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71 demon pro streeter

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The iron lung with hemi 4-spd.JPG


The Goose's Booty.JPG


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Me and my Demon.JPG


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Very nice! Taken it to the strip yet? Got any times? Technical details?
 
Beautiful car! Do you have any quarter mile times? Or hasn't it been down the track?
 
I really appreciate the nice comments. My wife and I built the car over 6-1/2 years on a mobile home carport and driveway. It was even painted with the artwork and gold leaf in the driveway. I am driving it in an increasing radius from home for shake down. The 440 in it actually runs great on 87 octane with correct timing, the aluminum heads and a special Comp Cams solid with generous overlap. The Dana 60 has 4.10 gears and the Mickeys are 15x33 so final drive is user friendly on the road. It has a Hemi 4-speed in an A-body aluminum case and I just love it! I've always had pedal cars! It's a full chassis car built as a tribute to some of my old friends; Billy the Kid Stepp, Ried Whisnant, Ronnie Sox, Dick Landy and Butch Leal. When the time is right, we have a 406" roller motor with Eagle rods and all the really good parts for an 8,500 rpm engine. We also have 15x33 Goodyear slicks on Centerlines, and a spool set up to go in with 5.57 gears. I'm really not out to beat anybody...I just want to have fun driving it. Trust me, the street motor is frisky! Everything on it is fiberglass but the main body cab. I haven't weighed it yet. Again, thanks for the kind words, you all are terrific!
Pat
 
Id like to take a minute to thank you pat for the awesome art work and for all of the help you gave me on the "waggin" and introduce you to all I have met here on F.A.B.O. ya'll.........Dis Iz My Dawg Pat. Pat and ellen you are great friend's thank's for everything! Curtis

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Thanks Wagggin'. I appreciate your help posting the pictures and I really had fun helping with the candy/gold leaf artwork on that fantastic 2-door "Waggin'". FABO guys, this man is certifiably Mopar crazy....and can't be fixed! Not even by Dr. Phil!!
LOL!
Pat
 
Not only am I impressed by your car, but also by the list of your old friends! Did you really hang with all those MoPar Greats back in the day? Talk about being on the cutting edge of racing!
 
Hi Fishbreath. Thanks for the compliments and yes those guys were my friends. Those days with the early Pro Stocks were some of the best days of my life. I was with Ronnie at the Tulsa PRA meet that Garlits helped to organize. I crewed with him when he came to Kentucky. He and Buddy, Dave Cristy and Jake King were the nicest guys and all had their act together. Jake built the short block I ran in my '68 Hemi Roadrunner. I learned a lot about the chassis setups on those leaf spring cars. Billy Stepp who passed away last Nov. was also a class act and a great guy. I first met him at Bill Roell's body shop in Ludlow Ky where I learned to do gold leafing, etc. from "The Dauber" I helped with the '72 Demon Pro Stocker and if you look at my paint scheme, you will see the resemblance. Billy was very good to those he liked and let into his inner circle. There were rumors of Mafia connections but he never spoke of it. He did provide first run porno 8 mm films for us to watch after work. I do know that he was no one to mess with, was a real street fighter and used no body guards. Paul Frost was a grreat car builder for Billy and Stuart McDade was my favorite driver - after Ronnie. After I moved to Florida in '71, I didn't get to see much of them. I went up to Dayton a couple of times to go when they ran the Colt. Ried Whisnant was another great guy. He made a lot of money in the plumbing business. His candy gold series of Dusters were first class and he did so much and was competitive with little or nothing from the factory. I remember laying on my back in the dirt at the Snowbirds in Bradenton changing out 5.57 gears to 5.38s. He was intense but he never lost his temper that I ever saw. He was like Ronnie too when it got to the track - the engine was never messed with. The toughest thing we had to do once was change out the Lenco. I got to crew with Dick Landy one year at the Gatornationals. He and Mike were such down to earth guys. I just showed myself friendly, got to talking and they just invited me in. Dick gave me a Landy shirt to wear, asked me to cover the slicks from the sun and maintain the tire pressure in the staging lanes. I kept the car clean too. We stayed in touch after that about twice a year. The last time I was with Dick was when they built the Dart Sport that had the nose sneakily angled down and it had one of the first magnesium Danas. That car was gorgeous! I never got to race with Butch Leal but I learned a lot about 4-speeds from him. Although he wasn't Mopar, Don Nicholson was also a friend. I helped him once when he was mocking up a home-made tunnel ram for a Boss 429 out of some fiberglass, wood and cardboard!! Jon Kaase was busy working on the Doug Nash 5-speed that he made clutchless and all the competitors bitched about. I remember Kaase when he had hair! I still have one hero who is a personal friend, the one and only Big Daddy Don Garlits. I go on some of the trips on his summer schedule with he and his lovely wife, Pat. He still works 7-days a week, 300 mph with his hair on fire! Where I live in Floral City is not far from his home/museum in Ocala. Don's brother, Ed, also lives in Floral City. I hope I haven't bored you. Thanks for asking.
Pat
 
PFogel said:
I hope I haven't bored you. Thanks for asking.
Pat
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You must be joking.... :-D More stories please!!! What's this about magnesium dana's? How 'bout some more about Mr. Garlits and Dick Landy?

I can't believe you built that whole car in the carport, wow! Only in Florida, lol!
 
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