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Re: SS/D Thunderbolt in 1969 ?
64 Fairlane Light Weight was/is allowed fiberglass fenders and hood. Bumpers may be aluminum. They tried fiberglass bumpers and NHRA nixed that. From the 2021 book a 427 HiRise with stock heads and manual trans has a SS hp rating of 466 and a weight of 3206. That works out to a 6.87 lbs/hp. By a 1969 book, that would be just shy of the min 7.00 for SS/D and could be made up with weight. The bracket was 7.00-7.49. 1964's were the oldest cars allowed in SS in 1969.
My references are the current book and this site for the 1969 book: http://www.superstockamx.com/page82.php
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Thanks for that. I only have rule books thru 1968, when you couldn't in general "adjust" the car weight like you can today. Are you saying the weight could be "adjusted" in 1969? I tried that link but my Norton says its a known dangerous link so I didn't want to go there. Not that Norton is always right. If you have time to look at my last post on pg1 see what you think of it - everything seems to make sense if the glass fenders were allowed which it seems they were. I think what i read was that for 1965-up CARS, they had to be all steel (except the hood) so that's why Mopar did the A990 in all steel. I just wondered why the T-bolts all disappeared in 1965-66-67-68 but I think I got it on my page 1 post here. I'd sure like to get that 1969 Rule book. I will send you a PM EDIT: Well PM doesnt seem to work, maybe it's my setup or Norton or something. In any case I got the 69 rule book from that HAMB link so thanks. Last edited by DeuceCoupe; 09-30-2021 at 08:57 AM. |
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09-29-2021, 02:01 PM | #13 |
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Re: SS/D Thunderbolt in 1969 ?
1968, 1969 and 1970.
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Re: SS/D Thunderbolt in 1969 ?
Since this thread is about Thunderbolts, I have a 2 part question about them.
I am not trying to derail this thread just need some questions answered. 1. When introduced in 1964 was the Thunderbolt S/S only? 2. If S/S only then, how are they in Stock Eliminator currently? Or am I way off on this??? Not trying to through anyone under the bus, just curious. Yea, I know curiosity killed the cat. Just so you know, I love Ford Thunderbolts and have a book all about them by Charles R. Morris. I also love 68 Hemi Darts and Barracudas, too.
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Re: SS/D Thunderbolt in 1969 ?
Found a link to 58-69 rule books on HAMB (Hokey *** Message Board) conmanly known as JalopyJournal.com.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...resent.870742/ I have the pdf for 1969 and will send it by PM to anyone who can't make the link or download work. EDIT: Wikipedia T-Bolt page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fairlane_Thunderbolt Ron- A National Dragster Featured Flyer will answer those questions. https://www.nhra.com/news/2016/featu...ck-thunderbolt Hemming.com on the Thunderbolt https://www.hemmings.com/stories/art...bolt-1964-ford
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2. A number of years back, NHRA started allowing limited production cars in Stock. '67 R0/W0 Mopars, '64/'65 Hemi cars, etc. The '68 L0/B0 A-bodies and the '67 L-88 Corvettes are still not allowed though. |
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Re: SS/D Thunderbolt in 1969 ?
Thank you Dale for the post with links to articles. I was kinda looking for more definite answers, but the articles are great.
Steve thanks for the answers, just adds to the NHRA confusion on how cars are allowed. Some have been and some still not allowed. Oh well. Just so you know, I was positive the Thunderbolts were S/S only before some being made into A/FXer's. A wild time for sure. I was a pre driving teen at that time.
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The Thunderbolts seem like a complicated car/combo
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Mike Ulrey was a walking Ford encyclopedia on Ford cars and parts. So much was lost when died like the info on this car. I've talked to the surviving Ulreys and they say this was a short term deal between Mike and a guy from Dayton Ohio. They don't remember much about it. I had always assumed that he had entered their 66 liteweight in SS/D but ran this car instead. I was wrong.
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