Coolest or Oddest Combo..... - Page 2

Freddie · 01-28-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bill dedman

Ford sixes....

Back in the '70s, somebody cut up some 351 Cleveland V8 cylinder heads into pieces, and adapted three of those four pieces to a 300 Ford inline six, but I can't remember who it was.

Anybody else remember that? Of course, it couldn't run Modified Production; had to be classsified in as a Gas Coupe.

Ran just like a V8, of course... formidable!!!

My Dad ran Comp. Eliminator in the early 60's, and told me once of a guy who did that in a Comp car back then. He said it absolutly killed the record at the time. Used to race in C/SR.

bill dedman · 01-28-2009, 03:22 PM

I attended the 1971 U.S. Nationals and was walking through the pits and spied a beautiful, red, 6-cylinder-powered C/Street Roadster. Went over to take a closer look and was blown away by the home-brewed, aluminum billet hemi (yes, I asked) cylinder head. It was a work of art. I think the block was a 300 Ford... or, maybe a 240. I think the deck height dimension is the only external difference, so I couldn't tell.

If I remember correctly, it was Jan Reidel's car, and I kick myself for not taking a picture of it. It was beautiful! And, unique.

I think Jan was from Tiffin, Ohio. Has anybody else here ever seen that car?

ZASKO · 03-12-2009, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill dedman

Ford sixes....

Back in the '70s, somebody cut up some 351 Cleveland V8 cylinder heads into pieces, and adapted three of those four pieces to a 300 Ford inline six, but I can't remember who it was. Might have been Tiffin, Ohio's Jan Reidell, or maybe Canadian Ralph Hope (Hope, Lang, and Rydell.)

Anybody else remember that? Of course, it couldn't run Modified Production; had to be classsified in as a Gas Coupe.

Ran just like a V8, of course... formidable!!!

That was Arlen Fadley in a Ford Maverick- some modified class

impstocker · 01-28-2009, 12:18 AM

Thisis a picture of Pat Heneberry's 68 Camaro which he still races today on the NETO circuit. He bought it new in 68 with the intent of running SS/C (like Bill Jenkins had ) but only ordered the car with a 3 SPEED stick, but also with the 375 horse 396 They were hoping for a midyear automatic option so they could run SS/CA , since that didn't happen, he put in a 292 SIX CYLINDER and ran H/MP , the old Modified Production 6 cylinder class and raced against guys like Clem LaChance, Glen Self and others - The car was called the "Six Fiend" then!

He switched over to Super Modified (C/SM) which he ran for a few years into the eighties, then retired the car. Twent plus years later, with the original racing paint scheme as seen in this photo, with a mocked up "318 " (which he use to run 10.60's with, but now is a basically stock 327 shortblock and stock heads with a cam) Instead of the super T10 of old it has a Jerico though -car goes 11's anyway!

Just a cool car-

Will Lamprecht

bill dedman · 01-28-2009, 06:28 AM

CYCLONE FE said, "......I/SA Ray Brock 1969 Mercedes 6.3 SEL".

Yes, that is VERY strange. I wonder if it was the "Ray Brock" who was editor of Hot Rod Magazine back in the '60s and '70s? I'd bet it was... He was always "cutting edge" involved with drag cars, and was the guy responsible for those GREAT tech articles they had in Hot Rod back then that would examine the new engines every year, by disassembling them and photographing all the pieces, and then explain in painstaking detail what made them fast. This was the era of the 409's, 426 Wedge and Hemi cars and the 427 Fords, not to forget the S/S AMC cars with ported heads from the factory!!!

R.I.P., Ray Brock; there hasn't been anyone like him since...

bill dedman · 01-28-2009, 06:34 AM

David Lee said, "Can't remember who it was either but I remember he ran in a Pinto. I thought it was a MP car."

I think Mr. Chapman nailed it; it was Bruce Sizemore's Pinto, running in what I seem to remember was "I/Gas Coupe."

Modified Production had strict rules about cylinder heads at that time, and hacking one up from a different engine and using it wasn't in the low-budget spirit of the rules (for M/P.)

