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Old 05-02-2020, 01:46 PM   #81
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Skip Hackers 53 OLDS named The MEDICINE MAN,.....skip was one successful racer. He could squeeze more out of a dollar bill than any racer that I have ever met. Ted and Tom Nethery Olds stocker named The Irratator......Loved watching these cars run in IHRA.....
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Old 05-02-2020, 06:15 PM   #82
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Growing up in NE Ohio in the early 70's seems like most dedicated race cars had names. My favorite was local hero Ron Hutter's "Canned Heat" early camaro pro stock.
Other favorites were "Flying Coffin" "We Haul" "Ridge Runner" "5th Amendment" "Queen Bee" "Superstition"
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Old 05-02-2020, 06:26 PM   #83
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Didn't see it yet. 63 Impala C/G out of Morristown. Buster Jackson "Soul Shaker"

Callahan & Sulc -"Villain"
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Old 05-02-2020, 06:30 PM   #84
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Fuzzy memory but I think 57 wagon Jay Kalmas

"She's Doing Me Proud Too

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Old 05-02-2020, 06:32 PM   #85
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Tony Feil - C or B Gas Anglia painted purple - "Super Grape"
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Old 05-02-2020, 06:34 PM   #86
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Joe Kenney's Trick Tank
Cieri Bros. Cierius Problem
Ronnie Sirianni Destination Unknown
Rinaldi and Seaman It's Dynamite
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Brutus. Eastern Raider. Yankee Peddler. Strip Poker. Names from a period when the cars were the stars. Today, it’s more about the people than anything else, which is probably what it should be, but oh those names, they defined the car and the driver.

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Has anyone mentioned "Metal Mistress"? Think it was a big ole' Impala wagon out of Connecticut. Maybe Frank Tantillo?

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Scratcher and lil Scratcher from Jackson engines......BossaNova......
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Scratcher and lil Scratcher from Jackson engines......BossaNova......
Nova on Sunday..700 different versions ;-)
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Back in the 70's in D-5 there was the "Skunk "family of Olds S/SS cars .All were painted Black with a White stripe, Daddy skunk, Mama skunk,Uncle skunk . Etc.
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