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08-10-2017, 08:00 PM | #1 |
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D1 70;s SS/history question?
tks lads... The SS/I BENNETT & SIRIANNI Camaro was one tough customer in the north east.... love to hear any storys/info on those guys & that car.. I loved seeing them at san-air back then...ronnie & carl inspired me...
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Re: D1 70;s SS/history question?
The story as told to me. The car was a terror and it rarely lost a round. They had a mishap and barrel rolled it several times, major damage as you can imagine. They sold it as is to Ihor Fedun and he stripped off all the "good" stuff and scrapped the rest. That car had the trickest 10 bolt rear anybody ever saw. Those guys were pretty sharp.
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Re: D1 70;s SS/history question?
The 67 car was actually made into a 68 car, after a horsepower hit. Wanting to stay in "I", they changed the existing car over.
Those of you that know Camaros realize that it ain't as easy as it looks.
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Re: D1 70;s SS/history question?
Here's a pic:
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Re: D1 70;s SS/history question?
I believe that is the car that made me park my SS/I Roadrunner in favor of a SS/E 427 Chevelle. Lol
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08-11-2017, 09:51 AM | #6 |
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Re: D1 70;s SS/history question?
Absolute killer car ! Remember it well. They were always the first car to the lanes when SS was called.
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Re: D1 70;s SS/history question?
I started racing super stock in 1974.
Carl & Ronnie were a class act and would always lend a hand if you needed it. They pretty much cleaned up at Englishtown on a weekly basis. For national events you had to win class in order to race in the eliminator and I'm not sure what year it was but along came Don Bowles in a SS/I Mustang. His car was wicked fast and pretty sure he won class a lot. Not sure what year Carl & Ronnie went to the Super Mod Class. That's 1 class that NHRA should've kept. It was Jr. Pro/S so to speak. I think 1 yr there were 25 C/SM at Englishtown. Only the winner got into Modified Eliminator. Definitely a fun class to watch.
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Re: D1 70;s SS/history question?
I believe it all happened at carl's one car garage in ashbury park nj? and what a lineup of help...T/K, Hoffman, duffy's, trans end, I believe jack arnew did the front end, tony feil...bob's berserko lounge too.
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Re: D1 70;s SS/history question?
It was a unique time to be racing when they ran that car. I remember a Summernationals that there were lots of SS/I cars and when they got down to 3 cars for class I saw them crawl under their car in staging lanes and drain some oil out. I was a 20 year old then and that was the first time I saw that done. I am pretty sure in those years they weighed the cars without the driver, so Ron was a pretty light guy so he would be the obvious choice to drive .
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