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12-14-2008, 12:56 AM | #11 |
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Re: Attn: Stephen Johnson
Good one, Michael... science fiction, but funny!!!
The Van Cleve Fairlane is living on, apparently, through the efforts of a father who really cares about performance, and his son's love for racing. That's so cool! My Dad want to the drags just once. My partners and I had a 345cid Olds-powered B/Gas Coupe back then (1962) and were middle-of-the-pack racers as far as performance went. We ran as fast as we could afford, which meant a milled, cast iron (3 two-barrel) J-2 Olds manifold on some '55 heads we'd put '56 exhaust valves in (bigger) and flat-top pistons, with some flex-pipe headers... (no kidding.) My Dad showed up at one race (never to return), but I had no idea he'd gone there. When I got home, his one comments was, "GOT BEAT, DIDN'T YA..." I just walked out of the room. I think anyone whose Dad works on the race car is a lucky so-and-so...
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12-14-2008, 12:30 PM | #12 |
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Re: Attn: Stephen Johnson
I saw that car alot when i was a kid growing up in the northwest, I have also seen some photo's of Van cleves new fairlane that was under construction at Brad hadmans shop. Don't no what it will be used for but i can say this it is beautiful.
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Re: Attn: Stephen Johnson
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WE were told it was goin to run N/SS Stephen Johnson #2162 Horace Johnson #2167 SS/D 427 Ford Fairlane NHRA-IHRA |
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