At least, that's the way I remember it.... which proves nothing....

bill dedman · 01-28-2009, 06:41 AM

This thread started out being about Stock and Super Stock cars, and so I am slightly off-topic (what else is new?), but, I wonder of anyone else here remembers Darrell Vittone's Fiat Abarth coupe that he shoe-horned the engine out of his VW Beetle Gasser (the original EMPI "Inch Pincher") into, and ran as a Gasser until (I think) NHRA make him quit???

It ws TINY!!!! Had to be the smallest drag car I ever saw...
He didn't have to worry about aerodynamics because it didn't have any frontal area....

I think he ran in sometime around 1968 or '69.

Weird, for sure...

Bill

01-28-2009, 03:22 PM	#2
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Coolest or Oddest Combo..... I attended the 1971 U.S. Nationals and was walking through the pits and spied a beautiful, red, 6-cylinder-powered C/Street Roadster. Went over to take a closer look and was blown away by the home-brewed, aluminum billet hemi (yes, I asked) cylinder head. It was a work of art. I think the block was a 300 Ford... or, maybe a 240. I think the deck height dimension is the only external difference, so I couldn't tell. If I remember correctly, it was Jan Reidel's car, and I kick myself for not taking a picture of it. It was beautiful! And, unique. I think Jan was from Tiffin, Ohio. Has anybody else here ever seen that car? __________________ Bill

01-28-2009, 12:18 AM	#4
impstocker Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wingdale, NY Posts: 302 Likes: 27 Liked 53 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Coolest or Oddest Combo..... Thisis a picture of Pat Heneberry's 68 Camaro which he still races today on the NETO circuit. He bought it new in 68 with the intent of running SS/C (like Bill Jenkins had ) but only ordered the car with a 3 SPEED stick, but also with the 375 horse 396 They were hoping for a midyear automatic option so they could run SS/CA , since that didn't happen, he put in a 292 SIX CYLINDER and ran H/MP , the old Modified Production 6 cylinder class and raced against guys like Clem LaChance, Glen Self and others - The car was called the "Six Fiend" then! He switched over to Super Modified (C/SM) which he ran for a few years into the eighties, then retired the car. Twent plus years later, with the original racing paint scheme as seen in this photo, with a mocked up "318 " (which he use to run 10.60's with, but now is a basically stock 327 shortblock and stock heads with a cam) Instead of the super T10 of old it has a Jerico though -car goes 11's anyway! Just a cool car- Will Lamprecht Attached Thumbnails

01-28-2009, 06:28 AM	#5
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Coolest or Oddest Combo..... CYCLONE FE said, "......I/SA Ray Brock 1969 Mercedes 6.3 SEL". Yes, that is VERY strange. I wonder if it was the "Ray Brock" who was editor of Hot Rod Magazine back in the '60s and '70s? I'd bet it was... He was always "cutting edge" involved with drag cars, and was the guy responsible for those GREAT tech articles they had in Hot Rod back then that would examine the new engines every year, by disassembling them and photographing all the pieces, and then explain in painstaking detail what made them fast. This was the era of the 409's, 426 Wedge and Hemi cars and the 427 Fords, not to forget the S/S AMC cars with ported heads from the factory!!! R.I.P., Ray Brock; there hasn't been anyone like him since... __________________ Bill

01-28-2009, 06:34 AM	#6
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Coolest or Oddest Combo..... David Lee said, "Can't remember who it was either but I remember he ran in a Pinto. I thought it was a MP car." I think Mr. Chapman nailed it; it was Bruce Sizemore's Pinto, running in what I seem to remember was "I/Gas Coupe." Modified Production had strict rules about cylinder heads at that time, and hacking one up from a different engine and using it wasn't in the low-budget spirit of the rules (for M/P.) At least, that's the way I remember it.... which proves nothing.... __________________ Bill

01-28-2009, 06:41 AM	#7
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Coolest or Oddest Combo..... This thread started out being about Stock and Super Stock cars, and so I am slightly off-topic (what else is new?), but, I wonder of anyone else here remembers Darrell Vittone's Fiat Abarth coupe that he shoe-horned the engine out of his VW Beetle Gasser (the original EMPI "Inch Pincher") into, and ran as a Gasser until (I think) NHRA make him quit??? It ws TINY!!!! Had to be the smallest drag car I ever saw... He didn't have to worry about aerodynamics because it didn't have any frontal area.... I think he ran in sometime around 1968 or '69. Weird, for sure... Bill __________________ Bill