Best Tow Car

Paul Precht · 07-28-2010, 09:25 PM

Back in the early 70s I used to tow my 63 Sport Fury to NY National and Westhampton with a 64 Fury convertible with a 72 440 that I paid 20 dollars for which used about a quart of oil a week. It had a 323 rear, Road Runner exhaust manifolds, 361 2 barrel cam, I think 395 lift, stock 346 heads with a 69 mani and 383 AVS. I weighed it at Westhampton once without me and it weighed 3982. One day at National I had a leak that I couldn't fix at the track with the Sport Fury and wrote the numbers on the tow car for a fun time trial. Breaking up all the way down the track and smoking like a wood stove it ran a 14.28 at 98 MPH. In 74, I spun a bearing in the Sport Fury and Put in the original 383 shortblock from the Fury conv so I could race until I fixed the 426. It was topped with a set of 516 heads, a stock 63 Max cam, a Torker and a Holley 4779. It smoked worse than the 440 and ran 12.50s that entire summer, I was amazed.

07-28-2010, 09:25 PM	#16
Paul Precht Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Elysburg, Pa Posts: 733 Likes: 360 Liked 327 Times in 121 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car Back in the early 70s I used to tow my 63 Sport Fury to NY National and Westhampton with a 64 Fury convertible with a 72 440 that I paid 20 dollars for which used about a quart of oil a week. It had a 323 rear, Road Runner exhaust manifolds, 361 2 barrel cam, I think 395 lift, stock 346 heads with a 69 mani and 383 AVS. I weighed it at Westhampton once without me and it weighed 3982. One day at National I had a leak that I couldn't fix at the track with the Sport Fury and wrote the numbers on the tow car for a fun time trial. Breaking up all the way down the track and smoking like a wood stove it ran a 14.28 at 98 MPH. In 74, I spun a bearing in the Sport Fury and Put in the original 383 shortblock from the Fury conv so I could race until I fixed the 426. It was topped with a set of 516 heads, a stock 63 Max cam, a Torker and a Holley 4779. It smoked worse than the 440 and ran 12.50s that entire summer, I was amazed.