Station Wagons

[Jeff Goss]

My 64 Wagon seems to be pretty svelte-tipping the scales at a paltry 3670.

Love the Wagons!

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Jeff Goss

My 64 Wagon seems to be pretty svelte-tipping the scales at a paltry 3670.

Love the Wagons!

Jeff, when I see your wagon, it brings back great memories of the wagon that was one of the greatest in D5...the blue and white '65 Chevelle wagon of "Ed Wise". He won several divisionals, and I think some national events with it. I believe he ran both the 283, and the 327 in that great wagon (the 283 for sure). I recall him running SS/MA with that wagon, and being a worthy foe for anyone who lined up against him...especially at Bandimere Speedway! If anyone has a photo of that wagon I'd like to see it here too?

Oh, and lest I also forget about another wagon that has made it's presence felt here in D7 that used to be a formidable foe for D5 racers back in the late '90's to mid-'00's. The former Bobby Stevens driven '65 Chevy Nova Wagon, currently being campaigned by all-stars winner Gregg Luneack!

One more former formidable wagon of the 70's and '80's for you AMC fanatics, was the "Kelvinator" campaigned by one Rick Rusk also in D5. I forget if it was a Concord wagon, or another model type, but it was a great car for him, and was cool to watch, because he was a winner with it too!!!

Between those great wagons and Jody Lang's wagon, I wish (sometimes) I would've gotten one of them to be a racer. It sure would've been easier to work on, and especially w/o the fuel injection to deal with....

[Bob Bender]

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

hell my old sled tips the scales at 4470... usually 4500 or so sclae weight.... powered by a huge 283 cubic inch, with the only real 283 intake in nhra, and a huge 415cfm 4gc has run in the 13.70's (in 2500ft air)
a real drag wagon, been hitting the 1/4 mile since 1980, made probably 3000+ runs... won a few divisionals, a IHRA race or two and just been a good ol race car....

its not everyone who looks at a 1960 chevy wagon and says... i wanna race that

captain jack

Jack, mine is 4650 in P/SA...........Still love your car.

[Hemi Moose]

1960 Chevy Kingswood wagon...

[Ray Menard]

Does anyone have pictures of Kirk McCowan's 59 Chevy O/S-R/S Wagon called the "Leaping Lion"? It ran out of Plymouth, Michigan in the mid to late 60's. It was a home built multiple record holder that Kirk flat towed to Dallas, Texas in 1968 for the Spring Nationals (NHRA) with his 56 Chevy pickup with a 396 under the hood and me, a pimply faced rookie, riding shotgun. Ironically, he worked at a Ford plant in the area. He also had a sticker on the rear window that read..."This is Ford Country".

I recall he had one of the early (Line-Lok) devices which consisted of a big ole steel rod, pivoting from the dash and applying the brake in the water box and at the line. Wow...that was a long time ago!

The speed secret he shared with me was..."launch at float & go through the lights at float. That's how to make a small motor/big car to work". I never forgot it.

Thanks,

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Ray Menard

Does anyone have pictures of Kirk McCowan's 59 Chevy O/S-R/S Wagon called the "Leaping Lion"? It ran out of Plymouth, Michigan in the mid to late 60's. It was a home built multiple record holder that Kirk flat towed to Dallas, Texas in 1968 for the Spring Nationals (NHRA) with his 56 Chevy pickup with a 396 under the hood and me, a pimply faced rookie, riding shotgun. Ironically, he worked at a Ford plant in the area. He also had a sticker on the rear window that read..."This is Ford Country".

I recall he had one of the early (Line-Lok) devices which consisted of a big ole steel rod, pivoting from the dash and applying the brake in the water box and at the line. Wow...that was a long time ago!

The speed secret he shared with me was..."launch at float & go through the lights at float. That's how to make a small motor/big car to work". I never forgot it.

Thanks,

Here's one of Kirk McCowan's 59 Chevy wagon called 'Leaping Lion'

[Rich Erickson]

Originally Posted by doglover44

I liked the article in the Past Nat Dragster didnt know many Station wagons were big in S/SS in the past.

I wonder who requested that

[Rich Erickson]

[Rich Erickson]

[cicero819]

Originally Posted by Rich Erickson

Richard Charbonneau's E/S Fairlane was it ever really legal since there is nothing mentioned in Ford historical archives that they ever produced a 427 cubic inches in a wagon? Great car none the less. CR