Didn't the guy run the car out of Jim Oddy's Engine shop ?
joe
George Mitchell wrote:
> Unfortunatly I do not remember the guys name . He was
> running 354 stuff in NHRA BB/A at the time that I saw
> him and his car . He not long after that got rid of
> the opel and switched to a firebird .He got a big
> spread in Super Stock Magazine back then. This was
> like '83-'85 maybe. It is very possible he was from
> NY area because I saw the car at Englishtown a couple
> of times but nowhere else on the east coast.
> George in DC
>
>
> --- FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
> > Hi George , Do you recall who owned that
> > little Opel with the
> > hemi ??
> > Could it have been Jim Zakia , from Niagara
> > Falls , N. Y. ? In the
> > early 60s
> > he brought his outstanding 55 chev " C " gasser
> > down to a two day meet at the
> > now long gone Connecticut Dragway , and I was
> > glad I wasn' t running
> > that day,
> > mainly because it gave me lots of time to check out
> > his car ------ outside
> > / inside /
> > underneath ------- it was a masterpiece of
> > craftsmanship , and he was very
> > helpful
> > in enlightening me on many of the real trick
> > features on his machine . A
> > masterful
> > car builder , and a real credit to the sport !
> > As I also ran in this
> > class , I
> > think my chances of a class win that weekend were
> > less than a snowball in
> > Hades,
> > but it would have been fun trying ! I
> > stopped in at his shop in
> > Niagara Falls
> > in the early 80s , but he had already left for the
> > Nationals ------- but
> > I remember
> > his shop foreman told me he was now running a blown
> > Opel in a hotter class
> > .
> > I remember he held one end of the record (
> > don' t recall if ET or
> > speed ) when
> > he visited Connecticut , and his Hilborn
> > injected chev ran a Schooler
> > Cam .
> > I haven' t heard of those cams for quite a few
> > years now ------- must
> > have gone
> > the way of Letterio , Giovannini , and Dempsey
> > Wilson cams !
> > Your message brought back some great
> > memories to this nostalgic
> > old drag racer / wrench / fan ! Thanks a lot
> > , and whether you
> > go with
> > the De Soto or the Chev --------- it' ll be
> > fast , classy, and
> > FUN !!!
> > Bruce in slightly warmer
> > Connecticut
> >
> Do You Yahoo!?
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