Survivor Thunderbolts

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by chris ok

I'd love to see the pics of the 17 Thunderbolts Randy Delisio restored.
I just got the Hot Wheels, Nazy Crate, wayy cooll.
Thanks to all responding here. This is Great American History.

Maybe Drake can comment on this question...so which ones did he restore. I heard some stories that someone found the very first '64 Thunderbolt shell and that they restored it, this was some years back.

[troublemaker427]

Don Snyder does not own the Strickler '63 Z-11. Don does have a nice collection of T-bolts including the first and last ones built...

[DRAKE VISCOME]

Hey Jody..."oops"...do know Don has one of the early Chevrolet cars ( "memory"...thought it was Dave's)...(hey...they (Brand X...all look alike to me "hoss" only kidding!)..."recall" isn't exactly what it once was...sorry if I offended you in any way for sure... Drake...p.s. Don Snyder does have a "collection" well beyond the "nice" (?) (awesome maybe...) Thunderbolts...that "most" mere mortals can only "dream" about 'eh...owning #1...& #111Thunderbolts' of one hundred eleven ever produced by Andy Hotten's Dearborn Steel Tubing for Ford Motor Company...is just a segment of Don's "collection" as you "know"...

[cobrajet2]

Is Don Snyders collection set up like a museum? Can you walk thru it? Invitation only? Mike, how did you gain access for all those pictures?

Thanks

[Mike Carr]

Originally Posted by cobrajet2

Is Don Snyders collection set up like a museum? Can you walk thru it? Invitation only? Mike, how did you gain access for all those pictures?

Thanks

CJ2, the collection is open, by appointment only. A friend who is announcer at Pittsburgh Raceway Park e-mailed me back in May, and let me know about it, so I made the 20 minute drive over to see it. There were about 25-30 of us that day. There are three rooms of cars. One of JUST T-bolts, lightweight Galaxies (Mike (?) Schmidt's AA/SA '64 Jr Stock World Champ car) and other similar cars. One is race, show, muscle cars. Arnie Beswick's Tameless Tiger, Sox and Martin '69 Roadrunner, Stiles' A/S '66 Hemi, Earnhardt Sr and Jarret NASCAR cars, and other cool stuff. Plus a room with antique cars (1919 Oldsmobile and other old classics). Yes, you are free to walk through and take pictures. Plus they build custom cars and restore original ones. Was definately a fun day (spent about two hours or so there seeing everythng). As a youngster (33 years old) was cool to see cars I'd only ever heard/read about. Don has five Thunderbolts--the first, the last, and three others. If/when someone schedules another trip there, I will be sure and make a post in this forum about it. Not far from the Ohio/Penn line; not far from Quaker City Motorsports Park, Youngstown OH or New Castle PA. Can;t remember what the website for the place is. It's on State Route 165 in New Springfield Ohio (aka South Range Road, same road Quaker City is on, just about 20 minutes away).

[DRAKE VISCOME]

Hey...Randy DeLisio's shop phone # is-1-315-946-5025...I don't "know" how much Randy does internet wise...but...he's a very ez "cat" to talk with...down to earth...no ego..honest/candid as the day is long...the very best "period" Ford/Mercury SS/FX restorer on the planet...bar none...has done more Thunderbolts,Comets,Mustangs, than any one person ever owned...by a bunch..."maybe" (at least I think so) the most knowledgable person in a "hands on" sense about these cars ever...not a guy who just read about 'em...or had a "friend"/associate/former racer/all-star...who may have told him about 'em......U...get the idea...maybe he'll oblige and come on-board...I'm sure it would be genuinely...very interesting/informative.. Drake p.s. Don Snyder's as stated before...a must "see"!

[R W Ohio]

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