Doug, On our first visit to Speedweek in 1987, Darrell and I
watched
the ex - Howard Johansen / Marshall - Thayer - Banta chopped Crosley
comp coupe sit on the starting line and idle for an extremely long time ......
I was wondering how long it could idle without overheating, and Darrell,
who was 15 at the time, asked me how he could keep running it so long,
and I told him it must have a real large tank of water inside to cool the
blown Chrysler . When he finally cleaned it out, and then chugged off the
line, he only went a very short way ..... and, BANG !!! THAT WAS IT !
I think this must be one of the oldest original cars still in SCTA
competition ..... and, like Earl Wooden' s, they sure are wind cheaters !
Bruce
where it is a non Palmdale-like 19 *
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