The red Rod Shop Colt was only a small block in 1974 and *maybe* early 1975 until the W2 small block testing was stopped 'til a better engine block could be made (took 3+ years!). Then, it was converted to a Hemi with Gene Dunlop (and occasionally Riffle) driving as a B/A. When Dunlop damaged it in 1976, the Rod Shop bought the black Colt from Roger Denney to meet their match race obligations and Riffle turned in his Dart Sport to drive this Colt. The red Colt was also repaired and for a short time the Rod Shop was running 2 in-house program Colts (Riffle/black and Dunlop/red) and a third in Carlton's outside (gold car) program.

Hope that helps.

BTW, I sold the Colt back to the Rod Shop that your friend later bought and raced. Like David Sox said earlier, the Hardy-build Colts were very nice handling.

Mark