Remember John Mazmanian's 11-Second 1961 Corvette?
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Remember John Mazmanian's 11-Second 1961 Corvette?
Rod & Custom magazine called John Mazmanian’s car one of the "hottest ‘Vettes in history."
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2022 Corvette of the Year Finalist -- Modified
2021 C2 of the Year Winner - Modified
2021 C1 of the Year Winner - Modified
2020 Corvette of the Year (stock)
C2 of Year Winner (stock) 2019
2017 C1 of the Year Finalist
Didn't Steve Hendrickson (the Corvette collector in MN) restore this car a few years ago?
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2023 C1 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2022 C1 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2021 C1 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2019 C1 of Year Finalist (stock)
2016 C1 of Year Finalist
Cool story.... Might be the first Vette modified for 6 tail-lights too
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2023 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2022 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2021 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Pretty quick time for a bored 283, but I hate to see the rear quarters cut up like that
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I read an old article on that car.....Big John was a local legend to the valley, and was running an event where he needed bigger/stickier tires.....the hack job was done at the strip between rounds. Have seen a few of his old drag cars at Famoso and Eagle Field, and a couple of co-workers of mine who lived in Fresno in the '60's saw him run at Raisin City, where they ran 4 lanes at once, side by side. Crazy stuff!
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Remember the car very well from San Gabriel Drag strip in the 60's, Richard Soronian (sp?) drove it as I remember and he had a red 62 Vette also that he drove on the street, I know cause we hooked up one Friday nite at Bobs Big Boy in Pasadena Ca, I had a 63 Sport Fury 426 and I whooped him pretty good lol.
Ole days were the best, especially to us old guys
The car that waxed him
NSF PS and that is a C-2 isn't it
Ole days were the best, especially to us old guys
The car that waxed him
NSF PS and that is a C-2 isn't it
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That Plymouth Sport Fury was one quick Mopar! Those 426s were just awsome back then. Always liked the styling. Bought a brand new '64 & planned on the top of the line Sport Fury with the 383 4 speed. Alas, end of the model year AND married with 1 child, settled for a Satelite 2 door hardtop with the 361 and push button drive. Definitely not the quickest but a fun car nevertheless. Was silver with a red interior. Memories!
Do you still have that '63?
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That Plymouth Sport Fury was one quick Mopar! Those 426s were just awsome back then. Always liked the styling. Bought a brand new '64 & planned on the top of the line Sport Fury with the 383 4 speed. Alas, end of the model year AND married with 1 child, settled for a Satelite 2 door hardtop with the 361 and push button drive. Definitely not the quickest but a fun car nevertheless. Was silver with a red interior. Memories!
Do you still have that '63?
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Not So Fast,
That Plymouth Sport Fury was one quick Mopar! Those 426s were just awsome back then. Always liked the styling. Bought a brand new '64 & planned on the top of the line Sport Fury with the 383 4 speed. Alas, end of the model year AND married with 1 child, settled for a Satelite 2 door hardtop with the 361 and push button drive. Definitely not the quickest but a fun car nevertheless. Was silver with a red interior. Memories!
Do you still have that '63?
Jim
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That Plymouth Sport Fury was one quick Mopar! Those 426s were just awsome back then. Always liked the styling. Bought a brand new '64 & planned on the top of the line Sport Fury with the 383 4 speed. Alas, end of the model year AND married with 1 child, settled for a Satelite 2 door hardtop with the 361 and push button drive. Definitely not the quickest but a fun car nevertheless. Was silver with a red interior. Memories!
Do you still have that '63?
Jim
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Man do I wish I had that back
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It was the best of times no matter, I keep telling my sons that they will never know what it was like to cruise a popular Blvd like back then, be it Whittier Blvd or Colorado Blvd or the Toluca Lake Bobs or Hollywood Blvd.
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argumentatively I think Bobs Big Boy on Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, had that title, we had some "bad boys" that hung there
It was the best of times no matter, I keep telling my sons that they will never know what it was like to cruise a popular Blvd like back then, be it Whittier Blvd or Colorado Blvd or the Toluca Lake Bobs or Hollywood Blvd.
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It was the best of times no matter, I keep telling my sons that they will never know what it was like to cruise a popular Blvd like back then, be it Whittier Blvd or Colorado Blvd or the Toluca Lake Bobs or Hollywood Blvd.
NSF