Grand Spaulding Dodge

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We borrowed Mr. Norm's van last November and visited the old dealership again. I get over there about 3 times a year. Looks like hell but someone has replaced some doors in it and it looks like they are securing it more.
 

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ef8340 said:
A old friend of mine has a 71 340 6pak demon that was a Mr norm's car when he bought the car the original owner removed the 6pak setup cause he couldn't get the car to idle right . The set up was still in the trunk when he bought it. FC-7, black interior bucket seats console, white stripes and ramcharger hood
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I'd love to talk with him about his car. I am trying to document the real cars and hear some of the stories from the good old days as they relate to the GSS cars. Any chance you can put me in touch with him?
 
gts340 said:
I'd love to talk with him about his car. I am trying to document the real cars and hear some of the stories from the good old days as they relate to the GSS cars. Any chance you can put me in touch with him?
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I bumped into him at a local meet in Naperville a couple of years ago. He was selling memorabilia at a stand. I think he goes to some local shows.
 
EL5DEMON340 said:
Has anyone found a correct air filter for the tri power air cleaner? I need one
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Mike,I purchased a K&N E-2866 for my Tri-Power setup. It is flexible enough that you won't have any issues making it fit. Hope this helps out as I know you asking for "correct" air filter.

The picture below is what the K&N looks like in my tri-power.

Sorry for the hi-jack.

John
 

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Here is my POS Mr. Norms Dart...:bootysha:
 

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krazykuda said:
I met Mr.Norm a few years back at a local car show. I got to talking to him and he told me an interesting story.

He said that they used to purposefully advertise on the radio station WLS (AM 89) at night. During the day, they had to "turn down" the power from the antennae that they were using to broadcast from the top of the Sears Tower. At night, they were allowed to "Crank up" the power and the advertisement could be heard from the east coast to the west coast (California). So they would advertise on WLS at night so it could reach out to more people across the country. ---> Very clever...


Mr. Norm is a real nice guy and easy to talk to. I bought some memorabilia from him and got him, his son, and grandson to autograph some of them. Three generations of Mr. Norm!

I told him that I appreciated him "showing up" Chrysler by making the GSS'es and proving that a 440 could fit into an a-body, so then Chrysler offered them in '69. He never really looked at it that way.
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Mr Norm may have known cars but he doesn't know radio. My dad has done every job in radio starting in 1960. The AM stations used to run the same power all the time but at night natural physics caused the signal to go much farther. They actually have to turn the power down during the night and run full power during the day. I remember as a kid traveling around the countryside measuring radio signal power for the stations he worked for. I remember getting to go into the big transformer rooms and dial the power down at night. The only station I actually "worked" for actually went off the air at 11 pm so we just threw a big Egor switch and shut it down.

http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/why...change-operations-or-cease-broadcasting-night
 
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