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Old 10-12-2009, 11:04 PM   #11
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Hi- The guys from Oklahoma were Parham and Payne;on the 57 Ford site there are several more blown cars that ran NHRA-I heard Larry Walker's car is up in Alberta,eh?
No, it has been in British Columbia Canada (West Coast) since about 71 or 72.
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Old 10-13-2009, 12:09 PM   #12
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Larry Walker (F/S-F/SA)business coupe, George Catlin (retractable hartop), Parham & Payne (two door wagon & 4 Dr hardtop), Marcel D'Avignon (4 door wagon & he bought my Fairlane post 2 door), Fred Holdorf (J/SA Fairlane 2 door), and a T-Bird I don't remember his name. These were the few of the group who ran blower Ford's in the 60's and 70's. I only wish I still had mine. Car came from Tony Janes, engine pieced together from all over the US. Lots of fun, lots of headaches. I haven't talked to Larry in many years but would like to thank him for the help he gave me back then. Fred
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Old 10-13-2009, 12:56 PM   #13
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Probably Gordon Payne (Ford Engineer) he used to come out to the Ford Arizona Proving Ground quite often, really good guy.
Yep, that is Gordon. His partner, Bill Parham, is still around here. His son has a race car now. Talked to Bill at the Tulsa track a few weeks ago. Both great guys. Bill says Gordon still has the first one, a black 2rd hard top, and he is restoring it.
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Old 10-13-2009, 02:29 PM   #14
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Parham and Payne's car (at least, the one I photographed at the '67 Tulsa World Finals) was a Failrlane 500, 4-door hardtop and was the national record holder that year. They were listed as being from Skiatook, OK, a Tulsa suburb to the north...

There was also a blue, '57 Thunderbird at that same race with a blown 312 running C/SA. I watched him leave from an idle, on the 7" tires of the day, and run a 13 flat, in qualifying. Don't remember the MPH... or, where he was from; Ohio, maybe...

Bob Rice has pictures of both of those cars, I believe. If he sees this, maybe he'll post them for us. There MAY be a picture of the T-Bird's engine among those... not sure.

I think that Paxton had not yet bought the McCulloch supercharger business, yet, in 1957.... could be wrong.
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Old 10-13-2009, 02:32 PM   #15
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The Goodson Brothers from Jacksonville, NC, ran the supercharged 312 in a 2 door sedan, a 2 door wagon, a sedan delivery and a Thunderbird.
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Old 10-13-2009, 10:57 PM   #16
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Bob,

Thanks a lot for posting those photos! You sure cleaned them up nice (taken with a plastic, 620 (?) Brownie Hawkeye, I think... LOL!!!

And, thanks for the photo credit, but that's not necessary...

You da man!!!!
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Old 10-14-2009, 02:17 PM   #17
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but a '57 Pontiac won the top Stock class at the Nationals that year; ran 94mph and change, on street tires with the air cleaner on and no dump tubes; through the mufflers.

317 HP 347 solid-lifter, Tri-Power, 3-speed, stick car; John Zink from Tulsa, I believe.

Would that be JD Zink (or some relation) the Comp racer with the A/ND?
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Would that be JD Zink (or some relation) the Comp racer with the A/ND?
Think it was Jack Zink (from here in Tulsa) that won Indy with an old Offy. 1955 or so? He also ran some dirt track stuff.
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I believe Bill Nelson, out of Tucson, Az. ran this combo in a wagon.
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The class winner at the 1967 or 1968 (can't recall which) US Nationals in C/SA was a WHITE 1957 blown Thunderbird, owned by Gail Parsons of Newark, Ohio and driven by Dave Edmonds. Gail and Dave also raced a 1957 Ford sedan for one or two seasons prior to the 'Bird. They were on top of things back in those days; like putting the fourth gear in the standard T-10 three speed case which the Ford came with. I can't remember the outcome of this but do recall the effort as the rules did state only the use of the original case; so what ever you could get in there...ingenuity, some things never change.
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