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Paging Tom S
Hi Tom, Do you know anything about this 62 Lemans that came with Mickey Thompson's cars and crew to the 62 NHRA U.S nationals? the blue one is well documented, but this one isn't?
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I’ll text him and let him know he’s being paged
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Looked back at a conversation from
Long ago thanks to old skool (you guys know him as ponyakr) RIP a great guy ! He said : Hayden Profit was driving M/T's Tempest at the '62 Winter Nats. They actually had the car marked FX/A. Lloyd Cox drove it at the US Nats. The car won the class at both races What’s funny is that picture has been standing out in my camera role to me all week long. Is that the car ?
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Happiness is just a turbocharger away! 960 HP @ 11 psi, 9.70 at 146. Iron heads, iron stock 2 bolt block , stock crank, 9 years haven't even changed a spark plug! selling turbos and turbo related parts since 2005! Last edited by turbo69bird; 11-18-2022 at 10:52 PM. |
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I don’t,I only saw the Yorktown blue car.No one left alive to even ask about it.Maybe George Kenevlbard?Tom
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Hayden and Lloyd Cox built the Blue car.Tom
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Wonder if Lloyd drove the white top car?Tom
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Although I was at the '62 Nationals, I can't remember the details (I paid more attention to Mickey's three dragsters). My only vivid memory of those Tempests is that Proffitt was fantastic at banging shifts of the HD 3-speeds!
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Anybody else on this planet campaign a M/T hemi Pontiac for eleven seasons? ... or has built a record breaking DOHC hemi four cylinder Pontiac? ... or has driven a couple laps of Nuerburgring with Tri-Power Pontiac power?(back in 1967) ... or has a Pontiac born the same year as Jim Wangers? (1926} |
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I have the old Hot Rod mag showing the blue car being built. Nothing on the white top car. Would Pete McCarthy be a resource?
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I might have some info today,a friend still has the 62 car sheet that had the numbers,class and driver.Tom
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That's what I figured might be the only clue, short of someone remembering, I asked George K, he doesn't recall it either. I've been looking for a 62 U.S Nats program book that's supposed to have the car number listing info, Steve Cox thought it may have been built for someone and delivered to Nats, thats why not much info on it? if that's the case, where did it end up? supposedly M/T's shop helped Royal out with parts/ advice on there 62 AFX Tempest build for the Nats?
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1966 Lemans, 3700Lbs, 406 ci, #96 Heads, Crane 467/494 cam, RPM Intake, Q-Jet, 11 inch Converter, 3:90 gears, 3 inch exhaust, Best ET 12.62@107 MPH 414ci shortblock coming soon! Last edited by pont406; 11-19-2022 at 02:00 PM. |
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1966 Lemans, 3700Lbs, 406 ci, #96 Heads, Crane 467/494 cam, RPM Intake, Q-Jet, 11 inch Converter, 3:90 gears, 3 inch exhaust, Best ET 12.62@107 MPH 414ci shortblock coming soon! Last edited by pont406; 11-19-2022 at 02:03 PM. |
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The Royal AFX Tempest was #989 and does have M/T's name on the fender, but not the car we are discussing.
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1966 Lemans, 3700Lbs, 406 ci, #96 Heads, Crane 467/494 cam, RPM Intake, Q-Jet, 11 inch Converter, 3:90 gears, 3 inch exhaust, Best ET 12.62@107 MPH 414ci shortblock coming soon! |
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Look at those packed and stacked grandstands. You can't get a feeler gauge between the fans!! Thanks for the great pics.
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You'd have loved it Mike. Even with no nitro-burners, '61, '62, & '63 Nats were fantastic. They capped the entry list at a thousand each year. My favorites were the blown gassers- west- vs east-coast! (Or should I say west-coast vs Ohio George?)
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Anybody else on this planet campaign a M/T hemi Pontiac for eleven seasons? ... or has built a record breaking DOHC hemi four cylinder Pontiac? ... or has driven a couple laps of Nuerburgring with Tri-Power Pontiac power?(back in 1967) ... or has a Pontiac born the same year as Jim Wangers? (1926} |
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Those number were not in the program!Tom
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Bummer, that's going to make it harder to figure it out.
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1966 Lemans, 3700Lbs, 406 ci, #96 Heads, Crane 467/494 cam, RPM Intake, Q-Jet, 11 inch Converter, 3:90 gears, 3 inch exhaust, Best ET 12.62@107 MPH 414ci shortblock coming soon! |
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