
racer from the late 50s to the early 80s. I started out drag racing with a 56
Plymouth Fury automatic. In the 5 years that I raced the Fury I won 51
trophy's and had 7 losses. ( I am and extremist) I raced at many East
Coast Dragstrips but mostly at York US 30 in Pennsylvania. I dropped out of
drag racing in the early 80s and sold all three of my Plymouth Superbirds
which I also raced. I won a grand total of almost 300 trophy's on the
dragstrips and set 4 Regional records and 1 National NHRA record.
I have
owned and raced about 30 Mopars on the dragstrips. I started backing off on
drag racing in 1977 because I got tired of people saying "You look like Elvis
Presley," it is a shame you can't sing." I hired 5 voice teacher not telling
any one of them I had 4 other teachers and learned to sing in about 5 months.
(remember I am and extremist) I ended up marrying one of my voice
teacher and today I am rated in the top ten Elvis entertainer in the world and
my wife Wendy and I are now living in Harrisburg, Penna happily ever after
with our 10
cars.
Ron Allyn Swartley
56 Fury Showcar
56 Fury 392 Chrysler 300D
engine
58 Fury Golden Commando
65 GT Dart -- Wendy's car
+ half dozen
other cars.
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