Doug,
I don't recall the car you refer to...I do know Bob Joehnck, we competed
with him in D/Gas Roadster. He built some good engines. Karol Miller got
everyone's attention when he set the D/Gas Coupe record at 151 & change
in 1958. Really fast in those days.
Tom, Redding CA - 216 D/CC
ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
> Tom,
> I remember when Karol Miller really got everybody's attention at the salt
> in the late 50's.
> The Santa Maria, CA area had a pretty impressive 56 Ford that Bob
> Joehnck(sp) of Santa Barbara built a E8"block for. The car, called the
> Long-Dog had a
> Daschund(sp) painted down the entire length of the car with the words "The
> Longest Deal In Town" and was sponsored by Patterson Ford and driven by one of
> their salesmen. The car was all-steel and ran just over 100MPH in "C" gas at
> the
> local drags. The competition then was back in the 80MPH 1/4 mile speed, so
> the Patterson Ford Long-Dog would match race the winners of Gas""
> and
> B"" Gas at the conclusion of eliminations every meet, usually beating them
> badly.
>
> As I recall the Patterson people took the car to Bonneville about that
> time and were soundly trailered by Karol Miller.
> Do you have recollections on the subject Tom?
> Ardun Doug King
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