Bought my dad's old Buick Funny Car...

[musclecarjohn]

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John, That is fantastic. Congrat's. Did you just find the car recently?

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No Bill,it kinda found me,lol.
I've known about it for about 2 years now and have been trying to buy it ever since.Owner finally relented and decided to offer it on eBay and it ran it's course w/o meeting the reserve last Sunday,I struck a deal with the seller after that.

As promised,here are some pictures that were scanned then mailed to me then I have taken pictures of scanned pictures (lol,I know...buy a damn scanner ) but you must admit the quality and steady hands produce pretty good quality.

First up is a still from NY National Speedway in 1968:


Just completed and sitting in front of my dad's shop Brooklyn Speed & Machine probably 1967.
Shop looks to be smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood,huh?


Magazine stills shot by noted east coast photog Bob Beattie:


Motor is pretty much stock looking except for the 8:71 blower & injector.Chassis is my dad's version of a Logghe,from chrome moly tubing,rear is a Buick Wildcat piece w/3:90 gears.Weight of the car was 2,005#'s:


Car is considered to be one of the best constructed in terms of safety...imagine strapping in and going 7.79 @ 191


Magazine articles:


Strictly Buick is right,even the tow car was usually some big Buick boat,typically an Estate wagon:


This article was missing a page...car got shortened,lol:


Display in a Chevrolet dealer I believe...


Action shots...first up a pass @ Englishtown (our home track),love the way it's twisting the chassis a bit:


This shot is available on line from NY National Speedway facing Malcom Durham in his Strip Blazer stretched Camaro.
The DC Lip always ran hard-charging all-Chevy powered Chevrolet's:


I remember this day clear as a bell,I was 10 yrs old,we beat Doug Nash first round in his "Bronco Buster" Bronco II,I think he broke,lol.
Dyno Don & Mr. Norm were also there...what a show :


Later it it's life when "Rapid" Red Lang drove it:


Whatcha guys think...?

[mockingbird812]

Over the TOP!! What a score. Great photographic history. More - More!!!

[CC Rider]

Love the story!

[gb70]

Awesome! What will you do with it once you restore it some, assuming it needs it? Museum piece, carry it to shows, race it?

[musclecarjohn]

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Awesome! What will you do with it once you restore it some, assuming it needs it? Museum piece, carry it to shows, race it?

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Plan it to fabricate the pieces needed to make it run,then cackelfest it and hopefully find it's way down the 1/4 mile again...
Will miss the CA Reunion next year but hopefully in '11,that would be our goal.

[x Baldwin Motion]

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Over the TOP!! What a score. Great photographic history. More - More!!!



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This ride is beyond cool!! The fact that it was your Dad's and now you have it back is beyond wildest dreams!! CONGRATS !!

[musclecarjohn]

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Over the TOP!! What a score. Great photographic history. More - More!!!



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This ride is beyond cool!! The fact that it was your Dad's and now you have it back is beyond wildest dreams!! CONGRATS !!

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Thank you,I truly am living the dream over here!
More original stuff will be coming with the car so stay tuned guys...

[musclecarjohn]

Alot of people asked to see the car in it's current condition so here are some resto pictures:










Look how accurate the body is,owner says you can read the guide numbers and date on the lenses!:

[BJCHEV396]

Very A car from the golden age of drag racing!

[musclecarjohn]

Here is a picture of Ron Pelegrini's Super Bird Chrysler Hemi-powered '67 Skylark,the only other known body to ever make it downtrack.This car was later destroyed in an on-track incident:


Pelegrini also ran this 1968 Buick with a Romeo Palamides chassis under the Chicagoland Buick Dealers banner but this car handled very poorly and was crashed soon afterwards: