Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac

[dennis dunlap]

I remmber him from when i first got the racing bug ,fearious pontiac compertiter , Got some old pictures of his car from the good ole days ,,,, This thread has has some great potential to get some great stories from the past !!

[ss2323]

Ramon would love to see any old pictures. He has great memories of his racing days......

[Hemi Moose]

[ss2323]

Cool...I have purchase that magazine, Waiting for it to come in so I can show it to him. He hasn't seen it in years,,,,, I never new a drag racing legend lived in my little town !!!!!!!

[ss2323]

Just a bit of trivia.... Ramon said when this picture was taken the motor was out... They put old parts for weight under the hood to make it have the right stance.......

[Hemi Moose]

Does he still live in Huntington Beach...

[ss2323]

No, He lives in the panhandle of Texas. This is the area where he grew up..

[ss2323]

Thats the first picture that I could see the hood stripes he's been telling me about .. Thanks

[Rich Biebel]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Ramon Lowe's '58 Pontiac...

That body looks like a Star Chief sedan. Longer wheelbase than the cheaper base models. Similar to a top of the line Bonneville....

They made a bunch of different body styles. Hardtops, sedans, convertibles and wagons....

and with the over the counter stuff a lot of different engine combos..

338 hp would have been with an over the counter McKellar solid lifter cam.
Can't recall whether that was with a Tri-Power or a Rochester Fuel Injection unit.

Trans was a 4 speed hydro but they had a reputation for breaking and I broke mine....

I Loved those cars.
I had a 58 Chieftain.....was my first nice car and it had fresh laquer paint. White with a blue cove and roof......370 cubes 2 barrel hydramatic.

I did the heads...added a 4 barrel (AFB).....borrowed a 4.56 gear form Craig Muller and had a hokey exhaust with cutouts...Craig also did my trans and it shifted very hard....too hard.
Drove it to the track and ran high14's a few times around 1966.

I loved that car and unfortunately it ended up as scrap.....

[Brett Brown]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

The "Brown" of Lowe & Brown, is my dad Gene Brown. I knew Ramon ("Tex" to me & many others) my entire childhood until he moved from Huntington Beach. Haven't seen him in forever.