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A guy named Joe Spinelli from Pennsylvania bought the car about 7-10 years ago and took about 2-3 years to totally restord it to what it looked like when Arlen drove it--- not sure if he still has it --FED387
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And I gotta agree, Modified Production had to be one of the coolest classes ever to watch.
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The Maverick was at the York Muscle Car Madness show this July restored (beautifully and correctly I might add) to its configuration when Arlen won Modified at Indy in '77.
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could they not run modified with comp eliminator?
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Joe Spinelli from Philadelphia still owns this car along with Al Joniec's 70 Boss429 Mustang. Joe has a very extensive car collection and his restorations are incredible.
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I was at Green Valley (Fort Worth) for a points meet that I believe Mike won. Looked to me that he yanked the front tires when he pulled fourth gear(5-speed). This car, as they now say, was "bad fast".
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didn't Lee Shepherd drive that before Mike for R-M?
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Lee Shepherd car was a small block chevrolet(288).It was maybe the Cross and Corzine car.I dont think it ever had a ford engine.He tapped the wall with it at Indy in maybe 73,or 74 trying to keep from going too fast..The next year he raced the Corvette.Lee's first modified car was a '63 Nova wagon.He was runnerup at the NHRA Springnationals in Columbus in 1972.
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Modified got split up into comp and SS with the "faster" classes going into Comp and the slower ones going to SS generally speaking. Some classes could go either way, such as F/SM in Comp and SS/CS in SS. SS/CS being the old C/SM class.
It was great running Modified, with the stick shift cars with hood scoops. I had the honor to run my uncles K/G, (SS/BX, later SS/AX) Opel GT.....
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Just a couple clarifications.
Arlen built the Maverick from a body-in-white. Took it to Don Hardy in Texas to build it. The car had plenty of trick stuff (for its time). I know, I raced against it enough! FJ |
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