Project - NHRA Stock and S/S results 61-68

[Steve Stasko]

Originally Posted by DeuceCoupe

F/SA Simon - both Boyce and the Drag News narrative I have say 67 Ford, but the 68 or 69 W31 F-85 is a good fit too. The name Dick Simon doesnt ring a bell with the Ford folks so that one's still open.

You're not asking the right Ford people if they don't know who Dick Simon is.

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by Steve Stasko

You're not asking the right Ford people if they don't know who Dick Simon is.

Steve,
Well thanks for that! Sounds like 67 Ford is right then.

See the pg4 tables I did - my best guess there is a Fairlane 390gt/320hp.
2-door sedan, W/P=10.22.

Any recollection of what cars Dick Simon ran?

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by DeuceCoupe

Steve,
Well thanks for that! Sounds like 67 Ford is right then.

See the pg4 tables I did - my best guess there is a Fairlane 390gt/320hp.
2-door sedan, W/P=10.22.

Any recollection of what cars Dick Simon ran?

67 Fairlane 500 conv. with a 427/410.

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

67 Fairlane 500 conv. with a 427/410.

Ok but unless it was a 427-2bbl (LOL) it wont fit class:
3688/410=9.00
Fairlane Convertible 427/410hp
That would run up in D/S=9.00 or D/SA=9.00 class.

That's why I guessed the 390gt/320hp, which, with its lower rating (vs the 66 at 335hp) but the same legal C6AE-R heads and 428pi aluminum intake, was not too bad of a combo.

The 390gt Mustangs fit E/S=9.50 class, and the 289hp/271 Mustangs fit G/S=10.50 class.

A Mustang Convertible 390gt/320 fits F/SA=10.00 at
3235/320=10.11
So, could be a Fairlane 2dr post or Mustang Convert.

I cant get anything else to fit, IF its a 67 Ford.
Usually if it's a Mustang they'll say that, and "Ford" usually means eg Galaxie or Fairlane so I guessed the Fairlane that fit.

A big Ford 2dr Ranch Wagon fits at
4203/410=10.25
Legal in the current class guide, but I didn't think Ford put the 427 in wagons which is how Charbonneau's 427 Fairlane wagon later got banned as of 1970 or so.

But this DOES fit -
Do you think it could be a 427 Wagon?

[Stan Weiss]

This says C/SA for Dick Simon



https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...ACE-CAR-161420


Stan

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by Stan Weiss

This says C/SA for Dick Simon



https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...ACE-CAR-161420


Stan

C/SA=9.00 makes sense for the Fairlane Convert 427/410 shown.
In 1968, and again from 1973-up, NHRA had
C/SA=9.00-9.49
It says Simon set records in the Fairlane Convert 427/410- I cant find them so I wonder if they were set in the 1973-up timeframe?

But the 1969 Indy results say Simon in D/SA=10.00 class, and the 427 makes too much power to go there except in that big Ford wagon.

[Steve Stasko]

Originally Posted by DeuceCoupe

C/SA=9.00 makes sense for the Fairlane Convert 427/410 shown.
In 1968, and again from 1973-up, NHRA had
C/SA=9.00-9.49
It says Simon set records in the Fairlane Convert 427/410- I cant find them so I wonder if they were set in the 1973-up timeframe?

But the 1969 Indy results say Simon in D/SA=10.00 class, and the 427 makes too much power to go there except in that big Ford wagon.

It's my understanding that the Fairlane was not a factory 427 car.