[X-TECH MAN]

Hi....Its me again. No.....Ronnie Broadhead never won a major eliminator ***le. He was the one that started the ball rolling about the hydro's in the "TRUCKS" a.ka. El Camino's in around the eary '60's. Not sure of the exact year. Grahm Douglas Pontiac wagon was a bronze? orange-ish?(Gold?) and white two tone color and he won the winternats using a 318 HP Tri-Power version of the standard 389 (Non-SD). Grahm also beat BIG DADDY Russ Mathews for class that year in what was G/SA. Bill is much better versed along with Chuck than Iam on the west coast cars but those deals are still in my old memory cells. Sorry about hi-jacking the thread also but the old fart came out of me there for a moment. Just to throw some "GAS" on the fire about the subject of 4-speeds in 55-57 Chebbie's we all know that the 55-56 never had it. The '57 Corvette got the 4-speed around Jan or Feb. of 1957. Later when BW-T10 production caught up how many know that when some one ordered a 283/283 HP FI passenger car it was assembly line produced with a 3-speed trans (on the colum) but came with a 4-speed trans and shifter installed in the trunk! Yep....just like the later Z-28s that were ordered with the X-ram intake's and headers. Parts came in the TRUNK. I was 12 or 13 when my uncle got delivery of his .57 FI 150 sedan and the BW-T10 was in a crate right there in the trunk but not for long. It was installed the same day he brought it home and I helped or at least I handed him some wrenches.....lol.. Not assembly line produced like the Corvette but along the same way the early SD Pontiacs came in 60-61. Over the counter so to speak. Have a wonderful holiday everyone. Terry Bell