NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"!

Ed Wright · 06-12-2012, 12:04 PM

If the guide shows an '86 1/2 ton pick up with a 350" but no 305", the guide is wrong. Somebody writing the guide transposed two numbers. I have worked on easily a couple hundred 1986 1/2 ton 305"s, they are as common as dirt. I have never seem a factory 1/2 ton 350". This is Oklahoma, all these cowboys around here have at least one pick up. I have had a couple of pick ups through my shop. LOL

Dennis P Chapman · 06-12-2012, 12:10 PM

Could just be a paper truck or just build for Ca you never know.

Chris Hill · 06-12-2012, 01:27 PM

Just for the record, we did not get the 350 combo approved. But who ever did, THANK YOU!

Doug Domm · 06-12-2012, 01:51 PM

I owned an 86 that I bought near new from a family member that purchased it new and it WAS a 350. Having said that I do live in Canada and perhaps it was a Canada only thing. See! We really must be special. Wink wink nudge nudge

Rick Schilling · 06-12-2012, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Hill

Just for the record, we did not get the 350 combo approved. But who ever did, THANK YOU!

You were the first ones I thought of when I first discovered this combo. I wonder who it really was and why it took so long for one to surface?

Tom keedle · 06-13-2012, 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis P Chapman

Could just be a paper truck or just build for Ca you never know.

wasn't some of the V-8 california monzas built with 350's for emmisions reasons?
could it be the same sorta deal for the trucks?

06-12-2012, 12:04 PM	#1
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! If the guide shows an '86 1/2 ton pick up with a 350" but no 305", the guide is wrong. Somebody writing the guide transposed two numbers. I have worked on easily a couple hundred 1986 1/2 ton 305"s, they are as common as dirt. I have never seem a factory 1/2 ton 350". This is Oklahoma, all these cowboys around here have at least one pick up. I have had a couple of pick ups through my shop. LOL __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

06-12-2012, 12:10 PM	#2
Dennis P Chapman VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toms River NJ Posts: 1,594 Likes: 425 Liked 53 Times in 25 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Could just be a paper truck or just build for Ca you never know. __________________ Dennis P Chapman 1904 STK NHRA National Record Holder Car Owner.

06-12-2012, 01:27 PM	#3
Chris Hill Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 655 Likes: 8 Liked 244 Times in 26 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Just for the record, we did not get the 350 combo approved. But who ever did, THANK YOU! __________________ Chris Hill https://ihmusedparts.com

06-12-2012, 01:51 PM	#4
Doug Domm Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: canada Posts: 251 Likes: 29 Liked 84 Times in 21 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! I owned an 86 that I bought near new from a family member that purchased it new and it WAS a 350. Having said that I do live in Canada and perhaps it was a Canada only thing. See! We really must be special. Wink wink nudge nudge

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