Re: No Altered Wheelbase threads?Can we start one?
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Some where I heard or read that Landy out of all of them decided to take delivery of his car with out the dip and that he progressed with his own lightweight program to make it the lightest with out dipping. He was apparently not trusting of the dipping because of his knowledge that they(the cars) would split down the middle. I could be wrong.
I stand corrected, Landy took his time to neutralize his car after dipping like stated below. The acid would keep working on through time, especially in corners and fold creases and such. A kind of an introduced cancer I guess.
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Re: No Altered Wheelbase threads?Can we start one?
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Re: No Altered Wheelbase threads?Can we start one?
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It was said the Landy was one who actually took the time to dop his car in a neutralizing solution and the dipping was done at night because the large plume of toxic smoke the process made Love the AWB cars - Shame so many Hemi and Max wedge cars got sliced into AWB cars but that was racing progression Search online you can find photos of guys building there own cars using the factory blueprints (full size prints) - Great thread on class racer ( A990 super stockers) I prefer the early year cars as the later years they were really gutted (shirl greer, flying dutchman and the roofless Melrose Missle as examples)
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Re: No Altered Wheelbase threads?Can we start one?
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I saw this pic of my Buddy Bills altered. One week this was a nice stock 318 manual 3 speed. I saw it a week later with the wheel wells cut, moved forward held back together with sheet metal screws with 1"x2" wood backing it up. I asked if he was nuts. He said he wanted another one like he had when he was a kid. I think he was around 21 when he had this one. Doug
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Re: No Altered Wheelbase threads?Can we start one?
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Heard that white car that says 'Dave Strickler' on the door sold for some righteous coin that weekend...
My friend did the resto on the Strickler car. It definitely stayed in the tank to long, it was RUSTY. My brother in law lettered it. I did the alignment on it and got to drive it around the dealer lot, felt very light in the front. Only made it to 3rd gear. Still How many people can say they drove an original AWB? Doug
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Re: No Altered Wheelbase threads?Can we start one?
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