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Old 02-23-2009, 11:51 AM
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zipper06
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: La.
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Believe it or not but my very first car was 49 Ford with a flathead Caddy engine. My mom paid $600.00 for it from a car lot on Western ave. in Chgo., Dogone thing wouldn't run cool, but it would smoke the tires for 2/300 ft. but wasn't fast, took it back to the dealer and got a 49 ford 2 dr. in exchange. Drove that car for a while then bought a 1939 LaSalle coupe and put a caddy engine in it, (sneaky), won my first trophy at Oswego dragstrip in Il. with it in 1956 E stock. From that point on i had 2 or 3 fords with caddy's and met Ohio George Montgomery at US 30 in Ind. and Kenny Herrato (mispelled) from Lowel Ind. bought a 671 blower with hilborn 4 port and isky cam, from him and built my blown sm/blk 1956 T'bird in 1964, set an AHRA world record ET and Speed at Oswego in Aug. 1966 in B/mod sports almost 10 yrs to the day i first raced and have raced off and on the rest of my life, taking time off from 1970 to 1983, and still in it at age 70 and can't wait for the track to open for the 2009 season.

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