Mopar gassers?
Toolman,
Yes, that was Charlie's Pro Stock Arrow. It had a 383 that had been converted to Hemi heads. A twin to that car was run by John Hagen and held the NHRA Pro Stock speed record with that 383 Hemi when they changed the engine requirements over to all-run 500cid motors in 1982.
Charlie was my best friend, and I did some magazine articles on his cars. Laverty's speed shop sponsored a couple of his cars. He worked for Gary Ostrich building motors for Chrysler on contract back in the early '70s.
Charlie developed termial lymphoma and died in about 1996. Too bad; he was a master craftsman/fabricator and built everything from Stockers to Pro Mods (built a Pro Mod for Carl Moyer in about 1988...)
I'll attach some photos of a few of the cars that he built and raced; not all Mopars, though...
The Arrow originally had a small block brand X engine for shakedown runs, but soon had a 383 Hemi in it. I have attached a photo of the modified 383/400 block that he re-configured the valley area for pushrod clearance and bosses for the top row of hold-down studs for the hemi heads.
The's also a picture of his scratch-built Volare Pro Stocker with a 383 Hemi that had a 440 crank and a 3-stage N20 system for IHRA Pro Stock. It held the track record at Eddyville.
Toolman,
Yes, that was Charlie's Pro Stock Arrow. It had a 383 that had been converted to Hemi heads. A twin to that car was run by John Hagen and held the NHRA Pro Stock speed record with that 383 Hemi when they changed the engine requirements over to all-run 500cid motors in 1982.
Charlie was my best friend, and I did some magazine articles on his cars. Laverty's speed shop sponsored a couple of his cars. He worked for Gary Ostrich building motors for Chrysler on contract back in the early '70s.
Charlie developed termial lymphoma and died in about 1996. Too bad; he was a master craftsman/fabricator and built everything from Stockers to Pro Mods (built a Pro Mod for Carl Moyer in about 1988...)
I'll attach some photos of a few of the cars that he built and raced; not all Mopars, though...
The Arrow originally had a small block brand X engine for shakedown runs, but soon had a 383 Hemi in it. I have attached a photo of the modified 383/400 block that he re-configured the valley area for pushrod clearance and bosses for the top row of hold-down studs for the hemi heads.
The's also a picture of his scratch-built Volare Pro Stocker with a 383 Hemi that had a 440 crank and a 3-stage N20 system for IHRA Pro Stock. It held the track record at Eddyville.