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Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car #372156
07/11/09 01:22 AM 07/11/09 01:22 AM
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I grew up around this car it started out blue as the Missouri Mule, Last I knew it was gold, beautiful car, watched it go through many engine combos. Last owned by Bob Jacobs in the KC area in the late 70s. Curious to what happened to it.
Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: galen] #372157
07/11/09 04:57 AM 07/11/09 04:57 AM
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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: B G Racing] #372158
07/11/09 06:02 AM 07/11/09 06:02 AM
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Some spaceball in Cleveland, Ohio had it on eBay for a phenomenal amount and a bs story a few years ago.
Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: sixpakdodge] #372159
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Here's a pic I took back in the early '80s at KCIR. Mark

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: r69cuda] #372160
07/11/09 09:34 AM 07/11/09 09:34 AM
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Thanks Mark, thats what it looked like when Jacobs owned her. We all ran at KCIR, A few times at Knobnoster on the runway. Still had all the original aluminum and glass. No front brakes, drums in the back. Bob said it was a handfull to drive.Would love to own that car!!! I hope its still around and not just stuck in a corner. Galen
Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: r69cuda] #372161
07/11/09 10:32 AM 07/11/09 10:32 AM
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Calling REED, REED, are you out there???

Im sure Reed Koeppe can find it.

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: Moparnut426] #372162
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I was thinking of a Plymouth that ran under the same name. Sorry for any confusion.
Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: sixpakdodge] #372163
07/12/09 05:01 PM 07/12/09 05:01 PM
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You were thinking of the original "Missouri Mule" A/FXer run by the Sites Bros. and Doc Spence.

Galen, check your PMs.

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: galen] #372164
09/09/09 09:12 PM 09/09/09 09:12 PM
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The car got cut to pieces. According to what I've heard from credible sources; the guy that owns/runs Sled City Fiberglass (Larry Augustine) cut the car apart and currently owns whatever is left of it. Most of the body was dropped over a current pro-mod chassis and the original floorpan/chassis/suspension was sold-off and is long gone.

Larry says he is sending the car to a shop for "restoration". With what, the roof skin from the real thing????? The car is gone guys. It has bitten the dust, end of story. Such a shame that it survived for so long only to be bastardized.

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: Primer King] #372165
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The gold and black '64 Dodge (from the 80s) that r69cuda posted is most likely the remains (at the time) of the Ramchargers' 64 Dodge 2% A/FX car. That car has since been put back to it's 1964 A/fx 2% Ramchargers status.

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: Primer King] #372166
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Not the "Mule", but one from Arkansas.

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: Primer King] #372167
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The car got cut to pieces. According to what I've heard from credible sources; the guy that owns/runs Sled City Fiberglass (Larry Augustine) cut the car apart and currently owns whatever is left of it. Most of the body was dropped over a current pro-mod chassis and the original floorpan/chassis/suspension was sold-off and is long gone.

Larry says he is sending the car to a shop for "restoration". With what, the roof skin from the real thing????? The car is gone guys. It has bitten the dust, end of story. Such a shame that it survived for so long only to be bastardized.



Are you talking about the Plymouth? I don't believe Larry owns that car now.

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: sixpakdodge] #372168
09/10/09 08:23 AM 09/10/09 08:23 AM
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Larry recently sold it to a guy in Omaha, Neb. -- Reed in Neb.
Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: RaceCarRegistry] #372169
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"The car got cut to pieces. According to what I've heard from credible sources; the guy that owns/runs Sled City Fiberglass (Larry Augustine) cut the car apart and currently owns whatever is left of it. Most of the body was dropped over a current pro-mod chassis and the original floorpan/chassis/suspension was sold-off and is long gone.

Larry says he is sending the car to a shop for "restoration". With what, the roof skin from the real thing????? The car is gone guys. It has bitten the dust, end of story. Such a shame that it survived for so long only to be bastardized."


Not sure what is original off this body but here it is....




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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: SSDA5006] #372170
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I will NEVER forget that eBay ad! Wow!

Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: mr_340] #372171
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Not the "Mule", but one from Arkansas.


Dave Lewis's "Big Red" car?

Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: Darrell] #372172
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Refering to the Ark. 65 ply --- That's J. R. Thompson's ol' AWB - originally a factory 64 Max Wedge SS lite-wght Ply., he made it an AWB in 1965 - I've got a number of the "take-off" parts from his 64 Ply, 68 SS Dart and 1971 Pro Stock Duster. Was at JR's place recently - heck of a nice guy ! - Reed in Neb. - PS. The 64/65 AWB is alive down in Texas.
Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: RaceCarRegistry] #372173
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Refering to the Ark. 65 ply --- That's J. R. Thompson's ol' AWB - originally a factory 64 Max Wedge SS lite-wght Ply., he made it an AWB in 1965 - I've got a number of the "take-off" parts from his 64 Ply, 68 SS Dart and 1971 Pro Stock Duster. Was at JR's place recently - heck of a nice guy ! - Reed in Neb. - PS. The 64/65 AWB is alive down in Texas.



Yep, old Joe Ralph's car. It better be sitting in Don Garlit's museum in Ocala, other wise Don owes me some money. Reed, send me some contact info on Joe Ralph. I'd like to talk to him about the car. I bought it off Fred Ott in 1996. I think he got those old photos from JR.

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: mr_340] #372174
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Another shot in Don's, albeit a bit dark. Cheap camera.

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Re: Where is the old "Missouri Mule" altered wheelbase car [Re: mr_340] #372175
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Pre-AWB complete with aluminum nose. I wished I would have got that with the car. Fred told me Al Corda got the nose.

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