Posted By: WO23Coronet
Re: has any one seen this car ? - 09/24/16 04:18 AM
I may have had a model of that when I was a kid (35ish yrs ago)
Posted By: Sport440
Re: has any one seen this car ? - 09/24/16 05:34 AM
No, and pretty stupid build for any et. Show car and wheelie car only. Waaaay to much weight at the rear to be anything but that. Builders knew that for sure I think and hope.
Posted By: MR_P_BODY
Re: has any one seen this car ? - 09/24/16 05:38 AM
No, and pretty stupid build for any et. Show car and wheelie car only. Waaaay to much weight at the rear to be anything but that. Builders knew that for sure I think and hope.
Some of you dont think at all.. YES its a wheel stander
car for show... LOOK at that BIG plate that is used
for a wheelie bar
Posted By: Sport440
Re: has any one seen this car ? - 09/24/16 05:53 AM
I did think brother, looked and glanced at it and said it was a Show or wheelie car only.
Posted By: MR_P_BODY
Re: has any one seen this car ? - 09/24/16 05:57 AM
I did think brother, looked and glanced at it and said it was a Show or wheelie car only.
So WHY say the other BS.. if you seen it as a wheel
stander say so and say you havent seen it
Posted By: Sport440
Re: has any one seen this car ? - 09/24/16 06:08 AM
Because someone else may of seen it as a bad ask race car. Just pointing out it wasn't. And If the person who originally built it thought it might be, guess I shouldn't of used the word stupid. as that's a mean word.
Posted By: camdog440
Re: has any one seen this car ? - 09/24/16 03:57 PM
from a 2009 Natl Dragster article...
And you thought that Ed 'the Outlaw" Jones' stagecoach was the first Wild West-themed wheelstander … so did I!
Here's one that I have not only never seen, but also never heard about: the Wicked Wagon wheelstander, modeled after one of the iconic covered wagons of the old west. Photographer Jimmy Boyd sent the photo and a note to us in August 1974 that promised amazing things to come. "Revolutionary wheelstander of the Pete Frech family destined to be one of the most talked-about machines on the exhibition scene. The Wicked Wagon [has] a blown 426 Hemi on alcohol and maintained by Pete Frech Sr., one of the most knowledgeable men in drag racing."
Frech, who died in February 2001, was the father of Ohio Super Gas standout Mary Ann Jackson (and grandfather to statsmeister "Nitro Joe" Jackson). Frech, a former Motor Trend magazine Mechanic of the Year, was a longtime NHRA racer and member, and competed at the NHRA Nationals in Detroit. With daughter Mary Ann in his car, they made waves when she won D/SA class at the 1964 Nationals in Indy. Those success led to a factory Chrysler deal in 1968 (despite that he worked as a welder at GM at the time!)
According to "Nitro Joe," his grandfather ran the wheelstander only locally in partnership with Tommy Marris and his son, Pete Jr., drove it. Pete Sr. also had the She's a Lady wheelstander, which was a Duster built on the same chassis, which ended up buried in his backyard on what now is a golf course in Bellville Ohio. Joe also notes that their hometown of Mansfield is/was quite a hotbed for wheelstander drivers including Bill Shewsberry, Toby and Jack Ehrmantraut, Chuck Poole, Bob Riggle, Marris, Pete Jr. and Skip Wilson.
Posted By: mopar dave
Re: has any one seen this car ? - 09/24/16 06:29 PM
no, but I do appreciate the style. I think its cool. reminds me of the cars I used to draw when I was bored at school back in the early 70's.