1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi

treessavoy · 06-16-2011, 01:00 PM

This is for the East Coast Boys.

Bobby Harrop raced a Max Wedge Dodge and was given an A990 car and a altered wheelbase car buy I never remember seeing him in a '64 Alum. Hemi car.

Anybody?

JimR

X-TECH MAN · 06-16-2011, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by treessavoy

This is for the East Coast Boys.

Bobby Harrop raced a Max Wedge Dodge and was given an A990 car and a altered wheelbase car buy I never remember seeing him in a '64 Alum. Hemi car.

Anybody?

JimR

I believe your correct. Bob ended up with a 2nd altered wheelbase car later (the RamChargers car) after he wrecked his. If I remember right he went over the guard rail at Cecil County with his original car at about half track. Is this correct.....anyone.

X-TECH MAN · 06-16-2011, 03:27 PM

P.S. The RamChargers car that Bob Harrop ended up with also had been wrecked also but not as bad. It was slid on its side and some pictures are around someplace in my old magazines with some of the striped paint and an all white door and quarter pannel without lettering showing on it, These cars were really a hand full when running nitro instead of gas on 10 inch tires.

Paul Ceasrine · 06-16-2011, 04:08 PM

Car prices back then,

Bud Faubel sold his car at the end of the 1964 drag race season for
$3500.

With a guarantee that it could run right on the S/SA record of 11.47

lstanford · 06-16-2011, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Car prices back then,

Bud Faubel sold his car at the end of the 1964 drag race season for
$3500.

With a guarantee that it could run right on the S/SA record of 11.47

It could have been $350,000, it didn't matter I didn't have the money. lol. I think you should be born with money and go out broke.

X-TECH MAN · 06-16-2011, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fecarman

it could have been $350,000, it didn't matter i didn't have the money. Lol. I think you should be born with money and go out broke.

X's 2......lol.

Mike Bassin · 06-16-2011, 07:59 PM

The first hemi car to hit the track at 75-80 in Maryland was owned and driven by Fred Leigh of Rockville, Md. I was the announcer at that time on Wed. nite test & tune sessions and we knew Fred had a new brown 64 Ply hemi automatic car on order. The date was about mid May 1964. Here comes Fred towing the new hemi car in, there were probably 50 cars and maybe 150 people total at the track, everything stopped to watch the new hemi make some runs. Fred drove it easy down the track and came back up to make the first run. I can remember this like it was yesterday. The car left fairly soft but by the time he went by the tower [ its about 150 ft. down track] I knew it was faster than all the stuff from '63. First run, 12.00 @ 120mph! Think of that, 48 years ago, just like it left the factory, no tuning, 120 mph. The sound of that car and all the hemi cars since will always take me back to that night. By the end of the evening, Fred ran in the 11.70s at 122 mph. Several weeks later, better headers and tuning the car would run mid elevens at 124.
Those were the days. Just got done announcing at Cecil County last Sat, John Pressley's nostalgia event, hemi cars were there, what a show!

04GTOMan · 07-03-2011, 01:49 AM

I had a 63 max wedge station wagon that I sold for $2,000 I should kick myself

chris3racing · 07-06-2011, 09:25 AM

I dont want to steal the post and have enjoyed reading these. I think I will have some fun with this post. Most of the people and some of the cars referred to in this post will be at the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame in Henderson in October. At the Friday night bench racing session, I will get the Ramchargers, Bud, Bonner and any others included, an kinda shake their memory and take some notes. This kind of thing is always fun when a lot of the people there each year are the designers and builders of the history of the sport of drag racing.

If you are there for the Saturday event and happen to see a group of old racers around and under a old race car kinda move in and listen. A lot of old cars show up there for old racer, builders and owners to try to identify who built an raced a particular car for documentation.

Paul Ceasrine · 07-06-2011, 06:18 PM

Didn't one of the 'Candymatic' cars end up cruising the streets of
Manhattan in 64', with a Chrysler-Performance rep looking to
make some noise 'sales and marketing idea'

It wasn't Jim Thorton was it.....???

06-16-2011, 01:00 PM	#1
treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: 1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi This is for the East Coast Boys. Bobby Harrop raced a Max Wedge Dodge and was given an A990 car and a altered wheelbase car buy I never remember seeing him in a '64 Alum. Hemi car. Anybody? JimR __________________ Jim Rountree

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X-TECH MAN Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lake Placid, Florida Posts: 3,203 Likes: 1,047 Liked 235 Times in 110 Posts	Re: 1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi P.S. The RamChargers car that Bob Harrop ended up with also had been wrecked also but not as bad. It was slid on its side and some pictures are around someplace in my old magazines with some of the striped paint and an all white door and quarter pannel without lettering showing on it, These cars were really a hand full when running nitro instead of gas on 10 inch tires.

06-16-2011, 04:08 PM	#4
Paul Ceasrine VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,546 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: 1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi Car prices back then, Bud Faubel sold his car at the end of the 1964 drag race season for $3500. With a guarantee that it could run right on the S/SA record of 11.47

06-16-2011, 07:59 PM	#7
Mike Bassin Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: East Berlin PA Posts: 134 Likes: 0 Liked 120 Times in 19 Posts	Re: 1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi The first hemi car to hit the track at 75-80 in Maryland was owned and driven by Fred Leigh of Rockville, Md. I was the announcer at that time on Wed. nite test & tune sessions and we knew Fred had a new brown 64 Ply hemi automatic car on order. The date was about mid May 1964. Here comes Fred towing the new hemi car in, there were probably 50 cars and maybe 150 people total at the track, everything stopped to watch the new hemi make some runs. Fred drove it easy down the track and came back up to make the first run. I can remember this like it was yesterday. The car left fairly soft but by the time he went by the tower [ its about 150 ft. down track] I knew it was faster than all the stuff from '63. First run, 12.00 @ 120mph! Think of that, 48 years ago, just like it left the factory, no tuning, 120 mph. The sound of that car and all the hemi cars since will always take me back to that night. By the end of the evening, Fred ran in the 11.70s at 122 mph. Several weeks later, better headers and tuning the car would run mid elevens at 124. Those were the days. Just got done announcing at Cecil County last Sat, John Pressley's nostalgia event, hemi cars were there, what a show!

07-03-2011, 01:49 AM	#8
04GTOMan Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 17 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi I had a 63 max wedge station wagon that I sold for $2,000 I should kick myself

07-06-2011, 09:25 AM	#9
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi I dont want to steal the post and have enjoyed reading these. I think I will have some fun with this post. Most of the people and some of the cars referred to in this post will be at the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame in Henderson in October. At the Friday night bench racing session, I will get the Ramchargers, Bud, Bonner and any others included, an kinda shake their memory and take some notes. This kind of thing is always fun when a lot of the people there each year are the designers and builders of the history of the sport of drag racing. If you are there for the Saturday event and happen to see a group of old racers around and under a old race car kinda move in and listen. A lot of old cars show up there for old racer, builders and owners to try to identify who built an raced a particular car for documentation.

07-06-2011, 06:18 PM	#10
Paul Ceasrine VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,546 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: 1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi Didn't one of the 'Candymatic' cars end up cruising the streets of Manhattan in 64', with a Chrysler-Performance rep looking to make some noise 'sales and marketing idea' It wasn't Jim Thorton was it.....???