Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car
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Another shot right after the AWB mods.
Floyd Lippencott IV
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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car
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A little paint. Much better. The driver was Derwood Reep. Joe also had a white Dodge that he drove, and there was another AWB Plymouth that ran in B/G that won class at the 1968 U.S. Nationals.
Floyd Lippencott IV
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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car
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Another shot of Derwood. Pre-AWB again. I should have put them in order.
Floyd Lippencott IV
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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car
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Running a Mercury Comet. I think this is the track at Carlisle, AR. Rob Ayres told me where all these were run. I think the Carlisle track is the airstrip right next to I-30.
Floyd Lippencott IV
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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car
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Hey guys, sorry it took so long for me to respond about a car called "The Missouri Mule". My name is Larry Augenstein and I run a small fiberglass company called "Sled City Fiberglass". The Missouri Mule was bought out of Chicago in 1992 by a man in Grove City, Ohio. After owning it for a few weeks, he called me to come over to see what he had under the army tarp. I was all over that car like stink on sh--. It had a cross ram max wedge with zoom headers. It was a 65 Plymouth 2 door post body with a 65 dodge front clip. I wanted to buy it right there on the spot. He said , no way, that he had bought it for the body shell and the hemi title and was going to make a pro mod out of it. He also called it "The Missouri Mule".I couldn't sway his ideas and he said that Mike Guffey was after him to sell the remains to him because Mike had a couple of projects that he was working on and needed the original parts. The body was taken off the frame and was made into the pro mod that has been pictured on another post and is in the Cleveland area and from what the owner that had it on ebay told me , there are no numbers or title now. We don't know what happened to them. What I bought concerning the original car was, the original rolling altered wheelbase frame, with the front straight axle ( that Johnnie Loo had installed) 8.75 rear end with 4.56 gears, all of the light weight floor pan, steering box still attached to the frame with steering wheel to steer it around with, the original 4 inch tork thrust with spinner caps and the 16 inch wheels on back with M&H slicks. The tilt nose was still attached to the front and still tilted and it came with a set of A/FX doors that were fiberglass with aluminum upper rails and they had aluminum hinges. Actually the only parts that were missing was the body shell and the motor and tranny. At the time of my purchase of the package I just happen to have a decent 2 door sedan body behind the shop. We put that shell on the Mules frame and gave it an Alston 12 point roll cage. With body installed and doors a swinging we took it to the 1995 May Chrysler Classic to show it off.Thats when I bought a ss/aa cuda and "The Mule" went into the barn to sit until July 09 and a gentleman out of Nebraska rolled it into his enclosed trailer and took it home. A lot of cars change hands and the new owner usually modifies the car to go faster or to make it safer and sometimes the car gets new sheet metal. I have 3 pictures on my website of the car . 2 of which is as it arrived here in Grove City in 1992 and another one with the new sheet metal that we installed. To me and quite a few other people , "The Missouri Mule" still lives. www.sledcityevents.com punch the gallery then hit Sled City Cars and go to the bottom of page two. I like the history on these old racers and I tried to keep as much of the original car in one package as possible. I also found the new owner a set of injectors and rear wheels, and because we make the complete fiberglass altered wheelbase package, he got that too. . I hope you have found this story a little different from what all the "EXPERTS" were saying about my association with the Mule. I feel lucky to have owned The Mule and it's history for such a long time. Larry Augenstein / Sled City Fiberglass
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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase
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20 years ago this was impossible,would cost you a fortune in time and money to track info like this down without computer.
You've never seen Reed's phone bill have you?
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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase
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09/14/09 10:12 AM
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Hey there Primer King, There will always be fact and rumors floating around about every car and in fact, every person. It looks like you have a good start on your AWB 65 Dodge 4 door project and when you get to the point of needing the AWB fenders,hood,bumpers,scoop,doors,trunk,and dash board, just let me know and I will give you the special "Missouri Mule" discount.
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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car
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Nice post about your association with the rebodied remains of the "Missouri Mule". At least you didn't put the 65 Dodge body on it like you were thinking about back in 1993.
Can't wait to see how the guy in Nebraska represents what he has. I'm sure he has extensive documents of the new body being put on the "frame" of the unibody 65 Plymouth.
No expert here, just calling it as many others of us see it.
At least you didn't have to take a 66 Dodge body off of the "frame" like the McJury ex Strickler car(photo attached).
Great Stuff, Alex Polewik (A990 Fan)
Ah yes, That was the body that was attached when my neighbor started the resto of the Strickler car. Only it was a LOT rustier and had a blue plexiglass escape hatch in the roof. Doug
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