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What did you race in the 80s? #1512701 10/05/13 10:54 AM 10/05/13 10:54 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,912 APACHE JUNCTION AZ J Joesixpack OP I Live Here
Joesixpack OP I Live Here J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,912 APACHE JUNCTION AZ	Built this on budget in 1987, 440,stock cast piston,stock 906 heads,used 484 hyd cam...340 steel crank torque convertor,727,was an old oswego drag car....frozen in time from 1970....I ran 12.60s with a dual point... 7876813-ps_2013_10_04___11_42_22(1024x703)(640x439).jpg (419 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: Joesixpack] #1512702 10/05/13 10:58 AM 10/05/13 10:58 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,912 APACHE JUNCTION AZ J Joesixpack OP I Live Here
Joesixpack OP I Live Here J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,912 APACHE JUNCTION AZ	Lakewood 3 pt loop,B&M shifter,SW Gauges,Fenton Gryos,Grump Lump...Dana 60 7876818-ps_2013_10_04___11_50_00(640x461).jpg (591 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: Joesixpack] #1512703 10/05/13 10:59 AM 10/05/13 10:59 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,912 APACHE JUNCTION AZ J Joesixpack OP I Live Here
Joesixpack OP I Live Here J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,912 APACHE JUNCTION AZ	blue was original paint color.... 7876820-ps_2013_10_04___11_56_10(640x455).jpg (561 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: Joesixpack] #1512704 10/05/13 11:03 AM 10/05/13 11:03 AM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 876 Arizona PolyDart super stock
PolyDart super stock Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 876 Arizona	I was racing my first car a '72 318 Dart that I bought from my Grandma in '78 with 18,000 on the odometer. Ran high 12s on the motor, high 11s on the bottle. 1970 Dart Resto-Race Project 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca Dual Quad 390 Poly

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: PolyDart] #1512705 10/05/13 11:15 AM 10/05/13 11:15 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,912 APACHE JUNCTION AZ J Joesixpack OP I Live Here
Joesixpack OP I Live Here J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,912 APACHE JUNCTION AZ	looks likes Da Grove!my first pic is Labor Day weekend 1987! Great Lakes Dragway

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: Joesixpack] #1512706 10/05/13 11:29 AM 10/05/13 11:29 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden S sshemi top fuel
sshemi top fuel S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden	I raced my tri cycle back then.

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: sshemi] #1512707 10/05/13 11:43 AM 10/05/13 11:43 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,020 Pangaea B5 Bee master
B5 Bee master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,020 Pangaea	The car in my avatar.

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: sshemi] #1512708 10/05/13 11:43 AM 10/05/13 11:43 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,918 Akron, Ohio ProSport I Live Here
ProSport I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,918 Akron, Ohio	When I was 16 I raced my Dad's original owner 33,000 mile '71 340 Roadrunner. Lots of fun. 7876855-2008070901.jpg (307 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: sshemi] #1512709 10/05/13 11:58 AM 10/05/13 11:58 AM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States P PHJ426 master
PHJ426 master P Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States	Here you go Bill Scanned a few photos in for this 7876865-SCAN0030.JPG (291 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: PHJ426] #1512710 10/05/13 11:59 AM 10/05/13 11:59 AM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States P PHJ426 master
PHJ426 master P Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States	Another from its US 30 days 7876866-SCAN0032.JPG (274 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: PHJ426] #1512711 10/05/13 12:00 PM 10/05/13 12:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States P PHJ426 master
PHJ426 master P Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States	At Osceola...... 7876868-SCAN0034.JPG (250 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: PHJ426] #1512712 10/05/13 12:01 PM 10/05/13 12:01 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States P PHJ426 master
PHJ426 master P Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States	At US41 now you see it.....these US41 pictures actually were 91 or 92 by then we had painted the Challenger. The Osceola and other pictures are late 1980's.... 7876870-SCAN0036.JPG (255 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: PHJ426] #1512713 10/05/13 12:03 PM 10/05/13 12:03 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States P PHJ426 master
PHJ426 master P Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States	Now you don't...against Gene Prophet from Wilmington in his Camaro in the left lane. 7876871-SCAN0037.JPG (215 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: PHJ426] #1512714 10/05/13 12:05 PM 10/05/13 12:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md 3 383man Too Many Posts
383man Too Many Posts 3 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md	I bracket raced this 66 Dart from 1978 to 1982. It was a 273 car and I put a 340 in it. Was also a 4-speed car and ran a best of 11.94 @ 113. I had alot of fun racing this car. Ron

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: 383man] #1512715 10/05/13 12:06 PM 10/05/13 12:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md 3 383man Too Many Posts
383man Too Many Posts 3 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md	One more pic. Ron

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: 383man] #1512716 10/05/13 12:07 PM 10/05/13 12:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden S sshemi top fuel
sshemi top fuel S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden	Seems you ran pretty fast back then without any chineese parts.

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: PHJ426] #1512717 10/05/13 12:08 PM 10/05/13 12:08 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States P PHJ426 master
PHJ426 master P Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,456 Fly Over States	At Osceola with the M/T street tires.....up in smoke with that old school 440, 915 heads, mushroom cam Mini Express 108, Heavy TRW dome pistons.... 7876876-SCAN0038.JPG (252 downloads)

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: PHJ426] #1512718 10/05/13 12:21 PM 10/05/13 12:21 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,302 Nebraska 72Swinger master
72Swinger master Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,302 Nebraska	Bam... 7876886-cp_001_lg.jpg (303 downloads) Mopar to the bone!!!

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: Joesixpack] #1512719 10/05/13 12:28 PM 10/05/13 12:28 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 22,873 Chicken coop dustergirl340 Chicken Little
dustergirl340 Chicken Little Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 22,873 Chicken coop	Didn't get my driver's license until 1988...I was racing the farm's horse back then, lol.

Re: What did you race in the 80s? [Re: dustergirl340] #1512720 10/05/13 12:35 PM 10/05/13 12:35 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama M MRMOPAR622 top fuel
MRMOPAR622 top fuel M Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama	My 1st dragster,Mopar-Powered! 7876896-orc.jpg.jpg (242 downloads) "To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man" "T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"

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