12-29-2009, 02:05 PM
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Re: Fat arse stock car drivers
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Originally Posted by Rory McNeil
Back when you had to run the actual shipping weight for a certain model, isn`t that why there were so many oddball combos like station Wagons, 4 door sedans and hardtops, plus the changing of body & interior trim (Belair to BelAir, to Impala etc), in order to build a combo that "fit" closer to the top of a given class? Being in Div.6, I recall that Cal Method and the Taylor & MacNicol team must have had just about every possible 66 full size Chev bodystyle and trim package available! In the early-mid 70`s, a guy I hung out with switched from a 65 Biscayne 2 dr sedan in SS/KA with a 325HP 396, to a 65 Impala wagon, which fit near the top of SS/OA, and ran quite strongly with it.
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Some times the wagons and sedans were a help with the 7 inch tire rule back then.
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