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#503077 - 04/17/08 04:24 PM
Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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Gary_N
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Well, it may have been a bad movie, but they did get a Nailhead in there!
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#503081 - 04/17/08 04:46 PM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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Gary_N
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I mean born in the late 40's.
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#503147 - 04/17/08 08:52 PM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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1DandyDaves
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#503166 - 04/17/08 09:54 PM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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JohnD1956
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I have no proof of what I say next , and that being said, I heard that the Nailhead was often chosen for projects like this because of it's compact size ... and kick butt attitude! ( I just added the last part myself)
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#503667 - 04/20/08 08:59 AM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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Gary_N
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To me, if you're going to build any type of hot road roadster, there's only 2 engine choices, one that I won't mention and the other being a Nailhead. Not sure if anyone went to the dragstrip in the old days, but Tommy Ivo had the coolest dragster there was, a four nailhead engine rail. Used to run down the strip with all 4 tires smoking!
Gary
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#504433 - 04/22/08 08:50 PM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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The Old Guy
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I have 8MM movies of Ivo's 4 Buick engine powered dragster running at Central Michigan Dragway back in the 60s. He had a twin Buick engined dragster before that , and I have some shots of it also.
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#504750 - 04/23/08 11:55 PM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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DaveCorbin
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Dear Ol Guy;
Do you remember a SoCal guy named Max Balchowsky and a "sports car" named "Old Yeller"? Ugly thrown together thing painted parking lot stripe yellow, destroked nailhead, Cad box, truck brakes? Forgot to mention that that old nailhead would do upwards of 8000 RPM and Max blew by those Ferraris around 175 MPH. Big old brakes would stop it about like throwing out the anchor on the QE2. About the ame era as TV Tommy Ivo.
Anybody else remember it?
Regards, Dave Corbin
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#504795 - 04/24/08 08:39 AM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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The Old Guy
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"Old Yeller" has been restored by a doctor,and is being raced in the "vintage" races. The "nailhead" is still kickin' butt and takin'names.
I remember when Max started showing up and they laughed until he started winning, and winning big!
Joe Taubitz
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#504826 - 04/24/08 11:03 AM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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Gary_N
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Joe:
There have been at least one TV show about Max. He was a resourceful guy to say the least.
Gary
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#504953 - 04/24/08 09:26 PM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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The Old Guy
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This was a husband and wife team. Max'xs wife was as into it as much as he was
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#505088 - 04/25/08 12:31 PM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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DaveCorbin
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Dear Joe:
If Old Yeller was properly restored, there should be brush marks in the paint, as I remember it was painted that way originally. I wonder what our "concours" judges would think?
Regards, Dave Corbin
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#505161 - 04/25/08 07:50 PM
Re: Nostalgia for those born in the late 40's!
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The Old Guy
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Dave
As with most of the restorations , I would wager that the paint and body fits are MUCH better than the original product.
I have lived in the Flint area all my life, and watched Buicks and Chevs come down the assembly line with door gaps you could throw a cat through , and the front clip a different shade than the rest of the car ( the body was painted at Fisher body, and the clip at the assembly plant)
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