bbowser Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 From the days when there were more than 3 manufacturers trying to win on Sunday - sell on Monday. The car that had the misfortune of leading to restrictor plates after the trip through the fence (almost) at Talledega. I always liked the Buicks and Oldmobiles better than the Monte Carlos for some reason.
moparfarmer Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 From the days when there were more than 3 manufacturers trying to win on Sunday - sell on Monday. The car that had the misfortune of leading to restrictor plates after the trip through the fence (almost) at Talledega. I always liked the Buicks and Oldmobiles better than the Monte Carlos for some reason. Nice model of one of Bobby's cars. The one that started the restrictor plate was a Buick LeSabre two door sedan. The more areo type car and not the Regal.
dwc43 Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 Nice looking cars. I just wished AMT had done a more accurate job on the Matador.
bbowser Posted March 29, 2011 Author Posted March 29, 2011 Thanks for the correction, moparfarmer. I'm reminded every day that I don't know as much as I thought (a good thing)!
Funkster Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Moparfarmer, I hate to correct you the the first restrictor was in 1966 on the Hemi so the Fords could stay with them. Remember Chrysler dropped out of Nascar in 1965 in protest of Nascars new rule that made Chrysler run the Hemi only in a C-body car. Along with Chrysler pull out, they took Richard Petty out and had him in Drag Racing. That almost put Nascar under in 1965. Remember that the Hemi was 20 mph faster then the Fords in 1964, So Nascar wanted to stop that in 1965. Never figured they would pull out. After that Nascar tryed to stop Chrysler in everyway they could, Like out lawing the Daytona/Superbird in 1971, outlawing the dual over head cam Hemi ( report at 1000 hp in 1966). To this day Nascar keeps a thumb on Dodge.
moparfarmer Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Moparfarmer, I hate to correct you the the first restrictor was in 1966 on the Hemi so the Fords could stay with them. Remember Chrysler dropped out of Nascar in 1965 in protest of Nascars new rule that made Chrysler run the Hemi only in a C-body car. Along with Chrysler pull out, they took Richard Petty out and had him in Drag Racing. That almost put Nascar under in 1965. Remember that the Hemi was 20 mph faster then the Fords in 1964, So Nascar wanted to stop that in 1965. Never figured they would pull out. After that Nascar tryed to stop Chrysler in everyway they could, Like out lawing the Daytona/Superbird in 1971, outlawing the dual over head cam Hemi ( report at 1000 hp in 1966). To this day Nascar keeps a thumb on Dodge. I never thought of that with the first restricted cars. The plate thing is what I meant. If you can't beat a Chrysler product, do something to slow them down. Remember when Dodge came back in around the 2000 mark. Kahne and Marlin and Elliot were doing a lot of winning. What did NASCAR do, told them they had to change something or let the Chevies catch up. Always against the Mopars and Fords. Now they let Yota do what they need to keep winning. If Penske had a big winning reputation this year or next you can bet they will do something with them.
Monte's Motors Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 Yes, Bobby Allison my second favorite driver behind "The King". Great work.
Old Coyote Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 very nice builds Bruce ......... I really like the Buick .......... I don't to this day like that "Nash" that Bopbby drove .......... but, you did a great job replicating it
Racephoto1 Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 I also know that TRD used the mopar motor for their design. They informed me at the last PRI show at Indy when I asked them.Also if you remember,Bill Davis lost his Mopower deal after they found out. Black helicopters no, but saddling teams with changes for reasons of "competition " are too numerous to mention them all. The one I remember the most is all the aero changes forced on different makes to tighten racing. Spoiler heights were different for each manufacturor until Nascar went to the cookie cutters they run now.
Chuck Most Posted April 21, 2011 Posted April 21, 2011 Love the 'stock' era stock cars! I'd love to see that Matador back in the lineup.
Funkster Posted April 21, 2011 Posted April 21, 2011 Blue man Mark Check the facts, Ford were only running around 154mph, yes 20 mph slower.
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