el-camino ever done?

X-TECH MAN · 01-10-2011, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldilcher

Might be Ed Holman.

No....that wan't the name. I will try to find the mag.

GTX JOHN · 01-10-2011, 07:54 PM

I sem to recall fuzzily that the Lady that pitted us for many year and died several years ago to Cancer..........won class back in the 50's with her El Camino and was the first women to do so in NHRA History. Does anybody else recall the Lady or Her Car? My memory is not what it was... Seems like her first Name was Roberta and she was a icon at the track nearly forever.

John Irving

X-TECH MAN · 01-10-2011, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

I sem to recall fuzzily that the Lady that pitted us for many year and died several years ago to Cancer..........won class back in the 50's with her El Camino and was the first women to do so in NHRA History. Does anybody else recall the Lady or Her Car? My memory is not what it was... Seems like her first Name was Roberta and she was a icon at the track nearly forever.

John Irving

There was a lady named Marilyn Clark who won the B/SA class at the 1960 Nationals in Detroit driving a 1957 Chev. Could this be her ???????

Chuck Norton · 05-08-2022, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

I sem to recall fuzzily that the Lady that pitted us for many year and died several years ago to Cancer..........won class back in the 50's with her El Camino and was the first women to do so in NHRA History. Does anybody else recall the Lady or Her Car? My memory is not what it was... Seems like her first Name was Roberta and she was a icon at the track nearly forever.

John Irving

Roberta Leighton. Also remembered for her '65 Impala convertible Super Stocker, "Red, White, and Roberta.

Terry Witzel · 05-08-2022, 01:50 PM

Wiley Cossey in the Casler Tire Service E/S 1959 El Camino at the 1965 Winternationals.

Dan Bennett · 05-09-2022, 10:51 PM

Somebody please help my aging mind... Was Casler just the soft rubber retreads or did they eventually make their own tires?

Floyd Staggs · 05-10-2022, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

Somebody please help my aging mind... Was Casler just the soft rubber retreads or did they eventually make their own tires?

Retreads. A lot of people ran them back in the day. I did on my Corvette.

Greg Reimer 7376 · 05-12-2022, 11:07 AM

My experiences with a 348 and a 4 speed included more broken differentials and drive line parts than I cared to think about. Those pictures of 348 powered El Caminos and all at Pomona are neat, but how many spare third members did a race team need to get through a race like Pomona? You had to ride the clutch and drive the car out of the hole in order to get to the finish line. Any attempt to leave hard usually resulted in bad noises coming from the back of the car.

01-10-2011, 07:54 PM	#2
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,733 Likes: 2,802 Liked 2,486 Times in 697 Posts	Re: el-camino ever done? I sem to recall fuzzily that the Lady that pitted us for many year and died several years ago to Cancer..........won class back in the 50's with her El Camino and was the first women to do so in NHRA History. Does anybody else recall the Lady or Her Car? My memory is not what it was... Seems like her first Name was Roberta and she was a icon at the track nearly forever. John Irving

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Terry Witzel Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Marion,Ohio Posts: 247 Likes: 48 Liked 50 Times in 28 Posts	Re: el-camino ever done? Wiley Cossey in the Casler Tire Service E/S 1959 El Camino at the 1965 Winternationals.

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Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 439 Likes: 852 Liked 595 Times in 136 Posts	Re: el-camino ever done? Somebody please help my aging mind... Was Casler just the soft rubber retreads or did they eventually make their own tires?

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Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,136 Likes: 172 Liked 705 Times in 219 Posts	Re: el-camino ever done? My experiences with a 348 and a 4 speed included more broken differentials and drive line parts than I cared to think about. Those pictures of 348 powered El Caminos and all at Pomona are neat, but how many spare third members did a race team need to get through a race like Pomona? You had to ride the clutch and drive the car out of the hole in order to get to the finish line. Any attempt to leave hard usually resulted in bad noises coming from the back of the car.