Trailer Killers!

[hemidup]

Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz

You might find that most of these combos ended up at demo derbies.

10-4 I enjoyed those car more at the demo derbies than I did at the drag strip, however I did take my Dad's new 4 door/360 cubed 72 Plymouth barge down the track a few times and actually made a few bucks in bracket 4.

[bigshow2966]

Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz

You might find that most of these combos ended up at demo derbies.

I had some buddies that did major damage to the Chevy wagon population.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by art leong

67 Belvidere II wagon with a hemi E class car almost 4500.
Now thats a part breaker.

But soooooooooooo cool !

[dahkahuna]

In the late 70's I built a 1969 chevy brookwood stationwagon, it was a 396 /265 h.p. 2bbl engine,and a t-400 trans, weight with driver for Q/SA 4705 lb's# it wasn't very quick back then @ 14.17 e.t and 83 mph, but it would pull the front wheels 2 feet off the line ..

[Dago Red]

Originally Posted by cicero819

Billy any of those automobiles left around? At that weight they're at,you know for sure someone has shipped it in tiny little pieces to China. How about a 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser 455/320hp where would it end it up,Q/sa. CR

I seem to remember Jack Troxell had one that ran in SS/MA, woodgrain and all, in the seventies. This, in addition to trying to beat their way underrated 350 in SS/OA..

Does anyone remember a 68 Ford Country Squire called the "Jolly Green Giant"?. It used to really wind up a crowd to watch this tank get to half track and then see if some COPO/Hemi/FE combo could reel it in. It was some 352/390 combo that must have put it in, like, triple Z automatic....................

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Dago Red

I seem to remember Jack Troxell had one that ran in SS/MA, woodgrain and all, in the seventies. This, in addition to trying to beat their way underrated 350 in SS/OA..

Does anyone remember a 68 Ford Country Squire called the "Jolly Green Giant"?. It used to really wind up a crowd to watch this tank get to half track and then see if some COPO/Hemi/FE combo could reel it in. It was some 352/390 combo that must have put it in, like, triple Z automatic....................

The Jolly Green Giant was Frank and Opie Moores 351 powered wagon. They had a wood grained Counry Squire wagon that was most sucessful also and won several IHRA national event and was world Champ one year. He drove the squire wagon from NC to Lakeland Florida one year, changed the rear pumpkin to racing gears and won the event. This was back in the mid to early 70's. He raced a 194 inch 6 cylinder Chev 2 with a P/G after that then kind of disappeared from the planet.

[jim powers]

i seem to remember gary labella with a 1969 impala wagon 396 and also howie busch in a black 70 impala wagon with a 454 right around 1971 to 73 at englishtown and atco

[Mike Carr]

1970 Ford T-bird, 429 cid, 360 hp factory and NHRA. Fits naturally into I/SA. 4,490 pounds. Might be one of, if not the, heaviest I/SA cars around.

[Dago Red]

Thank you X man! A 351 was it?

The second thing to go is your memory.

I can't seem to recall the first...................

[Alex Denysenko]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

The Jolly Green Giant was Frank and Opie Moores 351 powered wagon. They had a wood grained Counry Squire wagon that was most sucessful also and won several IHRA national event and was world Champ one year. He drove the squire wagon from NC to Lakeland Florida one year, changed the rear pumpkin to racing gears and won the event. This was back in the mid to early 70's.

As I recall it was a 67 Galaxie wagon and was powered by a 289 2 barrel.
I spoke with him about the car when we were both racing the IHRA national event held at GLD in Union Grove WI in the late 70's.
It had the longest set of header collectors I ever saw. At least 48 inches long.
I also met Ricky Smith for the first time at that same event. He was rather difficult to understand then.