Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

I have had Mike Robbins as a customer for quite a few years. He has used my engines in some heads up programs. I was unaware of a tornado hitting Ringgold Ga. until I read this thread. Mike is the current owner of the dealership Mr. Nance owned.
I E-mailed him and got this response:

Adger, here are pics of the damage it was an ef4

My dad bought the dealership from two partners Raymond Beasley and
Robert Nance. As a kid I helped Robert work on a ss/aa dart named "Car
Wars" he made me do all the hard work like lay under the dash and run
wires. he was all hemi or small block. He thought the big blocks were
crap...
Mike

The pictures show a pretty well torn up dealership and the area around it. Looks like the parts dept and service dept were hit the hardest. One of the pictures has a 5 gal bucket, looks like paint or dry wall, and there are some long pieces of wood blown completely through the bucket. UGH!!

I can't post pictures if some one wants to I will e-mail them and let them post.
Any of the "Car Wars" pictures floating around out there? Please post'em.

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

Stewart
To make the doors rough, were they possibly acid dipped?

lightweight

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

I just got another e-mail from Mike Robbins. I thought it was interesting.

I cant post yet but if I remember correctly Robert was big
into acid dipping, and I am almost sure the fenders and the doors were
dipped on that duster. the fenders would bend super easy when working on
it...

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

Just got another e-mail from Mike:

I have signed up for an account on that site but the mods have not
o.k.ed me to post yet. I have some of those pics I can post on the
thread, plus I have some race car pics I want to post too. I also have a
you tube video that was taken from a 1977 8mm movie of Robert Nance
Johnny Laboose and a lot of those cars mentioned in the thread I want to
post it too. but you can give them an update and tell them to stay tuned...
Mike

Looks like he has some more interesting "Stuff" for this thread when the moderators approve his membership. Come on Ken get him locked and loaded into class Racer !! :~)

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

I was unaware Robert campaigned a SS/AA Dart. Was this an original Hurst car???? And if so, I would particually be VERY INTERESTED in seeing some pix & getting some info on it as I am currently looking for the history on mine previous to early 80's.
If you haven't seen it yet I made a post here a couple years back on this forum "Original Hemi Dart Information". Any & all info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx
liteweight

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

Ok, I guess I'm Mike's poster "Boy" untill he gets accepted by the moderators... Here is another e-mail with a link to You Tube viedo.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfhTySQoa7A

Mike wrote:
If you look close at the very first of the video you can see Mr Plymouth
being towed with a tow bar at the gas station...

You will also see Cotton Perry's "pocket rocket" 66 Chevy II in the video
Cotton Perry, from Ringgold, GA., drove a bread truck route during the
week. Perry teamed up with engine builder, Jim Headrick, to run one of
the dominating cars in NHRA MODIFIED class. The Chevy II was powered by
a 301 CU. IN. straight 6 CYL. engine with a Doug Nash 5-speed
transmission. The car ran mid 6'S in the 1/8 MI. and mid 10'S in the 1/4 MI.

His biggest win was the US NATIONALS. Cotton also drove the SS/L Chevy
II of Jim Daniels to a win in the 1978 GATORNATIONALS.

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

OK More from Mike Robbins,
Esp for Liteweight..
Mike wrote:

Tell the last poster that Robert was on Chrysler's special list. They
gave two cars in Ga. Robert got the auto and Harold Dutton got the four
speed, Roberts was delivered to our dealership... not sure if Dutton's
was also, I can find out I go to church with Raymond Beasley he would
know...

Here is a link to the 65 superstock list...

http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.c...ockowners.html

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

removed.

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

Thanx Wayne. Looks to have been taken in the mid 80's by the cars in the background & the lettering font. Too new for Robert Nances ownership.

lightweight

Re: "Mister Plymouth" Robert Nance
 

Yep, that's it! there is some of my dna under the dash of that car as much as I scraped my hands and arms...