Our '61 drag car's history in pics. From 1963 to present day.
09-06-2013, 12:31 PM
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Our '61 drag car's history in pics. From 1963 to present day.
Thought I would share some picture history of our '61.
Hope you all like!
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Last edited by 5vetteman; 09-06-2013 at 02:45 PM.
09-06-2013, 08:35 PM
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Wow 
Dick Moroso & his partner (Paul Tuser)sp... back in 1966 did the tuning on my 1966 Chevelle SS396 !!
I used to kick A$$ at Dover drag strip back then thanks to Dick & Paul...
Dick Moroso & his partner (Paul Tuser)sp... back in 1966 did the tuning on my 1966 Chevelle SS396 !!I used to kick A$$ at Dover drag strip back then thanks to Dick & Paul...
09-08-2013, 05:07 PM
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Beautiful.............makes me think of my 59 with a LT1.
Now I feel like crap..........thanks for the memories .
Now I feel like crap..........thanks for the memories .
09-18-2013, 02:29 PM
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Lots of history there. Great pictures ,thanks very much for posting..
09-18-2013, 08:48 PM
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane back in my Greenwich, CT years! I knew Dick. We graduated from Greenwich High a year apart. We knew all the same people and both Dick and I called Dover Drag Strip, in Wingdale, NY our home track.
Dick's first Corvette belonged to a friend of mine before Dick bought it after it was involved in a fire. Dick's father lived long enough to apologize to Dick for a remark he made when Dick was putting together Performance Automotive (his parts store on the Post Road in Greenwich that used to be a flower shop!) when his father said, "Dick, you'll never make a dime playing with hot cars".
I was only ready ($) to commit to running cars in the stock classes then (I had a Lincoln tow car too - hey, we lived in Greenwich, CT!) but Dick was always ready to help almost anyone if they ran into a mechanical problem. I learned fast and did pretty well running the 1320 as the years past. There sure were a lot of wonderful people building, running and helping others develop a love for Motorsports back then. I was very lucky to have shared in it.
RB
Dick's first Corvette belonged to a friend of mine before Dick bought it after it was involved in a fire. Dick's father lived long enough to apologize to Dick for a remark he made when Dick was putting together Performance Automotive (his parts store on the Post Road in Greenwich that used to be a flower shop!) when his father said, "Dick, you'll never make a dime playing with hot cars".
I was only ready ($) to commit to running cars in the stock classes then (I had a Lincoln tow car too - hey, we lived in Greenwich, CT!) but Dick was always ready to help almost anyone if they ran into a mechanical problem. I learned fast and did pretty well running the 1320 as the years past. There sure were a lot of wonderful people building, running and helping others develop a love for Motorsports back then. I was very lucky to have shared in it.
RB
Last edited by Commodore; 09-18-2013 at 08:51 PM.
09-24-2013, 08:23 PM
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane back in my Greenwich, CT years! I knew Dick. We graduated from Greenwich High a year apart. We knew all the same people and both Dick and I called Dover Drag Strip, in Wingdale, NY our home track.
Dick's first Corvette belonged to a friend of mine before Dick bought it after it was involved in a fire. Dick's father lived long enough to apologize to Dick for a remark he made when Dick was putting together Performance Automotive (his parts store on the Post Road in Greenwich that used to be a flower shop!) when his father said, "Dick, you'll never make a dime playing with hot cars".
I was only ready ($) to commit to running cars in the stock classes then (I had a Lincoln tow car too - hey, we lived in Greenwich, CT!) but Dick was always ready to help almost anyone if they ran into a mechanical problem. I learned fast and did pretty well running the 1320 as the years past. There sure were a lot of wonderful people building, running and helping others develop a love for Motorsports back then. I was very lucky to have shared in it.
RB
Dick's first Corvette belonged to a friend of mine before Dick bought it after it was involved in a fire. Dick's father lived long enough to apologize to Dick for a remark he made when Dick was putting together Performance Automotive (his parts store on the Post Road in Greenwich that used to be a flower shop!) when his father said, "Dick, you'll never make a dime playing with hot cars".
I was only ready ($) to commit to running cars in the stock classes then (I had a Lincoln tow car too - hey, we lived in Greenwich, CT!) but Dick was always ready to help almost anyone if they ran into a mechanical problem. I learned fast and did pretty well running the 1320 as the years past. There sure were a lot of wonderful people building, running and helping others develop a love for Motorsports back then. I was very lucky to have shared in it.
RB
I remember Ed, and his brother-in-law Skip North and myself built a 1953 Chevy with a 283 or maybe a 327...
DOVER DRAG STRIP was "THE" place to be !!!
09-29-2013, 09:03 AM
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Sorry Jpee, I don't remember them. I of course remember Redman Chevrolet but I used to mostly hang out at [Billy Colb's] White Plains Ford. Colb was a Shelby Cobra dealer back then and I really wanted one back then. Besides Dick's store on the Post Road in Greenwich I spent a lot of time at Rye Ford (I was dating the bosses daughter 
). I ended up being the high performance manager there for a few years. I have fond memories of campaigning Rye Fords '68 Super Stock factory lightweight 428 CJ Mustang that I ordered from Tasca Ford in RI (along with one for myself as my 'daily driver'). The then service manager still has the car in its original race livery. I sold my '68 Mustang after a year of fun and bought one of my old school roommates 427 Cobra's (Carter had three!). It wasn't until the mid seventies that I got back into Corvettes.
By the way, we used to affectionately call Dover Drag Strip "Dirty Dover" because back the 1960's the pits were not paved. After a day playing with cars a Dover we all looked like Pig Pen from the Peanuts cartoons. Read 'em and weep, I sold that original '65 427 Cobra of mine for $9K in 1970. Seems I was a little early 
RB
). I ended up being the high performance manager there for a few years. I have fond memories of campaigning Rye Fords '68 Super Stock factory lightweight 428 CJ Mustang that I ordered from Tasca Ford in RI (along with one for myself as my 'daily driver'). The then service manager still has the car in its original race livery. I sold my '68 Mustang after a year of fun and bought one of my old school roommates 427 Cobra's (Carter had three!). It wasn't until the mid seventies that I got back into Corvettes. By the way, we used to affectionately call Dover Drag Strip "Dirty Dover" because back the 1960's the pits were not paved. After a day playing with cars a Dover we all looked like Pig Pen from the Peanuts cartoons. Read 'em and weep, I sold that original '65 427 Cobra of mine for $9K in 1970
. Seems I was a little early RB
09-29-2013, 02:56 PM
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