On Oct 22, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
Great shot. I'd like to drive it. ;-)
Thanks Steve. I'd like to take a spin in it as well. I should have
asked to drive it around the airport tarmac a bit. The owner probably
would have let me. But it was hot, and I was down with a flu.
It sounded great through the open pipes. Had that sharply explosive
idle of a high-compression engine. Very nice, very loud.
Paul
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:30 PM, P N Stenquist <[email protected]
> wrote:
This '64 Dodge 330 was one of 50 factory drag-racing cars that
Chrysler
built in 1964. They were equipped with a hopped up version of the
426 cubic
inch hemi V8, with dual 4-barrel carbs on a ram manifold, 12.5:1
compression
ratio and warmed over valve timing. The front bumper, doors,
fenders and
hood were aluminum, and the side windows were lexan. The cars had no
backseat and is equipped with two small front seats from a compact
Dodge
van. Radio, ac and heater were deleted. No sound deadening was
used. This
car, which was owned by Chicago's Grand Spaulding Dodge, ran the
quarter
mile in 10.8 seconds at 130 mph with Pat Minick driving. It
disappeared
after the 1964 season and was resurrected in 1979 by a weekend
warrior, who
was unaware of its origins. Many years later, his son totaled it at a
dragstrip in Wisconsin. While the car was gathering dust, he grew
curious
about its past and researched the fender tag data and VIN number.
It's
history was easy to determine. It has since been restored to its
original
1964 race condition, and is owned by South Oak Dodge in suburban
Chicago.
I shot it on an airport tarmac in Columbus, Ohio. The pavement was
a mess,
so I created a gray, concrete-like surface in PhotoShop. The light
was
awful. It was a dark and gloomy day, but I pumped it up a bit and
sharpened
the car's shadow.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11836389&size=lg
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