Karl Gould Hemi Superbird 2014

[gymratt30]

GREAT article on my car in todays Hemmings Motor News.


http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...l-hemi-engine/


Thanks Richard,

[Liteweight]

Great article!!!!!. Exposure such as this can be the best tool at your disposal. Hope it works out for you, but honestly it's probably gonna be word of mouth that'll scare up that old Elfhunt for you.

liteweight

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

Great article!!!!!. Exposure such as this can be the best tool at your disposal. Hope it works out for you, but honestly it's probably gonna be word of mouth that'll scare up that old Elfhunt for you.

liteweight

Be cool if when he finds that original Hemi for the Superbird the guy just happens to remember a certain LO23 owner that asked him about buying it for a spare. Probably from doing some street racin' and then hiding his Dart in a garage. Since it never was a "Big Dog" car it just got lost over the years.

[jerry witzel]

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[DRAKE VISCOME]

Hey ...with all due respect...know Tim & Kim Richards for many,many years...they are as straight-up people as any on this planet...maybe this "story" which isn't exactly accurate...names (Bernstein brothers?)...Tim with a Sox & Martin engine???!!!***events/wins...with his (Tim's) talent/knowledge of the Chrysler Hemi (426) from day one...always possible...I guess...but pretty doubtful...I'd think...maybe a guy like me...not real talented in engine building area...for sure would have went the Sox & Martin "route" (if Tim wouldn't do it) if I was a Chrysler "guy"...sadly the late Bob Chipper another fine racer...real good guy...can't provide some info/insight...Tim & Kim are very private...so I can't help you with contact...but hopefully maybe they read this "story"...and are amused enough to clear up at least the beginning of Superbird (yours) facts...best wishes in completing car as you hope to...funny how time makes stories "grow"...we always won more-went faster-hung out with-way back when 'eh!!! Drake yikes...a lil' "surprised" Hemmings doesn't check/know a bit of backround-validity... on some of these cars...guess a "story"...is just that a "story"...Tim Richards accomplishments/success/contributions to the sport of drag racing over many years are numerous...he is in the dictionary...under Legend...a genuine... real one!!!...the Smith-Barney way...he earned it...wife Kim & her dad-Dick LaHaie right there with him...best- of...D...best-'nuff said !!!

[gymratt30]

Originally Posted by DRAKE VISCOME

Hey ...with all due respect...know Tim & Kim Richards for many,many years...they are as straight-up people as any on this planet...maybe this "story" which isn't exactly accurate...names (Bernstein brothers?)...Tim with a Sox & Martin engine???!!!***events/wins...with his (Tim's) talent/knowledge of the Chrysler Hemi (426) from day one...always possible...I guess...but pretty doubtful...I'd think...maybe a guy like me...not real talented in engine building area...for sure would have went the Sox & Martin "route" (if Tim wouldn't do it) if I was a Chrysler "guy"...sadly the late Bob Chipper another fine racer...real good guy...can't provide some info/insight...Tim & Kim are very private...so I can't help you with contact...but hopefully maybe they read this "story"...and are amused enough to clear up at least the beginning of Superbird (yours) facts...best wishes in completing car as you hope to...funny how time makes stories "grow"...we always won more-went faster-hung out with-way back when 'eh!!! Drake yikes...a lil' "surprised" Hemmings doesn't check/know a bit of backround-validity... on some of these cars...guess a "story"...is just that a "story"...Tim Richards accomplishments/success/contributions to the sport of drag racing over many years are numerous...he is in the dictionary...under Legend...a genuine... real one!!!...the Smith-Barney way...he earned it...wife Kim & her dad-Dick LaHaie right there with him...best- of...D...best-'nuff said !!!

Aside from the few mixups on the names ( Bernstein brothers) and the cars actual best time, ( which were correct on the display board, however got skewed in the writing of the story) the facts are pretty much straight from a phone conversation with Tim this past summer. "Sox and Martin Hemi and all"


Tim Richards and Paul Messemer, have given me 95% of the information I have gathered so far on this car right down to who painted the car, its track history and what a pain in the Butt this car was too work on ..(with the long nose and Brake booster always in the way of the Valve cover..lol). Tim has been a joy to talk to and his knowledge is incredible. Heck he was even nice enough to sign the glove compartment door , over the Christmas holidays, ...*"best present I had under the tree..lol"

[DRAKE VISCOME]

Hey...no better "source" or more candid/straight-up guy on the planet than Tim Richards...if he says it's "so"...you can indeed take it to the bank!...if as you say...this conversation took place this past summer...it's all good...only "question" would be having correct information directly from Tim...some time ago...why would you be "soliciting" further info about original origin (s) of this car?...let me be the first to tell you...I'm "old"...for sure not nearly as cerebral as days past...but...I'm clearly missing something as to "purpose" of this post from outset... or not previously acknowledging conversation (s) with Tim himself...again...truly...wishing you the best of luck in this endeavor... ...over....and out...for me...for sure...no further answer (s) needed...maybe-hope to see Tim & Kim this summer (2015) in Europe...visiting our mutual friend European Top Fuel racer/owner Rune Fjeld...if...he can put his fishing rod/reel down long enough in Florida!-Drake

[Charlie A]

[gymratt30]

Originally Posted by DRAKE VISCOME

Hey...no better "source" or more candid/straight-up guy on the planet than Tim Richards...if he says it's "so"...you can indeed take it to the bank!...if as you say...this conversation took place this past summer...it's all good...only "question" would be having correct information directly from Tim...some time ago...why would you be "soliciting" further info about original origin (s) of this car?...let me be the first to tell you...I'm "old"...for sure not nearly as cerebral as days past...but...I'm clearly missing something as to "purpose" of this post from outset... or not previously acknowledging conversation (s) with Tim himself...again...truly...wishing you the best of luck in this endeavor... ...over....and out...for me...for sure...no further answer (s) needed...maybe-hope to see Tim & Kim this summer (2015) in Europe...visiting our mutual friend European Top Fuel racer/owner Rune Fjeld...if...he can put his fishing rod/reel down long enough in Florida!-Drake

Just for the record, the purpose of the thread was to see if anyone on here had any info of where the Original Factory engine went for this car, Also to see if any members had any OLD PICTURES of this car to add to my collection, Tim mentioned that he pulled the Original Factory engine out of the car and it was "put over in the corner", (hes not really sure where it went) Tim also mentioned that there was not a lot of pictures of this car out there... he gave me the name of a few of the Photographers that I could check with, But my hopes were maybe so of the members here had old pics from there personal albums that I might get a copy of.
Lastly , this car was also run by Bob and Ed Carpinet, the paint scheme was changed and there may be some pictures of the car in that time of its glory days.
gathering info on this car is had been fun... its a old piece of history.

[Charlie A]

"Just for the record" when old guys start rememberin' stuff about the old days, regardless of subject, the topic is going to drift from time to time.

That somehow tends to take us down a different path and something else is discovered or located or remembered.

It's all good.

Look at Daryl's original post for his LO23. That one post became the basis for this entire Nostalgia forum.