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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041390
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Dan Gurney standing next to his Daytona Charger and (below) inside his Superbird.

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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041391
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Originally Posted by Qwik426


Really? Wow, it's great to know it survived all these years and is being restored (hopefully in Wally Booth's colors).




I believe it is being restored to the as raced by Wally Booth, look. Last pictures I saw of the car, it had been dipped, and E coated. Josh King owned the car for a while, and flipped it. It's in good hands now.


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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: JERICOGTX] #3041393
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Originally Posted by JERICOGTX
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Really? Wow, it's great to know it survived all these years and is being restored (hopefully in Wally Booth's colors).




I believe it is being restored to the as raced by Wally Booth, look. Last pictures I saw of the car, it had been dipped, and E coated. Josh King owned the car for a while, and flipped it. It's in good hands now.


That's great. It ought to be a stunner once finished.

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Connie Swingle inside the cockpit.

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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041395
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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041400
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Originally Posted by Qwik426
Ex-Pro Stock 'Cuda. November 1989 photos.

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Same car back in the day, not a Pro Stocker though. smile

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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041401
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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041403
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I never have such luck! Lol.

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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041406
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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041407
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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3041459
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Originally Posted by Qwik426
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Ex-Pro Stock 'Cuda. November 1989 photos.

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Same car back in the day, not a Pro Stocker though. smile

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The Flying Robin today:

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The flying Robin looks great but man, I wish they hadn't have updated it. I have a picture of that car from Englishtown taken in the late 90's in the original paint scheme. Love that car.

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Originally Posted by BigBlockGTS
The flying Robin looks great but man, I wish they hadn't have updated it. I have a picture of that car from Englishtown taken in the late 90's in the original paint scheme. Love that car.


I agree. It's a sin to do this kind of modification to such an rust free, intact car, an original Shaker hood car. Those radical mods you do to a rust bucket, a car that's not worth restoring.

This 'Cuda was in excellent shape when I saw it in November of '89 and could have been easily restored back to stock.

I have no idea what powerplant it originally came with, a 340, 383, 440+6 or HEMI. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say it was a 440+6 'Cuda.

Original owner Bob Scoscia & family.

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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3042035
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Speaking of 1989, here are some photos from Raceway Park during that summer. Yours truly, photographer. smile

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One more photo, this time from 1990 or '91.

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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3042036
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I believe this photo is from 1988.

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Photos from November1989.

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Re: Random MOPAR DRAG RACE pic of the Day [Re: Qwik426] #3042037
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Paul Ceasrine's M-code 1969 Barracuda, summer of '89. I didn't get a chance to strike up a conversation with Paul that day but did get to 'meet' him online 20 years later over at the H.A.M.B. forum.

Paul was a very knowledgeable fellow when it came to Mopars and drag racing history; more than that, all around good guy. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us...Paul departed this mortal coil a few years ago, way before his time. frown

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