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Post by oldcoyote on Jan 18, 2018 16:22:13 GMT -6
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Post by 70sprostockfan on Jan 18, 2018 18:37:29 GMT -6
absolutely fabulous build as always. I just spent an hour reading in google about these guys because it intrigued me. They seem to be quite the innovators. You haven't by any chance built the AMC powered one have you?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 10:29:48 GMT -6
Fantastic looking dragster. Nicely detailed engines. Very clean looking build.
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Post by dogfish7 on Jan 19, 2018 16:36:34 GMT -6
Way cool! An In Line 12 Cylinder! 
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Post by 41chevy on Jan 19, 2018 22:51:36 GMT -6
Very nicely done, a good tribute to innovators! Paul
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 2:36:43 GMT -6
I was just looking over this thread again and an evil thought went through my head. I've got 3 or 4 of the Lindberg '64 Dodge 330 kits that are the factory stock car. Each one has 2 engine choices with one of those choices being the venerable 383 and the other being the infamous "Slant 6". I fully intend to build one of the kits using the old 225, but that still leaves 2 or 3 of the powerplants unused. And I've never built a dragster, even as a kid. This could very well be a learning experience for me.
Thanks for posting this up and putting evil thoughts in my head. LOL!
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Post by oldcoyote on Jan 20, 2018 17:21:42 GMT -6
absolutely fabulous build as always. I just spent an hour reading in google about these guys because it intrigued me. They seem to be quite the innovators. You haven't by any chance built the AMC powered one have you? No sir, I haven't. Roger & Marvin started with a single GMC powered dragster, then the twin GMC. American Motors came along with buckets full of money and they switched to a stretched (even longer} twin AMC powered car. Marvin finished with a rear engine dragster powered by a 360 AMC engine. I used to see these cars at Marvin Clarke's shop out on the Canyon Highway in Amarillo, as Marvin was my every day mechanic on my first wife's car. |
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Post by 70sprostockfan on Jan 22, 2018 7:52:47 GMT -6
[/quote]No sir, I haven't. Roger & Marvin started with a single GMC powered dragster, then the twin GMC. American Motors came along with buckets full of money and they switched to a stretched (even longer} twin AMC powered car. Marvin finished with a rear engine dragster powered by a 360 AMC engine. I used to see these cars at Marvin Clarke's shop out on the Canyon Highway in Amarillo, as Marvin was my every day mechanic on my first wife's car.[/quote]
Yea a lot of the time big piles of money will do that! I appreciate the history of racing as much as I do the racing and modeling of course and I feel like you do to just from seeing your posts over the years. thanks for the lessons. I wonder how long the chassis was? I think I feel another project in the making !
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Post by oldcoyote on Feb 22, 2018 14:44:59 GMT -6
Here are some pictures of the lengthened (again) Allred & Clarke twin AMC powered dragster That's Roger Allred in the cockpit and Marvin Clarke pushing the car    |
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Post by 70sprostockfan on Feb 22, 2018 16:01:09 GMT -6
Somebody needs to build this! Hint Hint
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Post by oldcoyote on Feb 23, 2018 6:52:30 GMT -6
Somebody needs to build this! Hint Hint No thanks, I built the twin GMC ....... not really interested in the AMC engined cars. |
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Post by 70sprostockfan on Feb 23, 2018 10:05:09 GMT -6
OK You did such a good job on the GMC's we'll let you slide on the amc's LOL
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