Story of Jimmy Addison's GTX on velocity!

The story of Jimmy Addison's GTX will be on at 9pm on velocity/motor trend tv tonight.

Can't get my apps to pull up the name of the show or episode. Do you have any info to look it up so I can watch it?

Steve Magnantes super models he talks about Jimmy s gTx and builds a model car gTx

Steve played a recording of Jimmy were he said he wasn't aware of the gTx being beaten.

Correct! And that was not what I would call a story on the car or the man.

Yeah I expected more out of it.

Does spectrum cable offer the V channel?

And the story of the SILVER BULLET could never be completely accurate if it didn’t mention the car was not in dOc 2.0s shop for over a year !

Eric it was on Motor Trend for me.
Is there still Velocity?
Even my car was on Velocity so that should tell ya something

PINKster.... yur car ? ... you mean the pink Toyota or is it a Honda?

I recorded it and finally watched it (on MotorTrend). Thought it might cover Addison & the Silver Bullet a little better but oh, well.




I caught that. Maybe Steve needs to talk to the owner of Jim Wangers BlackBird '68 Firebird. According to him, Addison was beaten regularly by different makes.


Tim

Wangers was a blowhard. So is the guy that owns the Blackbird. I got banned from a Facebook page for questioning things they were saying about the Blackbird. Revisionist history.

Jim Wagners yeah whatever lol!fireturd Il take Jimmys gTx over anything else!

Wangers BLACKBIRD ? There’s a car name that’s a blast from the past !

But NO WAY was that car ANYWHERE in Addisons league.

Found it again. From 2010-

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=652803

Very long read. Owner of the Wangers car at that time is Dr. Eric M. Schiffer. A couple of his quotes below (not very complimentary of Jimmy Addison )-


Quote in reference to the Silver Bullet being unbeaten- " As the saying goes " A LIE WILL MAKE IT AROUND THE WORLD BEFORE THE TRUTH CAN GET IT'S BOOTS ON". "

Quote- " In the Info About Addison what I ment to say and could not correct was that Addison would NOT race anything that he thought might be faster than him. Addison was a guy that was short in stature and an even short temper to match..... "


Tim

bloodyMOP .. on the whole .... I would AGREE with that quote

I saw JA race a bunch of times out at the TOP END CLUB.

The only car I heard he was aFEARED of was the JAWS Mustang 2

Just a guess, he states that he dated SJP in his car way back before the horse face took over.

PINKSTER... does someone STILL have the hots for SJP ?

A real SPECIAL PRIZE if someone has an idea why JA was concerned about JAWS !

I'll have to take your word for it, dOc, as I obviously wasn't there (wish I had been though). I can understand and even take a little attitude from someone who's good, knows it, and can back it up.
Since I wasn't around that scene and don't know a lot of the players, what is this Jaws Mustang II you speak of? The link I gave mentions something about a Mustang prepped by Ford engineers that beat Addison. Is this possibly the car?



Sorry to hear that but I can believe it. Some folks think you should take their version as the gospel. I got the impression from reading several of the pages in the link I gave that the good doctor was pretty full of himself (or something else).


Tim

https://youtu.be/l5qiCeVCr1M

I had so much fun watching this video. The beauty of this car is timeless.

Much better than the useless magnante program, and the commentator in the video normally irritates me, (reminds me of Terry the Toad from AG) LOL

Terry the Toad ! first thing i thought of !

T the T ? .... naughty boy mopX

I got a pic of I believe THE REASON ole JA sold the Bullet ...,then he GAVE UP on the DustPan project !

Yeah ... all blame goes to the pictured in the drivers seat

Btw ... I rode in the passenger seat for a quick shot on smooth as silk 275 ... it was SCARY FAST ...

And that was with the single four barrel.... a semi famous pro stock owner/driver drove it with the TWIN TURBOS and said ....

It pulled HARDER than his old Pro Stock car ...

Oh ... I’ll give the person who knows who that is ... in the drivers seat .... half the donuts I collect from larryLOVEit....

Surprised to see an 8-3/4 being used in the video I posted. Maybe the fact that it's an auto is the reason why it holds up? It does raise the body up nice and level under power.

I would have left the fender lips alone and worked on the inner wheel wells to get a bigger tire under it myself. Just prefer the quarters as they came vs pooched out.

looks like jack roush back a "few" years. how old was you then DoC ? 6 weeks ?

Day...ummmm mopX..... Yur very sHaRp today ! Did you just get up from your seasoned citizen nap 💤 ??

That IS Catus Jack .... do you know why he was called that ?

I noticed that as well. Wonder if the suspension is still set up via the old Mopar performance manuals ?

i knew the "cactus jack" moniker story at one time, but the "cobwebs" have taken over. at least for today.

Day....ummmmm ..... mopX.... sHaRp as a tack yesterday..., cobwebs 2day

Sorry to hear that but I can believe it. Some folks think you should take their version as the gospel. I got the impression from reading several of the pages in the link I gave that the good doctor was pretty full of himself (or something else).


Well I was there. Firebird was an 11 second car. Original engine was bigger than Jimmy's. Not even a race . JA was so far ahead you couldn't tell what kind of car it was. Wangers shut his trap after that. He couldn't believe how fast the GTX was.Eric is dreaming and he was never there.

Great interesting stuff.Id love to own Jimmy's gTx!

Here is a video with Jack Roush where he talks about the "Jaws" Mustang II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28l7qg-qX4U

Best pic of the car ... imo

Ole Catus Jack starts talking about Ruggs car at 5.15

Damn he looks frail .... but he’s still sharp

They may have done both

The POOCHED OUT QUARTERS ?

That was the MAIN CHARACTER of the car !