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[art leong]

Originally Posted by mopar68

Speaking of Ray Cook, whatever happened to him? Last time I saw him was at the Summernationals about twenty years ago with his Cook & Liquori Dodge Aspen (Volare?) Comp car.

I remember seeing the B/SA Cook & Leong Dodge Challenger ragtop at Englishtown many times. Just curious, Artie, why did you guys end up selling all the Stock Eliminator Challengers you had (Hemi-powered ragtop, 440 Six Pack-powered ragtop & Hemi-powered hardtop). Were any of them numbers matching Hemi cars?

I remember one racer from Staten Island (Dom Burris) had one of your Challenger ragtops for sale at one of the swap meets at Englishtown in the mid-late 1980s. From what Dom told me, it was it was an original 440 Six Pack convertible and he (by 1980s resto standards) restored it as such but kept original C & L race car paint and lettering intact. I don't remember if it was ragtop number one or two.

M68

We only had 3 cars total. One convertible (first car) started life as a 318. That car had weight problems due to a fire. We sold the body to Scott Dalhberg from Minnesota.
The second convertible was originally a 383 That was the car we won so much with.
We sold it to someone in Staten Island in 1982 He put a 440 6 pack in the car later.
The hardtop car was a partnership effort With Fred (Dick) Smith It ran A/SA most of the time. We did try a 383 but were unhappy with the results. It wound up with a 440 6 pack in it and is still being raced in Division 1.
We did the motors for a couple of other hemi stockers Mike Masgistro, and Mark Wollf.
Everyone of our cars has won at least one NHRA National event.