Whatever happened to the KOS 71 Roadrunner Mayes ?

I remember when Bill May would bring the car occasionally to Muncie to test, back in the late 80's I think. I'm sure the cuda came later. His dad had a very nice cuda, not a nitrous car, I was told it was an original 6 pack car. I haven't seen any of them for years around here anyway.

Man that road runner ran good. There was another car running KOS I haven't heard of in some time. It was a yellow 69 bee. I think the guy's name was Rob Sylvester possibly.

Bad car...Fun class to watch. I also liked Kevin Chapman's 69 Bee,Sheila Bowman's black Cuda... Anyway I sold some parts to Bill a few years back seemed he was still racing the Avenger but was doin some serious resto's too. He had Bought Dante's 71 RR survivor,had a real nice 67 GTX and was building a 71 GTX Hemi clone?? and I believe a 71 R/T Charger too. Anyway here is a better pic(Cover shot) anyway...

I was there at Bean Blossom the day that car crashed. It crossed the lane 3 times, hit the guard rail. twice, tore the right fender and tire and wheel off the car on the second hit. I was always a big fan of KOS till i saw this accident. Heavy cars, lots of power, and at the time i believe they still had to be on leaf springs. This isn,t a bash just seems a quick way to tear up an expensive car.

Leaf springs were not a rule, as my GTX always had ladder bars. Bill's RR had ladder bars as well. The last time I talked to him, which was years ago, he was putting the car in Outlaw 10.5 trim, which is basically a firewall back car. He may be in the same shape as I am. Realizing that class has gotten so out of hand, that it is ridiculous and wishing he had never cut the car up. There are lots more places to run the cars, had they not been so radically modified.

Monte

what was the combo/nos in Bills car

what was he running at the time

I just talked to Bill a couple months ago.He said it will be back out in 09.He had the updated to 25.5 and repainted.It will have a nitrous big block in it.

Did he run destroked BB's for a while ?? Like 420 cubic inch or a little less maybe ? Seems like I remember him telling me that the last time I spoke to him at Indy when he was running the Cuda and starting or working on the Avenger.

Just to clarify something also, Bill's car was actually a Sattelite that his uncle bought new, black with black interior. I remember Bill racing it with the faded black paint, then he had it painted orange and added the Road Runner decals.

At the time, most all of us had small cube motors, because the rules were weight per cube. You built the engine to match where you thought you could actually make the car weigh. The largest motor I ever had in my car was 457 inches and the last one I was building for those rules, was a 446 inch, B-1 TS motor. I did not run as much KOS as Andy, Leon, Bill, Mike and some of the others, because I mostly concentrated on NMCA and the HOT ROD series and a lot of the dates conflicted. It was fun though and the group that ran KOS for years, was a great bunch of guys. I still see Andy Mayes and Brian Hicks (D-con 1 Challenger) quite a bit. Maybe we should post a KOS thread, let guys post the pics and see if a mod will put a sticky on it like the SS/AH thread.

Monte

The 71 just got out of the paint shop, and now at the chassis shop to be finished. It is a firewall back outlaw 10.5 chassis,carbon fiber interior its bad azz, Biiiig nitrous motor, glide etc. He's itching to get back in the seat. He hasn't done any racing or anything since he sold the avenger, been concentrating on his business and some other projects. I can't thank him enough for the help he has given me the last few years. But anyways you guys will love the car when its finished

Heres a post from a couple years ago that has alot of pics of old KOS cars.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...part=1&vc=1