Ss/x

[dhofer]

Originally Posted by ss wannabee

No further comments? I'll add a couple...I wish I was able to see some of those early
Olds' run in SS/X...missed them all. There was a Toronto-area '57 Chev 2-dr wagon
that I saw run in "X" about '73 or so...might have been a D1 points meet. I think there's
a couple of photos of it on the HAMB site...got the Maple-Leaf flag on the door?

So maybe the '57 with the smaller engine was a viable combo in SS/X? Guys probably
built them due to the success the Nejas had....



The only other SS/X car I actually saw run was a '61 Bubble-Top...also in D1...maybe
white in color?






A few years earlier, I saw the "Bits-n-Pieces"...that "Copper-Stopper" car mentioned
before...and also a '59 Chevy called the "Blue-Tick" from Al Provoast...all running in
U/S class at the '71 Summernationals...the year of the "old" Stock Elim rules....

We raced a 61 white chevy 2dr hardtop with a 283 2bbl combination,A-1 powerglide, in SS/X at Lancaster, Niagara and Cayuga in 1972. We moved the drivetrain to a 1962 two door post car (also white)because the SS/X record got blasted and set the SS/W MPH record at Cayuga. I think the 57 you are talking about was brown in color but I don't remember the name on the car. I know we raced it several times.
Dave Hofer

[Greg Gay]

MJ,

Joe Smith stopped by my trailer at the Epping points race on Saturday. I usually see him somewhere about once a year. He still has the car.

Greg

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by dhofer

We raced a 61 white chevy 2dr hardtop with a 283 2bbl combination,A-1 powerglide, in SS/X at Lancaster, Niagara and Cayuga in 1972. We moved the drivetrain to a 1962 two door post car (also white)because the SS/X record got blasted and set the SS/W MPH record at Cayuga. I think the 57 you are talking about was brown in color but I don't remember the name on the car. I know we raced it several times.
Dave Hofer

So I believe I saw you guys run...do you recall the times for both cars? Were you able
to use the aluminum PG?

[dhofer]

Originally Posted by ss wannabee

So I believe I saw you guys run...do you recall the times for both cars? Were you able
to use the aluminum PG?

Yes we used an aluminum PG, it allowed us to add a fair amount in the truck area because we were 100 lbs under the listed weight. We never really got the car figured out in SS/X our best time was slightly under the 14.70 min. that worked out OK until the record got bombed down to I think 14.35 or something like that. Moving everything to SS/W had a 14.31 min. and the car went a best of 13.76. It would run under 14 just about anywhere. We sold it at the end of 72 while it still had the MPH record.
Dave

[mtkawboy]

Vacuum leaks were hard to stop back in those days on those Rochester 2 barrels.

[Larry Miller Jr]

Frank Jordan SS/X , He had some neat stories about that car, would have been cool to race in that era.

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by Larry Miller Jr

Frank Jordan SS/X , He had some neat stories about that car, would have been cool to race in that era.

[dhofer]

Originally Posted by mtkawboy

Vacuum leaks were hard to stop back in those days on those Rochester 2 barrels.

So very true!!