60's Super Stock & Factory Experimental

[swbstudios]

Cool Corvette!

Here
s one of the old Coronet and a couple of my Corvettes(an alloy 427 69 and an L88 tribute of the James Garner road racer)

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[Jim Garfield]

Funny- I stil wear Clark's Desert boots! The more things change....

We lived on High Ridge Road in Stamford at the time.

Lol about the Clark's, some things never go out of style.

Moroso must have set up in Guildford later, it's hard to miss the building when traveling on 95.

It took me a while to figure out it was you Scott. So cool that your Dad still has the car.

[CurtEgerer]

Fun at the corner gas station:

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[CurtEgerer]

This is another really good blog. It is written by the son of Wayne Gapp of Gapp & Roush fame. Lots of info:

http://www.gapponline.net/

Cool 1975 video here, Grumpy vs Landy in a match race. No fire suits needed - just sneakers and nylon jackets

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[1st]

I go to this guy's 'gasser' link and I see a bunch of photos that really hit home.......

A few in particular of local hero 'Stormin Norman Cowdrey' of Sherman Oaks CA.
Norm ran a blown/injected small block Chevy on gas or alcohol in a tube frame Healey 4.....
In the mid '60's he got the thing to run about 165mph in the 1/4.......

About 1966 my buddy Danny was given an old hammered out piston of Norm's and eventually gave it to me....

It's one of the old, flat top, supercharged, Teflon buttoned, Mickey Thompson pistons that ran in that crazy drag Healey...

.... I still have it 49 years later..........

Hiya Chuck,

I've got this tucked away in the shed awaiting a resto......'53 alloy bodied Healey 100 with a period 6.5 l Olds Rocket on triple Stromberg 97's transplanted.

Written up in a period Hot Rod mag at the time as "almost certainly the fastest-accelerating sports car in SA..."

[Chuck Miller]

Hiya Chuck,

I've got this tucked away in the shed awaiting a resto......'53 alloy bodied Healey 100 with a period 6.5 l Olds Rocket on triple Stromberg 97's transplanted.

Written up in a period Hot Rod mag at the time as "almost certainly the fastest-accelerating sports car in SA..."

WOW!!!!! ........ How cool is THAT..............

A couple of things..... I'm counting 6 pots through that hood not 3?
And quickly reading the article on the 1/4 mile time and speed... With a 14.54 ET that thing REALLY picked it up on the top end with a speed of 125!!!!!!!!!!............. WOW AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers and can't wait to see it back on a track.............

cm

[beh911]

This is another really good blog. It is written by the son of Wayne Gapp of Gapp & Roush fame. Lots of info:

http://www.gapponline.net/

Cool 1975 video here, Grumpy vs Landy in a match race. No fire suits needed - just sneakers and nylon jackets

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Thank you for that. Made my night.

[1st]

WOW!!!!! ........ How cool is THAT..............

A couple of things..... I'm counting 6 pots through that hood not 3?
And quickly reading the article on the 1/4 mile time and speed... With a 14.54 ET that thing REALLY picked it up on the top end with a speed of 125!!!!!!!!!!............. WOW AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!




Cheers and can't wait to see it back on a track.............

cm

......yes, of course there are 6 pots....not sure why I typed 3.

If you think the Rocket engine was radical how about this 371 supercharger the owners rigged onto the original Healey engine before the Rocket upgrade......

they got faster with some development too!

[CurtEgerer]

Thank you for that. Made my night.

Yeah, me too. I see the same guy has 12 vids from 1975: 1975 Boundary Bay Raceway Videos

Rare to see these old videos with good sound.

[Flunder]

Getting a fresh drive train and a good cleaning for Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green this spring...