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Old 06-03-2024, 01:25 PM   #2
Jim Caughlin
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Originally Posted by SDT1DYI View Post
Dick was the first to build the 4 plus 1 5 speed in Modified Eliminator. Won several National events and Divisonal races. Dick towed from Seattle to Gainesville to race once. He owned his own machine shop for years. There was not much Dick did not build himself on any of his race cars.
My first 5 speed was a Nash unit. Dick St Peter was the go to guy for shifters at that time with his retrofitted Hurst Super Shifter which is what I was using. He was the guy who figured out how to make all of that stuff work.
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