Mopar Day - St. Thomas Dragway - Oct. 24, 2021

[Imperial One]

This one was postponed twice because of weather. Up here in Canada it is getting pretty late - last kick at the can so to speak. It was a smaller show today, no doubt because of the lateness in the year. At my house we had the first frost this fall so it's getting cold.

I didn't take a lot of photos but here are a few. Obviously not all B bodies, but I took photos of what caught my fancy.

This was a really terrific '37 Plymouth with a 392 Hemi. Beautiful car.

A couple Demons

Pretty nice Duster

2 Sport Fury GTs. You don't see this very often. The one is Dave Wheeler's well known 440-6bbl car (original 6 bbl car).

 

[Imperial One]

Some more.

Left to right are Len Weiler, John Cherry, Stan Giles and me (Dave Southen)

I've known all these guys for 40 years. When I met Len he owned a '66 Coronet 4 door factory hemi car. Here is that car in 1980 (the photos were take at the NHOA meet in Sauble Beach, ON Canada - you can see a corner of my Superbird at right of the front shot, and I am in the white t shirt to the right of the Superbird) . Sorry about the photo quality. I bought a Hemi Satellite from John in 1981 (in the last photo that Satellite is second from the right, with the mailbox hood scoop). And Stan and I, along with a couple others raced cars and bought and sold parts back in the day. I had not seen Len since some time in the 1980s.

 

[qkcuda]

Sorry I missed it. Did you get any more pictures of the Charger with the fancy paint job? Is that the Hemi car?

 

[Imperial One]

Sorry I missed it. Did you get any more pictures of the Charger with the fancy paint job? Is that the Hemi car?

I wasn't exhaustively photographing the cars there, so no I have no other photos. I don't know what engine was in the Charger.

 

[Dave6T4]

Sorry I missed it. Did you get any more pictures of the Charger with the fancy paint job? Is that the Hemi car?

That is my friend, Richard's, car. Yes it is a real Hemi car. I posted some pictures last week on a 1966-1967 b-body thread. Both Richard and I only live a few miles from the Sparta Drag strip and attend most shows there.

 

[71Beeper]

A couple of buddies and I were there.
It was a great show.
I took a picture of the Hemi in one of the Nostalgia Hemi cars that ran.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I had no idea that there was a drag strip on St. Thomas or that there were that many Mopars on the island. Cool beans.

 

[CHARGERSTEVEN]

I had no idea that there was a drag strip on St. Thomas or that there were that many Mopars on the island. Cool beans.

I think your a little confused,St Thomas is just south west of London Ontario and draws large crowds for these event when weather cooperates,

 

[gkent]

I had no idea that there was a drag strip on St. Thomas or that there were that many Mopars on the island.

LOL !!!

 

[Richard Cranium]

I think your a little confused,St Thomas is just south west of London Ontario and draws large crowds for these event when weather cooperates,

That’s a shame. The weather is probably far better on the island.

 

[gkent]

The weather is probably far better on the island.

We don't get hurricanes !

 

[Richard Cranium]

We don't get hurricanes !

But you get snow.

 

[gkent]

Snow doesn't cause anywhere near the same damage !!

 

[Dave6T4]

But you get snow.

Don't you? Right here, we are as far South as the northern border of California. Three miles North of Lake Erie.

 

[71Beeper]

You funny Richard....

 

[Dave6T4]

Here are more pictures of Western Ontario Mopar Owners show from St. Thomas Raceway.

 

[Dave6T4]

......and more

 

[Dave6T4]

One of the racers had this setup. It's likely worth more than my house.

 

[Richard Cranium]

View attachment 1184436 You funny Richard....

The warm St. Thomas....

 

[Dave6T4]

The warm St. Thomas....

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With no drag strips.