thanks on the info people , i think i may have found him on fb , just waiting to see if he responds back .

if it's him , this man has been through more than most in this world . he was thought to be dead in vietnam and put in a body bag , and taken to the morgue , and then the doc discovered he was still alive . . he is now the mayor of hell michigan . he did own a mopar dealership pinkney , mi. also . it will be good to hear from him if it's the right guy . i will share info on the car if i find out more ! ted

Wow......Interesting .

There is a pretty clean looking F-body on the Seattle CL right now for $1700.00 and would be a good start if you wanted one for a daily or a race car...it is not mine!

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/5980146860.html

The guy even listed a phone number in the ad, unlike those people that use the blind CL e-mail service.

That is the other car I was referring to. Nicely done car but I never like all of the purple anodizing all over it though.

Van Smith owned an anodizing shop on Telegraph in Redford if I remember right. I loved his '77.

I also Loved the volare with all the purple anodizing.
It was a Beautifully Done Car !!!!!!

I went for a ride in Vans one Saturday afternoon on the street, wow. I believe it eventually ran 7.90
Doug

The car was raced at milan ,the engine was built by one of the long time service techs ,b1 headed b block ,727 trans ,the driver was a guy that worked in the parts department cant remember name

top8x7b , do you recall what it ran ? any pics from the old days or maybe a track photographer's name ?
i found out some more :
i got a call back from one of the former owners/drivers . he tells me the car was built in 1976 , as a body in white , it ran in b/gas with a tunnel ram hemi and a clutchflite trans . the car was raced with the name "SPECIAL EDITION " , and it held some records in nhra . the body was steel because of the rules they had but it had the glass hood and a tube frame with all alum floor and interior ......... in the 80's , after it was no longer in a class , it was bracket raced with a 400/440 crank with original b1 heads , that he said were too big and slowed it down . (explains the huge header primaries ). it seems the car went to a couple of the guys who knew each other and it ended up with this last engine . a 400 with stroker crank , alum rods , roller cam , and b1 bs heads . he says he saw it run 9.40 at 140 with the current engine . it 60 foots in the 1.20's (for that e.t. and big tires & light weight it should ) . some of the guys involved in the car have passed but several are still with us . . i am waiting to see some pics he says he has of the original build . i will share when i get more info ..............i found my supertrick wheels so it will look like this pic now

Here's a few of mine I'm building. Should be done this spring. N/A smallblock build👍🏻

George Freymuth owned and raced the car when it was last at Colone/Pinckney Chrysler as he was the top salesman there for many years and has retired about 5 years ago.I believe it did run in the 9's before he sold it. One thing I remember when it was at the dealer one day while they were tuning on it, the throttle was damn crisp at any blip of it. John Colone, Jim Welch would know more details and Jims son ran it at Milan after George's eyesight wasn't the greatest.

Not hidden away anymore.