Bob Glidden Mustangs

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Great to hear these stories before my uncle had it. Awesome car, that car gave me the drag racing disease I have today LOL. Wonder what happen to the second car my uncle was finishing, it was a roller ready to go, even the same red color? I think I remember him saying that Brandon & Turnage found it up in a yard in Tennessee or Georgia.





Bret Velde
2003 SS/LA

[Bowlzeee]

Originally Posted by TOM KASCH

Our picture of Jeff Velde SS-f Mustang.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/955207526951965

A guy called me this morning and asked me what I knew about this Mustang.
He had been researching it, and said Jeff told him after he bought it a guy offered him BIG money for it. So he built a clone , painted it red ,etc.
That was the car sold at the auction this weekend NOT the original car , the guy who bought it from Jeff still has it.
That was what I was told.

That was Gene Turnage that told me this, not Jeff Velde...

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Originally Posted by Bowlzeee

That was Gene Turnage that told me this, not Jeff Velde...

Well guys I was just a kid at the time, but my uncle had told us that his car was Glidden's at one time, so that's all I know!




Bret Velde
2003 SS/LA

[Bowlzeee]

There has always been a lot of confusion about that simply because Brandon and Turnage had two 68 CJ Mustang super stock cars in a short period of time. Both painted red and both with Nitro 9 on the side...

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I think we have some pic's when my uncle got it from Brandon & Turnage with "the Bob Glidden race cars" painted on top the front fenders.





Bret Velde
2003 SS/LA

[Bowlzeee]

You probably do, Turnage knew Glidden for a long time. Turnage told me that Steve Retton talked Glidden into freshening up a motor for him. This was at a time when Glidden was getting big and probably not doing much customer work...

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Bowlzee,

Have any idea where my uncle's roller went, I remember him showing me the four link in it and explaining to me how new that was for a Superstocker, sold it around '81 or '82??



Bret Velde
2003 SS/LA

[Bowlzeee]

Maybe you can find out from Mecum who the high bidder was...

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Bowlzeee,

I didn't mean my uncle's car that sold at Mecum, I was wondering the story and where about's of Retton's car. Thanks!





Bret Velde
2003 SS/LA

[Rusty Gillis]

Bob Glidden was at the Suffolk points meet in April 1970 driving the Bob Frensley Ford Mustang. He came in with a Bob Frensley Ford tilt cab semi car carrier that also had a Pro Stock Maverick on it but he did not race it. He had black eyes and said he had been in an accident with the Maverick. He raced SS/FA at Suffolk but right after that changed to SS/F after I set the record in SS/FA.