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odcics2
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:38 pm Post subject: #88 (DC-93) Chrysler Engineering AMELIA Is. Photos, video |
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Good opportunity for pics if you're in the area. (Jacksonville, FL)
The car was well received.
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odcics2
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George Andrews
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Nice footage, thanks for posting. Interesting to see the infield so EMPTY. I know the track was only 1 year old at the time, but I somehow expected a bigger garage. |
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odcics2
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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you're welcome. |
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odcics2
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:52 am Post subject: |
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I added some under hood and trunk pics to the link on Allpar.
Chromed parts: valve covers, water pump pulley, throttle cable bracket,
oil breathers and cross tube.
Reason for chrome on a nascar hemi??
Chrysler race mechanic Larry Knowlton told me that if it didn't break the record, at least it would look good trying!
The short block assy is a numbers matching part of the car. It was in it in Feb., 1969 for the Daytona 125 qualifier when the car was a still a Charger 500, numbered 99. |
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Racer14
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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It is amazing that this racer is so precise in its restoration 50 years later. Chrysler really reached a technical pinnacle with the Hemi and the wing cars. They were pure bred brute force beasts just built for all out speed. I can't imagine what it would be like driving one at 200 mph, I guess that is why there were larger than life drivers like Buddy Baker to do the job. These wing cars helped build NASCAR unlike the current "race" cars. Great restoration! |
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George Andrews
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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ALL the NASCAR drivers back then were HE - Men -- they HAD to be ! 4000 lb cars on Bias Ply Flintstones' or " May - Pop " tires ( Curtis Turner's nickname for Goodyears ), virtually NO driver comfort items, manual steering, drum brakes, full window glass on SuperSpeedways, and a GIANT boat anchor of HOT engine right under the driver's feet. I don't know how Mario Andretti even survived 500 miles at Daytona, let alone WINNING the 1967 Daytona 500 !?! |
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odcics2
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Racer14 wrote: | It is amazing that this racer is so precise in its restoration 50 years later. Chrysler really reached a technical pinnacle with the Hemi and the wing cars. They were pure bred brute force beasts just built for all out speed. I can't imagine what it would be like driving one at 200 mph, I guess that is why there were larger than life drivers like Buddy Baker to do the job. These wing cars helped build NASCAR unlike the current "race" cars. Great restoration! |
A lot of hard work since 1998....
thank you!! |
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C5HM
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odcics2
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:28 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the link, John!
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