Drag Strips of Yesteryear

**Salvatore** · #1 03-31-2005, 05:42 AM

Hey Verne, Is that nova, Wally Lynn's car used to belong to a guy named Al Caffey. Al Caffey was from Philly and used to be sponsored by Hanks Speed Shop in Berwyn, Pa. The car, wheel wells, and straight front axle looks just like his car. Even the Ford bubble on the hood is the same. Originally painted orange.

budnate · #2 03-31-2005, 05:54 AM

Man I like that Nova!!!...what are the particulars and how about some pics of it Orange....

Verne_Frantz · #3 03-31-2005, 05:16 PM

Geeez Rick, I'm not that freakin' old! ..........Well, I suppose I could have been around when that Nova was in the pits...
Sam, I don't know much history on the Nova, but if you know of a car that looks like that, it must be a match. How many could have all the same features? I do have an earlier pic of a '61 Jewel Blue Vette called the Rapid Rabbit, so it might be his earlier car. I'll dig it up and send it to Belair for posting (sorry Bob, I'm recruiting you again). This guy went through a bunch of cars, because he also owned a dark green '62 Vette with the same name on it. It ran D/MP, and I remember running him at E-town with my '62, later in '69. Maybe he had a few cars at the same time. Not many guys would steal a name off someone else's car.

Just for fyi, that Nova shot is definitely Englishtown, the other 2 are labelled, and the Fred's Speed Shop '62 wagon "may" be E-town, but I'm not sure. That was before Fred ran the Camaro.
The Cecil pic was obviously a match race.

Verne
PS: I'll do some more digging. I might have one from Dover, NY

**Salvatore** · #4 03-31-2005, 05:23 PM

You are the man Vern!

Verne_Frantz · #5 03-31-2005, 08:58 PM

I sent a couple more to Bob. I hope he wakes up

and I did find one from Dover, NY.

Belair62 · #6 03-31-2005, 11:36 PM

Maybe someone DID steal the name from the car. This is Roger Sinistri's
'61 Vette. Roger is still around.
And I found one from Dover, NY. Sorry it doesn't show much of the track.
Nice clean '61 huh???!

Verne_Frantz · #7 04-01-2005, 01:08 AM

Thanks Bob.

I know how to get the story on Sinistri. Just have to make a phone call. Maybe he just built the engine?

Belair62 · #8 04-01-2005, 01:12 AM

Verne why do you think the ole 61 has 340 horse on the side ? I wonder when that pic was from .....

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