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"Grand National" was the original term for the top tier, then it became "Winston Cup Grand National" in 1971, which became "Winston Cup," then Nextel Cup, Sprint Cup, etc. Then there was Late Model Sportsman, which became the Busch series, now Xfinity.

The long templates came along with Smokey Yunick's "7/8 scale" 67 Chevelle.

NASCAR only used the "long template" (front of nose to back of rear decklid) until about 1975. The split seen in the center of the decklid spoilers (usually covered with super tape) in this era was clearance to allow the long template to sit on the decklid. The width templates came into play...

Member T2R9 had a leftover rear seat for a 71-4 Charger, which he has donated to my 71. A few years ago my best friend said "The next best thing to having nice toys is having friends with nice toys." This just got topped by having nice friends with free toys. :thumbsup:

"Ditto." :thumbsup:

Harry Hyde ran the 71/72 Charger body due to the smaller rear quarter window allowing less air into the car. Also note how wide the panel is from the interior to the window to try to prevent air from entering the car. Things like that lead to a NASCAR rule limiting the width of panels to the...

"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way." - George S. Patton :thumbsup:

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Box full, will you be at Chryslers @ Carlisle?

Very old Siemans with a roller on the actuator am. Could probably do as well with low voltage prox switches looking at an arm on the actuator rod. Not even sure you can get the style switches I used anymore. Also modified the headlight door bracket (additional hole patterns) so I could use...

I adapted a 70 Charger door system for my Daytona clone. Fabricated the actuator rod brackets to the pods, fabricated a headlight motor mount into the nose, added an arm to the actuator rod to operate limit switches to stop motor travel, and another arm to attach a counterbalance spring to...

Have some leftover small block bell housings, 318-340-360. Local pick-up only (central Va.) or can deliver to Carlisle on Friday, 11 July ONLY. $150 each. Thaks for the ad FBBO.

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The pit lane pic referred to is in post #12. The gas cap being on the right side makes me think this pic is from the 1970 Riverside race, usually the first race of the season. Window nets were not mandatory until after Richard's flip at Darlington in the Rebel 400 (spring Darlington race)...

Lost the Old Man when I was 19, he was 45. Still tough to accept. But remember the lessons he did get a chance to teach, and one very good lesson from the experience, don't wait to do things, you may not get another chance.