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Looong loading ramps, and dropped axles on the trailer are your friend!

The axle is moved back an inch on my 62 Savoy. (SS springs and hangers). It has 10.5/28 slicks on it, 30s will fit. Appearance wise, the axle is more centered in the wheel well too. Improved looks, if you CAN improve the looks of a 62......

Most of the thirteen inch tires I have found are trailer tires. 175 80 13 would be the equivalent, and about 90% of the tires that size are trailer. 185 70 13 are a little bit wider, a little shorter. 175 70 14 would be an almost dead nuts replacement for the 175 80 13.

If you are questioning/worrying about em, add the 5/8ths. Your car is light, the 1/2s are probably fine. Wanna risk your car on "probably"?

I'm assuming a small block. Do you have raised ex port heads? If not, are they a possibility down the road? If so, allow for a bit of room from the header to the floor. (Ask me why I'm thinking about this).

Have you got room above the collectors, that you could bend em upwards a bit with a floor jack? (I did that with some peculiar angled hooker adjustables, many years ago.) Transbrakes are fun!

Is this gonna be a wheelstander? What is the rear suspension? I think I'd run it too, as a pure drag car. But I'd build some suspension stops to keep em from crushing coming down from a wheelstand. (And I'd probably wrap the headers nearest the tire. ) I don't know the answer about the strut...

LOVED the tri-power fender emblems Pontiac used in the late fifties. Maybe they should have used em on the GTO too?

I'd bet that you could get 10" slicks (or the equivalent size drag radials) under a Duster without moving anything, IF using wheels with the right backspace. With good springs and shocks, should be enough to hook 600hp. Really fast cars are hooking 1200 hp on less. If you are doing it for...

With stock tubs? No Springs under the frame is work for nothing, without at least a mini tub.

..... and I didn't believe it then. I have a car that would do a 1.4 second 0-60 mph (1.37 60 ft) and I guarantee you that I could reach the dash.

Find the Playmates song, Beep Beep. (How do I get this thing out of second gear?!?) Available on you tube.

Yes there were..... but they would be eight second cars now.

The fairgrounds is ten minutes from my house, but I missed the gnrs this year. I hadn't seen this post either, till today. Thanks OCdart!

Damn. That track is ten minutes from my house, and I didn't know of this event. Mooneyes used to be at Irwindale till it closed, and sold out cause of limited room . I thought the Chrismas party was done, too. There's a bunch more space at pomona. I WILL be at next year's with something...