Indy 50 years ago

Rich Biebel · 08-27-2018, 09:14 PM

John Barkley held the record in I/SA in 1966 with a p/g in a ‘57 Chev. I think it may already have had an Opel converter in it. So that’s 2 years earlier and the Opel converter was a 9” , or so I thought it was. Don't really know as I never had one. Sedan deliveries were still popular in ‘68 and won some classes at Indy and other events. Most cars with powerglides were slower than hydro equipped SD’s. A lot slower sometimes. I don’t recall any other p/g cars starting to run fast until later than ‘68.....Barkley/Ripes were the first to run fast with a p/g. I bought an A-1 9" converter around 1979.

08-27-2018, 09:14 PM	#5
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Indy 50 years ago John Barkley held the record in I/SA in 1966 with a p/g in a ‘57 Chev. I think it may already have had an Opel converter in it. So that’s 2 years earlier and the Opel converter was a 9” , or so I thought it was. Don't really know as I never had one. Sedan deliveries were still popular in ‘68 and won some classes at Indy and other events. Most cars with powerglides were slower than hydro equipped SD’s. A lot slower sometimes. I don’t recall any other p/g cars starting to run fast until later than ‘68.....Barkley/Ripes were the first to run fast with a p/g. I bought an A-1 9" converter around 1979. __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 08-28-2018 at 08:42 AM.