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Some Dick Landy stuff....

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NHRA World Finals, Tulsa. 1968 I believe.
 
When I was a kid…a long time ago…the first race car I ever saw was from Dick Landy. Might be the coronet in post #3. It was at a speed shop in Buffalo NY called Jan-Cen I think. It was parked out front on display for something.
 
Had read Landy was a fan of the pushbutton TF having had a set from his ’64 racer installed in his ’65 when mopar ended the button shift. From the photo (post #3) looks like this could be one of those in his ’65 Dodge. Viewing photos of one his ‘64’s, seemed as though he had them mounted on the right side if I recall.
 
JackR said:
When I was a kid…a long time ago…the first race car I ever saw was from Dick Landy. Might be the coronet in post #3. It was at a speed shop in Buffalo NY called Jan-Cen I think. It was parked out front on display for something.
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I remember his Charger here in the area back then also, maybe at the Buffalo Autorama ? Jan-Cen is still here too, another shop it may have visited was Gor-Den Automotive ? "Blast" from the "Past" !!!
A pic from my archive's:
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VANDAN said:
I remember his Charger here in the area back then also, maybe at the Buffalo Autorama ? Jan-Cen is still here too, another shop it may have visited was Gor-Den Automotive ? "Blast" from the "Past" !!!
A pic from my archive's:
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I remember seeing a non altered wheel base version of the 65 car,that someone tried to pass off as his original 65 car.
 
Jeff Peterson said:
Several, the ‘67 is in the Mosely collection 5 miles from me.
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I remember seeing an ad with him selling some of the 67 and 68 cars. I also remember seeing an ad for his street driven 70 Challenger R/T being posted for sale in the back of Hot Rod magazine.

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chargervert said:
Dick said,this young kid named Steve walked into my shop and said to me,I want you to take my Challenger and build the chassis exactly like your Pro Stock Challenger.

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That's the Steve Lisk Challenger, with a tunnel ram Hemi and Lenco 4 speed. He raced the Sudden Death Mustang ll built by Jack Roush and won 2 out of 3 times, I think. Both 9 second street cars. I think Mike Fons was also involved with the build. Steve Lisk's father owned a trucking company, so Steve had the funds to build the car.
 
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H. Lindley said:
That's the Steve Lisk Challenger, with a tunnel ram Hemi and Lenco 4 speed. He raced the Sudden Death Mustang ll built by Jack Roush and won 2 out of 3 times, I think. Both 9 second street cars. I think Mike Fons was also involved with the build. Steve Lisk's father owned a trucking company, so Steve had the funds to build the car.
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Dick built the chassis,Mike sorted the car out and made it perform correctly. I guess you could say Mike essentially tore the car down to the chassis.
 
I've never heard of Landy's involment with the Lisk car, from a logistics point, that doesn't even make since when the Motown(thanks Berry Gordy)/Mopar Missile, Rod Shop Challenger are your neighbors.
Mike Fons and his brother Kenny are mostly credited for the car.
 
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