Description
I purchased the car in 1969 in Pittsburgh for $1,900 from a private owner
who had intended to race it but decided against it. It was a street legal
showroom car (headrests and all). It was originally red with black
interior.
I immediately bought a set of Goodyear Bluestreaks, built a rack over the
trunk lid and went Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association racing, driving the
car across PA with wife and two small sons (Pit Crew).
In the next five years the car was gradually made SCCA (Regional C
Production) race legal. The interior was gutted (saved), Bob Sharp front
springs, sway bar and scatter shield were added. Rear leaf springs were
clamped and a panhard rod installed with a 5.13 limited-slip. The engine
remains stock to this day with only tuned headers and a high-output
external fuel pump added.
As late as five years ago it was still doing local (Akron Sports Car Club)
auto-x's. It is currently on jack-stands waiting patiently for an engine
rebuild due to an exuberant over-rev at it's last event. It remains
street legal and insurable in Ohio and the stock exhaust system note still
turns heads.
Bill O'Neil (2/5/00)
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