Unused race cars, too

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Greg Gay

Yes as to the 6600 cars. Perhaps not as ready as new belts and tires, but yes. after I posted this, I have had people texting me about cars that I have not thought of in years that are just setting.

Along these same lines, I wonder what happened to all of the '63-'67 Corvettes that used to run in Modified. Have all of these cars been restored back to original, or are there cars and cars just setting, not being raced?

I have wondered the same.
Old videos shows a bunch of the mid 60's Vettes in Modified Eliminator.
Cool looking cars.
I just wonder where they ended up at because Corvettes like that are not exactly a disposable type race car ( compared to say a Vega)

[Mark Ugrich]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

I have wondered the same.
Old videos shows a bunch of the mid 60's Vettes in Modified Eliminator.
Cool looking cars.
I just wonder where they ended up at because Corvettes like that are not exactly a disposable type race car ( compared to say a Vega)

There’s supposed to be a display of old modified cars this weekend at the Oakland roadster Show.My chassis builder was invited to bring his Corvette .

[Mike Pearson]

Recently we have lost quite a few super stock cars here in FL. All retired from racing and sold their cars. Eddie Diaz, Pat Clifford, Rebel Kid, Kenny McCoy just to name a few. Merril Schrimsher has his beautiful 66 Chevy II up for sale. Paul Forte has not run his car in quite a long while. My buddy Jay Slane has had some health issues that have kept him from racing much for the past 3 years. He is recovering from knee replacement surgery right now and hopes to be back out racing some later in the year. Haven't seen John Douglas racing in a few years and he was a die hard racer. Not sure what happened to John. Tony Conte still has his SS/AS Camaro but he has not been racing much either. Probably close to retiring seeing he is in his late 70's.
I am sure it is similar in Stock but I don't keep up with them as much.

[rx dealer]

About those 63-67 Corvettes or even 57-62 i bet many of them got turned into Super Class cars with with tube chassis and what every part left over were sold in swap meets and in the hands of "collectors".

[GTX JOHN]

My boy finished in top 5 in Superstock and won a Divisional with Kenny
McCoy's old Duster our here in Div. 7. Kenny and his family came out
and ran it last year at Vegas Divisional and hopefully will get out again and run
it this year! He is a great guy and the car went to a good home.

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

My boy finished in top 5 in Superstock and won a Divisional with Kenny
McCoy's old Duster our here in Div. 7. Kenny and his family came out
and ran it last year at Vegas Divisional and hopefully will get out again and run
it this year! He is a great guy and the car went to a good home.

Kenny is one of the nicest and talented racers you could ever know and we miss seeing him race down here in D2. I hope he is doing well. His car was one of our favorites too!



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[GTX JOHN]

[QUOTE=Jim Wahl;606547]Kenny is one of the nicest and talented racers you could ever know and we miss seeing him race down here in D2. I hope he is doing well. His car was one of our favorites too!

Kenny has a very busy work schedule and I am sure it is hard to go to the track after losing his father.

[Stephen & Horace Johnson]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

Recently we have lost quite a few super stock cars here in FL. All retired from racing and sold their cars. Eddie Diaz, Pat Clifford, Rebel Kid, Kenny McCoy just to name a few. Merril Schrimsher has his beautiful 66 Chevy II up for sale. Paul Forte has not run his car in quite a long while. My buddy Jay Slane has had some health issues that have kept him from racing much for the past 3 years. He is recovering from knee replacement surgery right now and hopes to be back out racing some later in the year. Haven't seen John Douglas racing in a few years and he was a die hard racer. Not sure what happened to John. Tony Conte still has his SS/AS Camaro but he has not been racing much either. Probably close to retiring seeing he is in his late 70's.
I am sure it is similar in Stock but I don't keep up with them as much.

john Douglas quit racing and sold his car years ago....

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Stephen & Horace Johnson

john Douglas quit racing and sold his car years ago....

Thanks I figured that was the case. Hope he is enjoying life.

[cgall]

My overhead door guy told me last summer he sees more race cars mothballed in garages than those that are still being campaigned