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This GOAT might be one of the 6ix special thin gauge entire body cars that slipped out the back door for Royal.

It was a thin gauge stainless piece that wasn't fairing well under crash to earth wheel stands. The '65 10/15 cars were much too light at 2800 to 3000 Lbs each. That with a hungry Hemi made for some frequent flyer miles. I mean, a factory full gauge steel unit would have cracked and bent...

One of the '65's slipped through with an aluminum dash. I think it was the "Color Me Gone" car. The front fenders were modified, but not to the extent of the 10/15 cars of course. Y'all should see the factory memo for the '64 2% cars, it is madness and confusing all at once.

Some cars have gone quicker with added weight in the right places. It's all science.

Hey DVW, don't you owe me some money? LOL

I think the over grown Ford style teardrop scoop looks great on that car.

Yes, I did mention the aluminum dash frames. I actually got to see one of them once at The Nationals in the early 90's. There were allegedly only four to eight of them made for the 2% FX cars of '64 and '65. The first four aluminum dash frames were installed at various time points on the '64 2%...

There were two of them and Willie was getting blessed by someone at Chrysler with some parts and maybe engines. Kind of a west Coast version of Detroit's "Silver Bullet" I knew Willie well enough to talk shop with him several times over the years. He also told me that the NYC street racing...

Say whhhattt? Check out the film or just google "opening scene in "Two Lane Black Top" 4 speed wing car street racing, I believe it's a Daytona.

Yes, you're correct for the NASCAR programs, but it was for the drag versions that they thought were going to take flight after the publicity campaigns with Sox and Martins on the national circuit tracks and strangely, most probably Big Willie on the back streets of LA. Big Willie allegedly...

Not surprised by The Old Chrysler companies mad scientist's doing the work during the witching hours.

I saw that Chevy run for many years at my now defunct local track. It was consistently a tough cookie. Probably had its own Felix The Cat bag of tricks as well.

Rumor has it that Daytona and Super bird aluminum noses were once produced, but somehow not applied onto the cars themselves. Funny, how weight can be both an ill factor in most cases and beneficial in others. Case in point is wheelbase. Wheel base is the most overlooked in most discussions...

Yes. It is one of the thin stamped bumpers.

In a reversal to that famous Cigarette commercial from the 70's. "I'd Rather Fight Than Switch".................well, the drivers to some of these lightweights must have "Switched Rather Than Fight" because by the looks of these front bumpers, They switched from Drag racing to demolition smash...

Adding weight? We'll have to talk to DVW here who constantly is adding weight to keep his flying kite car on the ground. I've added weight in all the right places over the years, but not much.

Though the close of the 60's saw the B-body lightweight programs steer towards the inherently lighter A-bodies, I believe that Chrysler slept on one thoroughbred that they could have exploited within the B-body line. Imagine a lightweight program for the red hot '68-'69-'70 Chargers. I think the...

Here's a '64 Dodge Super Stock slim Jim steel bumper that has had a few rough outings over the decades. I picked it up off the ground and it was lightweight indeed, but rather flimsy and fragile. Some of these early '64 bumpers for both the Dodges and Plymouths Super Stock packages were thin...

Where can the front bumper rubber filler strips be found for a 1973 Dodge Coronet 4 door custom sedan? These are the fillers between the body fenders, hood and the front bumper. I'm out of town at the moment, but I can respond from abroad asap. Thank you.

If the track prep goes away, so do the cars. Who wants to deal with a drunk car skating on bad prep. That's why Cecil is highly respected and revered. I'm sure they will prep better the next time around if enough drivers had the same experience.