Div 7, Mike Manning's 64 Belevdere pics??

cudadoug · 04-02-2012, 08:19 PM

In 1988, through a counterman at Vic Hubbard's in Hayward I was able to buy the ex-SS/EA and FA 64 Plymouth of Mike Manning for a whopping $1500! COMPLETE roller! It was pretty much as raced last, with a leaf/link rear, 4 point roll bar, shifter, gauges...complete!! Don't know what Mike sold to my seller for, but it wasn't that cheap!

At one point (1976?) it held the (FA?) record at (I think) 10.78...??

Anywhoooo, I had barely a bracket racer's budget so I never did reach my dream of Div 7 S/S champ...HAHA!!

Around spring of 1990 I sold it to a UPS driver in So Cal ($3000. Man...if I could do this for a living!) He also bought a 440 shortblock from me that was intened for that car as a bracket/10.90 deal. Lost track of it after that and always wondered what happened to it.

Does anyone have any pics from when Mike ran the car?? Attached it the only pic I have in all white paint. When Mike had the car it had red and blue side stripes over the white.

No it wasn't a real maxie car...

In fact, anyone know what happened to Mike? He ran Manning Automotive in Hayward until the mid 90's (again, I think) and he sold out and retired. Said he was taking up his new career of fly fishing! Super nice guy...hope he is well.

04-02-2012, 08:19 PM	#1
cudadoug Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 83 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Div 7, Mike Manning's 64 Belevdere pics?? In 1988, through a counterman at Vic Hubbard's in Hayward I was able to buy the ex-SS/EA and FA 64 Plymouth of Mike Manning for a whopping $1500! COMPLETE roller! It was pretty much as raced last, with a leaf/link rear, 4 point roll bar, shifter, gauges...complete!! Don't know what Mike sold to my seller for, but it wasn't that cheap! At one point (1976?) it held the (FA?) record at (I think) 10.78...?? Anywhoooo, I had barely a bracket racer's budget so I never did reach my dream of Div 7 S/S champ...HAHA!! Around spring of 1990 I sold it to a UPS driver in So Cal ($3000. Man...if I could do this for a living!) He also bought a 440 shortblock from me that was intened for that car as a bracket/10.90 deal. Lost track of it after that and always wondered what happened to it. Does anyone have any pics from when Mike ran the car?? Attached it the only pic I have in all white paint. When Mike had the car it had red and blue side stripes over the white. No it wasn't a real maxie car... In fact, anyone know what happened to Mike? He ran Manning Automotive in Hayward until the mid 90's (again, I think) and he sold out and retired. Said he was taking up his new career of fly fishing! Super nice guy...hope he is well. Attached Thumbnails