Don Carlton 1967 GTX?

chris3racing · 06-28-2012, 01:36 PM

Finding all the information you want about Don Carlton, Sox and those guys is pretty easy if you go to the people who built the cars, traveled with them and was involved in the design and construction. Go to Moparts site and search. I sent Stewart Pomroy, Ted, Dick Oldfield all an email and told them about your questions an they may come one the thread with answers and photos, if available.

James L Miller · 06-28-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by chris3racing

Finding all the information you want about Don Carlton, Sox and those guys is pretty easy if you go to the people who built the cars, traveled with them and was involved in the design and construction. Go to Moparts site and search. I sent Stewart Pomroy, Ted, Dick Oldfield all an email and told them about your questions an they may come one the thread with answers and photos, if available.

I e-mailed Stewart, Dick, Ted Spehar, Hoover and several others of the Missile gang before I started this thread and only Stewart and Steve Reasbeck have replied. I got some replies from Reed and Mark J on the subject as well. Maybe you will have better luck with them? I occassionally get e-mail from Dick, so I guess there was no info or interest in a "might be Carlton's" car. My friend still hasn't looked at it, but promised some photos when he gets to look at it. I'm not holding my breath that it's a S&M car. I've looked at dozens of cars over the years that rarely were as advertised.

chris3racing · 06-29-2012, 09:48 AM

As of this post I have heard from Stewart and Joe Pappas, who is a long time friend of Carlton and still in close contact with his family. Over the years that I knew Carlton I do not recall that he had a GTX. As all of my contacts and others on this post know Sox & Martin had an army of cars out on the tracks in those days. It is a possibility that Don could have driven a Sox & Martin GTX. If you have photos or have the car, there are always people who can look at the car and give you an honest opinion as to it being a Sox & Martin built car. Almost every year there is an old race car at the East Coast Drag Time Hall of Fame Reunion in Henderson, NC which we, the old racers and crew members, are asked to try to verify that a car is a "Historic Race Car." By the way there are ways to look at the construction of a car and be able to determine who, more than likely built it.

James L Miller · 06-29-2012, 04:45 PM

Joe was on my list. I only know those guys through Stewart. I can't remember how I met him. It must have been through Moparts, but that must have been about ten years ago. I had no idea there was so many Hemi guys in the Tampa Bay area. I grew up there and didn't know any of them from 35 years ago. I wished I would have known Stewart back when the Missile was testing at Bradenton. That might have changed my career path hanging out with those guys.

06-28-2012, 01:36 PM	#1
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Don Carlton 1967 GTX? Finding all the information you want about Don Carlton, Sox and those guys is pretty easy if you go to the people who built the cars, traveled with them and was involved in the design and construction. Go to Moparts site and search. I sent Stewart Pomroy, Ted, Dick Oldfield all an email and told them about your questions an they may come one the thread with answers and photos, if available.

06-29-2012, 09:48 AM	#3
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Don Carlton 1967 GTX? As of this post I have heard from Stewart and Joe Pappas, who is a long time friend of Carlton and still in close contact with his family. Over the years that I knew Carlton I do not recall that he had a GTX. As all of my contacts and others on this post know Sox & Martin had an army of cars out on the tracks in those days. It is a possibility that Don could have driven a Sox & Martin GTX. If you have photos or have the car, there are always people who can look at the car and give you an honest opinion as to it being a Sox & Martin built car. Almost every year there is an old race car at the East Coast Drag Time Hall of Fame Reunion in Henderson, NC which we, the old racers and crew members, are asked to try to verify that a car is a "Historic Race Car." By the way there are ways to look at the construction of a car and be able to determine who, more than likely built it.

06-29-2012, 04:45 PM	#4
James L Miller Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 494 Likes: 6 Liked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Don Carlton 1967 GTX? Joe was on my list. I only know those guys through Stewart. I can't remember how I met him. It must have been through Moparts, but that must have been about ten years ago. I had no idea there was so many Hemi guys in the Tampa Bay area. I grew up there and didn't know any of them from 35 years ago. I wished I would have known Stewart back when the Missile was testing at Bradenton. That might have changed my career path hanging out with those guys. __________________ Mopar 2 Ya!