Mopars Little A Body Terrors...

[Charlie A]

[cudadoug]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

The Demon legend continues that certian groups of people in the country were pretty vocal about the "Demon" name and image. Dodge was reported to have caved under the pressure and dropped it after 72, replacing it with the Dart Sport in 73.

[Tom keedle]

hey, what do you guys know/remember about the featherdusters?

[Mack Reeves]

Here's a shot of my old 70 Duster... It started out as a SS car... Over the years and different owners it ended up as a bracket car and was that when I bought it... Previous owners put glass fenders, doors, hood and trunk lid on it... Glass had been changed but still had the factory floorboards... Mostly ran 1/8 mile until I moved into the Gainesville area. First pass with the 456 gear it ran a 9.95 @ 128... Didn't have the chassis cert. done or any of the driver safety equipment for going that fast and got ask not to run anymore till I got legal!!! Best time was a 9.85 @ 130...... Engine was a 340 with a stroker crank to 396". W2 Steel heads and an offenhouser intake... The car sounded like a bb car... I won more money on it was a sb car than I did racing it..... Sold it 5 or 6 years ago and its in Pa today still racing .... I do miss this ride......

[jmcarter]

I've owned nine A Bodies over the years, the best of which was built by Roy Johnson for Tim Neal who ran IHRA Super Stock with it for many years. I ran a W2 motor that was actually in Roy's Challenger when Allen won his very first National event at Bristol. I've lost track of where the car is now (Middle Tennessee I believe), wish I could find it again, it won a ton of races and was the undoubtedly the best car I've ever owned. Including a picture of it as it ran in 10.90 mode...

[Mack Reeves]

I still own the one!!!!! I'm considering doing a re-work and running NSS with it... Its deadly as a bracket car and we were runner-up in pro eleminator at the Mopar Southern Nationals.....

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Mack Reeves

Here's a shot of my old 70 Duster...

Mack, cool pic got anymore old ones of it!

[dannyboy]

We raced for and with Ed (Bachelder Bros. & Chipman)with our Duster/Demon, originally had a '74 Duster that started in SS/L that was a sister car (SS/LA)to the one Ed drove owned by Carlos Lawernce and sold to the Kaiser Bros. when we built a '71 Duster for SS/I ( Herb McCandless did the roll cage and suspension with Ed's motor and great parts that he developed) to beat the Camaros, which we did until Don Bowles showed up at Indy that year with a 351 Cleveland Ford with help from Jack Roush. That car was changed to a Demon to run SS/K and then SS/KA. Car still in Maine and has been restored.

Larry Stewart( did all Paint and Body work on our cars) and I went down to visit Ed at SLP while we were in Englishtown this year, he is President and very involved in the running of it, working 4 1/2 days a week, either in Toms River or Detroit.
Pictures to follow once I get them resized.

[dannyboy]

Ed's Car and Our '74 Dusters

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by dannyboy

We raced for and with Ed (Bachelder Bros. & Chipman)with our Duster/Demon, originally had a '74 Duster that started in SS/L that was a sister car (SS/LA)to the one Ed drove owned by Carlos Lawernce and sold to the Kaiser Bros. when we built a '71 Duster for SS/I ( Herb McCandless did the roll cage and suspension with Ed's motor and great parts that he developed) to beat the Camaros, which we did until Don Bowles showed up at Indy that year with a 351 Cleveland Ford with help from Jack Roush. That car was changed to a Demon to run SS/K and then SS/KA. Car still in Maine and has been restored.

Larry Stewart( did all Paint and Body work on our cars) and I went down to visit Ed at SLP while we were in Englishtown this year, he is President and very involved in the running of it, working 4 1/2 days a week, either in Toms River or Detroit.
Pictures to follow once I get them resized.

Dannyboy good story...just curious on how many A-Bodies were run under the Hamburger colors back then...anyone else here know .