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Thanks, Mark. Yes, I'm the guilty party who begged NHRA to lower the HP ratings, but the bad news is it is still not nearly as good as the later model 400's. My 62 G.P. has only gone about 3-4 tenths under in sea level air. I'd be glad to help you what I can. Congrats on your find. I love those Pontiac wagons!
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I do have some pictures and info but I really want to get as much as I can. I am not sure why I am so fascinated with this car, but I love pontiac, I have a PHS documented 64 GTO and I would really like to let this car and the work that you and Frank Lumley did carry on. I plan on taking out to Atco, Raceway Park and Cecil this year. You are absolutely invited to come and take it for some runs. If you would be so kind, I can be reached at tommaddox1@aol.com. Would love to hear from you and find out more about your current racing. |
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Dear Tango:
Did I understand that you bought the car at the Atlantic City Auction ? I was there with a group of friends on Friday from 11 AM to after 7 PM. We first checked out the Flee market, then the show cars and about 3 PM we went to the auction until it finished. We never saw the S/W. I was also in your neighborhood this Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Drivers Club for a Daytona 500 party and fund raiser. Small world ! I would be very interested in knowing what you intend to do with the car. I gave a lot of info about it to the guy in Michigan that bought it from me. He restored it painting it white (it should be Green) but think it had other owners since the guy you got it from. So I don't know what was passed along to you. I would be pleased to send you what ever you want. Also if you need any kind of help with it. I am there for you. I can be contacted at RSanders61@MSN.COM It was a GREAT car to me. I wish you all the luck in the world with it. X-Tech Man: Yes ! Now I know who you are. Great hearing from you. I was trying to figure who you were from your bio but no luck with that. Yes, they were great days of NHRA racing. Did you know that our friend Joe Perzan (60 SD S/W) inspired us to build this 61 Super Duty S/W ? Good luck down there in Fla. Maybe we can meet up some time. Don Heims: Glad you are feeling better. I hope the trend continues. Remember it's my turn to buy a the "Lock & Key" next time come we come down there. Ron Sanders |
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Not trying to hijack your thread but I also loved the old Pontiacs as I owned a few.....
Me and my partner drove down to Capitol with our Simple Simon's Pie Wagon one summer(1966 or 1967) and raced a high dollar Jr Stock event. We raced Joe Perzan.....twice! For some reason they made us re-run him .....we won and lost I believe in a later round to the old Pete Preston wagon then owned by the Wheatleys..... Pontiacs were plentiful there that day......Frank Cannaday and Bob Maxey were two others I recall.....and I do recall the wagon that is the original posters....... We used a '58 Pontiac wagon as a tow car to get there on that trip....
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Cannaday had a '61 or '62 wagon in D or E/SA.... Perzan had a '60 Wagon and was maybe in G/SA and Maxey also I think had a '60 wagon.
The colors on those cars ??? Well I am pretty sure they were all stock colors...Perzans was a gold or light brown.....Cannaday's was maybe a light blue or silver, not sure of that one and the Maxey car was black.... This was a race we saw on a flyer maybe in ND or one of the other papers from those days. Paid a lot of money for back then so we flat towed down..... We were running pretty good then and usually not far off the record at our home track...Island.....If you could run on your record or maybe a little under you were competetive. Don't recall the exact rules but I know breakouts were already in effect at most all races......I think 1 tenth under was the limit...
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