Oh yeah, I am not saying I don't love an original or nice restoration, just
that you get lost in a see of them. I mean it seems like in my area there is an
over abundance of 65-67 nova's, mostly in red, I love the cars but when you see
10 in a row, 8 of them red, no one stands out anymore. I don't know, maybe I
just want to be different now, stand out, I was always shy as a kid, maybe I
want my car(my persona) to stand out now. Thanks for listening to my ramblings
everyone.
Jason F.
69 Chevelle
----- Original Message -----
From: Josh Campbell
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Chevelles in nascar in 68-72?
I know what you mean on nice cars blending in, there is a guy here that has a
wicked 40ish Chevy coupe that was a dirttracker that he honest to god pulled
out of a creekbank, all he did was make it safe put a motor in it and drives it
like he stole it!!!! When he goes anywhere there is a bigger crowd flocked
around it than the trailer queens. Not that I am against those either, thats
what my black 66SS is going to be, but my Monte....... well its a street rat,
one of those cars that looks so unassuming until you get to see the taillights
gradually disappear. Its one of those 20 20 cars :)
Josh
Jason Fiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wow, thanks again for all the info, everything you guys have sent me is
just the type of information I am looking for. I was thinking about doing
something different, make my car look like a NASCAR. We have a guy that goes to
a local cruise spot, has a large white car, (the make slips me right now) that
looks like Lee Petty's car. It's bare bones, smooth metal dash, roll cage, just
like a race car, just enough to keep it street legal. I mean I am a chevelle
fan but even when I go to a show all the nice restoration start to blend
together, I want something that stands out in the crowd.
Thanks again everyone,
Jason F.
69 Chevelle
----- Original Message -----
From: SLWeaver
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Chevelles in nascar in 68-72?
I don't think they had to use that years car ...Earnhardt Sr. Used a 1964
chevelle to win his first "asphalt"
race in 1974? here's a model of it...
http://auctions.nascar.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=87825854&prmenbr=63306014&aunbr=88172564&topPic=&MoreSubs=
Yunick scaled a 66 down to 7/8 ...
http://www.legendsofnascar.com/smokey.htm#cars
Curtis Turner's Chevelle (a 66) at Atlanta (in 1967)
in the days when NASCAR first began using templates for inspection, a
former employee of Yunick's once told McKim that Smokey asked NASCAR if he
could borrow the templates so he could make sure his car was right. But he also
modified them, and came to Atlanta with a Chevelle that was slightly smaller --
legend has it as seven-eighths scale -- than it should have been. Since he was
the only owner running a Chevelle, no one would have known had Bobby Johns not
shown up unexpectedly with the same car model.
"They put that template on Bobby's Chevelle, and it doesn't come close,"
McKim said. "They threatened to throw him out. He went crazy, and eventually
NASCAR realized, 'Wait a minute ...'"
During Curtis' driving career he won more than 350 races, but it all came
to an end in 1967 at Atlanta International Raceway when he had a horrific crash
driving Smokey Yunick's little black and gold Chevelle # 13.
Curtis was badly shaken but not seriously hurt one of the most
spectacular crashes ever, but Smokey fired Pops on the spot. About the firing
Smokey said, "I'm not going to build the race car the kills Curtis Turner."
Raymond Friday Hassler drove a 68/69...see some pics here...in 70
http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Friday_Hassler.htm
Laguna's were big in Nascar in mid 70's ...
http://coloradoracingmemories.com/crm_mcgriff_hershel/crmmcgriff.htm
SLWeaver
----- Original Message ----
From: Jason Fiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 2, 2007 3:45:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Chevelles in nascar in 68-72?
Yeah I have seen footage of older cars, like you said a 66 chevelle in
68, a 69 chevelle in a 72 race I think. thanks for the info.
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry S Hodges
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Chevelles in nascar in 68-72?
From what I could find by GOOGLING...It seems that the 1966 Chevelle
body was still being used, at least at the 1968 Daytona 500
http://www.racing-reference.info/race?id=1968-04&series=W
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66 SS 396 (Red got it on a trade I only wanted the steering wheel)
71 Malibu (Something new to blow my money on)
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