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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: Qwik426] #3100122
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What engine is that in the Rod Shop car??

Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: jlatessa] #3100138
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Which rod shop Dodge?


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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: Cab_Burge] #3100194
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The Colt wagon

Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: mopacltd] #3100202
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That is one of the Gourney Weslake (SP ?) road racing engines that Mopar made for a while back in the 1970s scope

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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: Cab_Burge] #3100312
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Here are a few from my own family.

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This is Tom Walls & Gary Sutton's Plymouth Belvedere. Notice the warning about its aluminum fenders.

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This would be Tom Walls, my half-sister's father. Gary Sutton and Tom were early race partners. Gary (Uncle Gary to me) would go on to win the 1991 Winter Nationals in his 1970 Plymouth Cuda. Many of you may know that car from Dave Schmitz ownership. That Cuda is now in Europe and is still in action.

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And this last one is my mother Patricia Walls, standing next to the Belvedere. Her and Tom would eventually buy one of the Melrose Missile cars, but I don't know which one. My mother is still living (82) and remembers many of these early racers. In fact, she was good friends with Ed Terry for years. Ed Terry worked at a Ford Dealership in Oakland Ca, where my mother lived. My mother ordered a 1971 Maverick Grabber from Ed Terry and Ed drove it to her home personally to show her the car the day it came in. My mom still owns that Maverick, 64,000 miles young to this day and in great shape sitting in my shop.

It was nice to see Ed Terry's name on at least two of the cars in this thread.

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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: BigDaddy440] #3100559
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Does anyone know what ever became of the Rod Shop Colt wagon?

Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: BigDaddy440] #3100671
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Originally Posted by BigDaddy440
Here are a few from my own family.

This is Tom Walls & Gary Sutton's Plymouth Belvedere. Notice the warning about its aluminum fenders.

This would be Tom Walls, my half-sister's father. Gary Sutton and Tom were early race partners. Gary (Uncle Gary to me) would go on to win the 1991 Winter Nationals in his 1970 Plymouth Cuda. Many of you may know that car from Dave Schmitz ownership. That Cuda is now in Europe and is still in action.

And this last one is my mother Patricia Walls, standing next to the Belvedere. Her and Tom would eventually buy one of the Melrose Missile cars, but I don't know which one. My mother is still living (82) and remembers many of these early racers. In fact, she was good friends with Ed Terry for years. Ed Terry worked at a Ford Dealership in Oakland Ca, where my mother lived. My mother ordered a 1971 Maverick Grabber from Ed Terry and Ed drove it to her home personally to show her the car the day it came in. My mom still owns that Maverick, 64,000 miles young to this day and in great shape sitting in my shop.

It was nice to see Ed Terry's name on at least two of the cars in this thread.

Great post and history. Now, all we need is a time machine to go back to that simpler time (and all those cool cars!) and to escape the madness, chaos, degeneracy and evils of today.

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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: Greenwood] #3100672
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Originally Posted by Greenwood
Does anyone know what ever became of the Rod Shop Colt wagon?

That's a very good question. What did become of the Rod Shop Dodge Colt station wagon? I'm sure someone on Facebook knows but we're here, not there.

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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: Qwik426] #3100676
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The other Rod Shop Dodge Colt. I still remember when I, this car-crazy, young punk kid, queried the mechanic working on this car (who was friendly, not condescending and answered several of my questions) about the inner workings of the 426 HEMI engine on Friday, early afternoon during the running of the 1975 NHRA Summernationals at Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ. Why, oh why, I didn't borrow my mom's Kodak Hawkeye Instamatic camera and brought it with me to the track that day. frown

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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: Qwik426] #3100677
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Cool 'Cuda from the New England area which unfortunately had a tragic ending early on in its life. Not the driver, the car, just to clarify.

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"Look ma! No roll bar!" eek

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On second thought, this has to be the first Heads Up Barracuda because Harris Auto Sales is not lettered on the quarter panel like it is in the first photo.



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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: Qwik426] #3100782
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I which I could find the article on the rod shop colt wagon it told how this car was build in a very short time , they had a regular colt like the one in the picture that they ran in pro stock it got wrecked so they contacted Bill Stepp and bought his but Stepp had a race to go to and they were to get it after the race and someone forgot to put the wheelie bars down and they rolled the car over and Bill Stepp had to give there money back he was not happy

Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: dragon] #3100812
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The mr Motech car is raced locally to me, Jack Peterson owns it

Gary Sutton married my friend's mom


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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: bigdad] #3100847
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I assume the color scheme is different. BigDad do you have any photos of it as it sits today? I have a lot of memories of that car growing up. John would spend time at the Motech facility at 8 mile in Detroit. my father was a lead trainer/supervisor of the Weld tech side of the facility they shared the same facility. He would let us sit in the car during the high school nationals at Milan and once in a great while take us for a little spin in the parking lot at the tech center. John was always good to us boys.

real cool memories for sure. and thank you for the info.


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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: bigdad] #3100881
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Originally Posted by bigdad
The mr Motech car is raced locally to me, Jack Peterson owns it

Gary Sutton married my friend's mom

That car used to be local to me...Wondered where it went to. That pic is from that time period.


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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: W.I.N. Racing] #3100887
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He brought it to track couple years ago, and proceeded to drive it right into guard rail ( previous chebbie racer ) GUESS the Hemi was too much for him , lol ..
but, he has since fixed it

this was last summer

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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: bigdad] #3101107
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The Rossi car is on display at PRI this weekend.


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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: bigdad] #3101175
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Originally Posted by bigdad
Gary Sutton married my friend's mom


Gary was married to his wife Barbara for a very long time. They had one daughter, Kim. The last time I saw Gary was at my Dad's funeral where he was a pallbearer in 1991. I think Gary may have been divorced from Barbara by that time.


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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: BigDaddy440] #3101297
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Yeah that's about when he married Jan ,


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Re: 1960s-1970s Drag Racing Pix [Re: bigdad] #3101306
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Originally Posted by bigdad
Gary Sutton married my friend's mom
Is that the same Gary Sutton that was the chief starter at the old Orange County drag strip that also drove a top fueler back then?


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