From left to right, Ed Hamburger, Dick Landy and Herb McCandless, seminar under the tent in the pits, Saturday, Mopars at Englishtown 1989 or 1990. Check out the ancient PA.

Gus Puskas and his ex-Alias Smith & Jones C/Modified Production 1969 Hemi Road Runner.

BRUSA Nationals, Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ, November 1989.







NHRA Summernationals circa 1990.

Circa June 1988.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

I don't want to hijack the thread anymore .., but so many of these cars I know about.. like the red 57 Vette racing the Dart Sport. my close friend bought that Vette five years ago ( I went with him to pick it up ) from the previous owner that had it and raced it for 44 years. Still being raced today ! Sorry its not a Mopar but it is such a cool car !

If anyone is hijacking this thread, it's me. In retrospect, I should've started another thread. Mods, care to chime in? I don't want to break any rules.

Feel free to add your comments. I enjoying reading them as I'm sure others do.

Ok ..You asked for it... Ernie Topping sold the Dart a long time ago to a guy on Long Island that supposedly still has it..When Ernie had it he set the G/S record at one time and was runner up in Stock at the NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown many years ago... Ernie works at the machine shop that built my present motor and he assisted in the work and tuning... Glen Hartzler sold the yellow Cuda a few years ago and I believe it is still being raced by someone in upstate N.Y. or New England and is now painted blue. Glen now races a 71 / 72 Road Runner in Stock.. the brown 64 and the Endless Journey car are owned by Garage Mazdabrook last I heard from a friend of his is that he still has them... John Baughman ran the Cuda for awhile and also had a 68 Hemi Dart that still races on occasion, John passed away a year or so ago but someone else races the Dart in SS/AH car now. Dave Leclair still has the 67 Native American I think , I heard he is the original owner , it was wrecked and redone awhile back ,he still races it on occasion but I haven't seen it in a few years. Frank Lupo in the Cuda did converters and transmissions I believe he still does under the Dynamic name a guy that used to work for him ( Lenny ) went out on his own and founded Ultimate Converters ( I use them ) he retired and sold the business to one of his employees but still does consulting for them. The SS/ BA shown was also raced by either Frank or Lenny at one point from Connecticut as was the SS/DA Cuda Frank drove before he moved to Delaware and Lenny of Ultimate to North Carolina
Seeing the two red 64s racing .. the Franks Inc car was Frank Lupo and a few other guys I think Lenny was a part of the crew also.. the other 64 I think is Jim Morgan seeing the Ceralli Competition Engines sticker on it .. I dynoed my motor there about a month or so ago they built a few of my small blocks. Ernie Topping used to work there when he was racing the Dart. I am not sure as I don't remember the Enforcer Challenger.. I could be wrong but it might be the same car that Ray Cook and Art Leong won a championship with. Nick Reiter still races the 71 Charger is Stock , the Cheap Thrills car and Matt Rovers Challenger are also still out there being raced in Stock. The Bohemeth wagon was sold awhile ago but the Vignognas are still out there racing in a variety of Mopars....Ritter and Weber also had a Duster that ran in Super / Stock that was real fast !! Kent Ritter now makes his own small blocks and a few related pieces and raced an ex Pro Stock Daytona in Comp for awhile, There was a Duster running in Super / Stock last year I thought was being ran by Dave Weber it came from the same area of upstate N.Y. as they were from perhaps the same car redone or a new build. The Maroon Dart Sport racing the Vette was a stick car running in Stock one of the owners used to run it as part of Ken Kopeckys team here in N.J.( as was a silver Volare that Rich Hoerth ( Budmans brother ) drove to the Division One stock championship years ago ) was sold and went to upstate N.Y. I believe a guy here on Moparts had it for awhile and it was for sale in the last few years and possibly someone else has it now. The blue Arrow was raced by Rich Hoerths ex wife Barbara the car was sold to Duane Smith at one point and he raced it before it was wrecked he now has a really fast Dodge Avenger ....I miss the Mopar Atlantic Nats .. so many cool, historic and nice Mopars used to attend.

Div 5 great

Another ..both gone way too soon

JVZ

Seeking the whereabouts of the 1963 Dodge Coronet Wagon C/SA race car built and campaigned by Bob Repine of Bob's Automotive, Eldred PA. IHRA record holder. Bob is not looking for the car but a couple of us are to looking to find the rest of the story. History. His Hemi-Honker altered wheelbase car was found years ago but was too far gone to be saved. I talked to Bob recently about the wagon and the whereabouts and he can't remember too much back then due to age and when he sold it “we were racing”. As Bob was very good at wining in those days - one of his competitors told me - they would say “Repine is here so just get behind him”. The story about the wagon becoming a race car from being the family wagon is a tale in itself. It ran in 2 different classes giving fierce competition. 10.75 -10.80 ET in 1963.

Ok ..You asked for it... Ernie Topping sold the Dart a long time ago to a guy on Long Island that supposedly still has it..When Ernie had it he set the G/S record at one time and was runner up in Stock at the NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown many years ago...

I forgot about his runner-up finish at the Summernationals!

"the brown 64 and the Endless Journey car are owned by Garage Mazdabrook last I heard from a friend of his is that he still has them..."

Yes, I know George's cars well. I was told by his "Endless Journey" 1963 Plymouth was a former Super Stock car, Max Wedge-powered. I don't know if it's an original one. The brown '64 Belvedere was 383-powered.

"Dave Leclair still has the 67 Native American I think , I heard he is the original owner , it was wrecked and redone awhile back ,he still races it on occasion but I haven't seen it in a few years."

Dave's not the original owner. He bought it from someone (original owner?) who was set to torch the car after stripping it of its drivetrain. At least that's what I read in Mopar Action magazine back in the early 1990s when they featured Dave's RO23 in article.

I have photos of it back in the late-1960s when it was called The AMERICAN in great big letters running along the side of the car. If you enlarge the photos I posted you can faintly make out that name.

"Seeing the two red 64s racing .. the Franks Inc car was Frank Lupo and a few other guys I think Lenny was a part of the crew also.."

I was wondering whose car that was all these years!

"I am not sure as I don't remember the Enforcer Challenger.. I could be wrong but it might be the same car that Ray Cook and Art Leong won a championship with."

I believe you are correct. Cook & Leong has at least two convertibles and one hardtop.

"Nick Reiter still races the 71 Charger is Stock"

I've seen Nick's Charger race seems like forever since at least the late-1970s.

"The Maroon Dart Sport racing the Vette was a stick car running in Stock one of the owners used to run it as part of Ken Kopeckys team here in N.J.( as was a silver Volare that Rich Hoerth ( Budmans brother )..."

I didn't know that.

"drove to the Division One stock championship years ago )"

That, I remember!

"The blue Arrow was raced by Rich Hoerths ex wife Barbara the car was sold to Duane Smith at one point"

Yep, I remember that. I believe that Arrow was originally raced by Steve Schweitzer from Pennsylvania.