Attn: Stephen Johnson - Page 2

bill dedman · 12-14-2008, 12:56 AM

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...

Tand E racing · 12-14-2008, 12:30 PM

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.

Stephen & Horace Johnson · 12-14-2008, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tand E racing

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.

WE were told it was goin to run N/SS

Stephen Johnson #2162
Horace Johnson #2167
SS/D 427 Ford Fairlane NHRA-IHRA

12-14-2008, 12:56 AM	#11
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	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... __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 12-14-2008 at 12:59 AM.

12-14-2008, 12:30 PM	#12
Tand E racing Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 94 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	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.