1971 AHRA Summernat's video-stick cars - Page 2

Geerhead55 · 01-23-2010, 02:32 PM

Very cool video indeed,,,,loved seeing and hearing the stick cars,,life was good back then. I really liked the early Pro Stock cars, especially The Gapp & Roush Maverick from the pre Pinto and "Taxi" days,,,,neat stuff! Danny Durham

BlueOval Ralph · 01-23-2010, 05:32 PM

I was there with Fadely & Hinzmann at that race that is Arlen driving the Boss 302, they had a Maverick there also that Ed Bennett drove not the Super Stock Mag Car, we stayed over till Monday and sot a commerical for Lee Elmimator they were part of that that deal I travelled alot with them back then.. Those 2 cars ran in GT3

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Originally Posted by Bret Kepner

You sure about that?

Looks an awful lot like Ernie MacEwen's Pro Stock Mustang from nearby Norristown, PA.

Rich Biebel · 01-23-2010, 05:51 PM

I drove a Boss 302Mustang one day on the street. It had slicks on it and I kept trying higher and higher launch rpms because the engine wanted to drop too low when I let out the clutch.....sounded a lot like that video! Those little engines had some really big intake ports........I always felt it was a dog compared to some smallblock Chevs I drove on the street. A good Z with some decent rear gear would paste that Boss and I also had a '70 Yenko Deuce at my disposal for a few weeks. I swapped in a 302 Z engine when the original 350 blew up.......That Yenko ran 12.6 street driven with the original 350 and the 302 I installed was a race engine and was probably faster.....The same guy owned all those cars over a short period of a couple years. A '69 Z/28 racecar and it was a beautifull car all black with white stripes and houndstooth seats. A '70 Boss 302 Mustang and a 70 Yenko Deuce.......He had more but those 3 alone would bring some really big money at Barrett-Jackson....I'm watching it right now.....I would love to own that black '69 Z/28 today and would never sell it......

Frank Castros · 01-24-2010, 09:08 AM

Very, very cool! Great era for drag racing. Those Pro Stock cars had personality.

Hemi Moose · 11-10-2011, 02:29 PM

Some cool stories posted here from the old days...and the video was good to.

01-23-2010, 02:32 PM	#11
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: 1971 AHRA Summernat's video-stick cars Very cool video indeed,,,,loved seeing and hearing the stick cars,,life was good back then. I really liked the early Pro Stock cars, especially The Gapp & Roush Maverick from the pre Pinto and "Taxi" days,,,,neat stuff! Danny Durham

01-23-2010, 05:51 PM	#13
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,275 Likes: 25 Liked 510 Times in 200 Posts	Re: 1971 AHRA Summernat's video-stick cars I drove a Boss 302Mustang one day on the street. It had slicks on it and I kept trying higher and higher launch rpms because the engine wanted to drop too low when I let out the clutch.....sounded a lot like that video! Those little engines had some really big intake ports........I always felt it was a dog compared to some smallblock Chevs I drove on the street. A good Z with some decent rear gear would paste that Boss and I also had a '70 Yenko Deuce at my disposal for a few weeks. I swapped in a 302 Z engine when the original 350 blew up.......That Yenko ran 12.6 street driven with the original 350 and the 302 I installed was a race engine and was probably faster.....The same guy owned all those cars over a short period of a couple years. A '69 Z/28 racecar and it was a beautifull car all black with white stripes and houndstooth seats. A '70 Boss 302 Mustang and a 70 Yenko Deuce.......He had more but those 3 alone would bring some really big money at Barrett-Jackson....I'm watching it right now.....I would love to own that black '69 Z/28 today and would never sell it...... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Last edited by Rich Biebel; 01-23-2010 at 05:55 PM.

01-24-2010, 09:08 AM	#14
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 2,647 Likes: 2,161 Liked 2,100 Times in 774 Posts	Re: 1971 AHRA Summernat's video-stick cars Very, very cool! Great era for drag racing. Those Pro Stock cars had personality.

11-10-2011, 02:29 PM	#15
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: 1971 AHRA Summernat's video-stick cars Some cool stories posted here from the old days...and the video was good to.