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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
Here's another shot '65 A990 from the old days...
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02-14-2012, 06:22 PM
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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
Another one of the '65 A990 on a the back of their hauler...
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02-25-2012, 12:50 PM
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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
One more of Butch Leal's '65 A990 Belvedere...
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02-26-2012, 09:47 AM
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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
If I missed it, where is this car today?
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02-26-2012, 10:24 AM
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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
It is owned by Martin Libhart from Wichita, Kansas.
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02-26-2012, 12:42 PM
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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
The last I heard about the car was a blurb in the National Dragster after Steve sold it, that the tech people in what ever division it went to should be watching for it.
And there you have it Dave Schmitz Dave is not that the car that was totallly acid dipped and deemed not legal at the time ?
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02-29-2012, 03:25 PM
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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
IMHO the coolest car Butch ever had. I saw it at the '74 Springnationals in Columbus. I believe he was trying out a french 4 speed that was supposed to be bulletproof. He broke it. Here's a couple of pictures from that race. I was 26 at the time.
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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
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I saw the car also 25 or so years ago with the small tree growing up through the engine bay sitting infront of Bud's house. It was sad to see. The story I was told about the car by the late WB Hutto was he believed the car though a '65, was built through connections at Chrysler for Butch in 1973. I don't know what is true about that story and what isn't. Hey Dan Moore, you're #1.  RIP Mark Graham & WB Hutto
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03-10-2012, 09:27 AM
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Re: Butch leal's number 2 car
I forgot what I had read after a few days. Old Guy's account clears up the history of that car. Thanks. Robert's question is still the same question I have. Did the car end up being owned by Bud Spears. The car Bud had was painted a beautiful candy apple red and was lettered with the words "It's Hemi Time" on the doors. I saw this car with the tree sprouting up through the engine bay around 1987 or 88.
Hey Dan Moore, you're #1. RIP Mark Graham & WB Hutto
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