A-Bodies...Big Motors / New Hemi Duster - FINAL ASSEMBLY

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I hope in some way...Don Carlton does see it and is smiling at this rendition of his famous Pro Stocker....

.....Unfortunately Don Carlton passed July 5, 1977 while testing a Hemi Dodge Colt (I think with a slightly altered wheelbase) at Milan, Mich.Not much is known about the crash other than it was the last pass of the day...apparently at the end of the pass..it sounded like the car shut off...and then started to crash/tumble....Speculation.....Carlton might have passed out/fainted due to heat exhaustion...it was incredibly hot and they had spent the whole day floggin (testing) on the car. Back in 77.....not much was known in the drag racing world about heat exhaustion/dehydration effects on the drivers. It is reported what was left of the car was loaded on a flatbed and buried in a nearby landfill.

That was 34 years ago...I was 22....some things I don't forget

....Rest in Peace, Don Carlton...you are sadly missed



HEMI-ITIS

that UPS truck is/was a promotional vehicle used for their racing (I think NASCAR) sponsorship program