Was getting a bit windy over on introductions so I am moving the conversation here.
Current rides are my 63 MAX WEDGE and yes it really is a 426 and does have the Stage III Max Wedge heads and rare single four nascar intake (REV2). Same as on the wall in Garlits Museum. And no it is not a 440 disguised as a 426. We bought this car after GEORGE WATSON found it for me. It was originally a 313 car but I found the 426 stge III heads first under a bench in Oshawa with the help of Harry Wilson who stumbled onto them. They had been there since the 1960s and while they were a little the worse for wear in no time they were restored to pristine condition in my machine shop. A few weeks later Harry W phoned. He was buying some marine engine parts locally and the fellow had a 426 marine wedge block that had a tag on it warranty pull , using oil. He gave me a quick phone call and bought it before he left. I bored it .030 and got a set of JE forged 11 to pistons which were as close to original specs compression wise as possible. I had a cam ground to my specs and used 440 crank and rods which are the same as 426 dimensionally. The intake Jon Olson in New Port Richie Florida found for me as he knew I was looking for one and I was able to make a deal for it but it was painful being a very very rare intake for the Max Wedge. I have driven the car now 13 years and have over 41,000 miles on the 426. I stand on it at every oppourtunity. Because we bought this as a millennium project we call it "Mili"
My dragster, called The Senior Dragster I built as a vehicle to test the 6 Tillotson carb slant six manifold I designed and built. That was successful but I had so much fun driving the car I still race it at Picton at every race. It is kinda of a rolling test bed as I have tried different cabs intakes heads and have had 4 cams made for it. The last two were made to my specs and are hydraulics which have a huge advantage at under 7000 RPM.
I also have been working , just for fun on a 73 VW superbeetle body which I built a chassis for . Think of it as a poor boys Willys. It also has a slant six sitting in it currently since I have several and lots of spare race parts. It is being built as a gasser. 1960s rules. True to my heritage I call it "Das Auto" and since Walter Chrysler's grandpa was born in Germany with the name Kreisler before immigrating to Ontario where the family name became Chrysler or Crysler depending on where they lived I feel the slant six will be able to "sprechen die deutsch" just fine
I also own the very first V10 Ram ever sold . Order no ...26B0001. I have owned it since new and ordered it in 2003. I waited over 7 months for it to be built and delivered. It will be 20 next year on FEB 25. I now longer use it although it still runs fine so I didn't license it this year although I did take it for its smog test which it passed with flying colours. I hope to redo the body on it over the next while as I love it and would like to keep it forever. It runs 15.86 in the 1/4 at 86 MPH and give 20.6 MPG on the highway. We call it "Bertha"
Whatever I am working on I will picture at the time.
Today I am finishing up the headers on the dragster that are mated to the sheet metal tunnel ram.
Don
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The Poly FED was sold after the last Picton race. I still have the poly project engine. Don't know what I will do with it. I came to the realization it would be too fast for me. I am going now as fast as I ever want to go. I probably shouldn't have started it. The Sr Dragster has fulfilled all my dreams and more. I just love it. I did well on the sale but so did he.
Boy you're observant. The yellow car you can read my Dolmetsch Engine Development under the Ford oval. I built that engine and the previous one for that car. It was in the top five I think at Shannonville 8 years straight. One #1 for the year and several 2s and 3s etc. It represented TMP at Delaware one year and I still have the foto on my shop wall. It was owned by the late Bob Gauley who raced it and maintained it in fine fashion. Bob had a heart attack one night, a complication of his diabetes and didn't survive. The car had been sold by then. We still miss him.
Interestingly The other car was originally mine. I bought the body from Anderson Industries when I was about 18. It had a square tube frame then and a Anglia front end with a narrowed Olds diff. I had a 392 for it and a powerflite two speed (20 years before the powerglide craze) When I got married I sold everything including that. Someone got the engine but I don't know who. Not from here anyway. Stu Denyes bought the car from H Wilson and finished it. I had Power Tune Up at the time and he asked me to supply some type of engine. I had a 170 slant six engine a trans that ran not bad and a Corvair turbo and carb. I married the two (20 years ahead of the trends) and we went racing. He won a pile of dough with this car. Third at one of Cayuga first ever $1000 bracket race. It was his first race at a big track. Carried it the back of his Dads long box GMC pickup with the tailgate closed ! Car was a regular at Mohawk and won and won and won. Stu was a natural. I eventually built him his own slant six. A 225 normally aspirated. Probably about 1978 I would guess. He raced it till he lost interest then it disappeared . Brian Farrell (Also the late Brian Farrell) found it in Stockdale and resurrected it. I checked the motor over. It was still great. He ran it as a car owner for several years with hired shoe. (Brian was too big to sit in the car) Then he got talked into going to tube frame and had Moffats do one for him. It made no difference Et wise but he was happy so I guess that is ok. He sold the slant six and put in a 383 which it still has in this picture. The engine in the picture is not mine but it has one of my custom made cams in it at this time. Hal Blanchard owned it and he and Bob used to haul both cars and race all over. Chris Cleaver eventually bought it and crashed it at Cayuga with injuries. He recovered rebuilt the car and was racing it last year. I know because I raced him at Picton a year ago Sept. I think it has something like 40 years on it. He may still have it.
I worked on my headers again today. Main work is done. Just got to pretty them and double check all welds with a magnifying glass to be sure I didnt leave a hole somewhere.
Pugh! I am worn out typing!
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SR Dragster because old people need to have fun too!
Found several iffys and fixed them . Also three spots where I couldn't reach from the front. I went to weld them but when I squeezed the mig about 1/2 inch later in feed I ran outta wire. BZSSSSSSSST!!!!!!!!. Almost had a keniption. Spent about 1 1/2 to 2 hours on them today. It is wearing thin (no pun intended) this making headers and intake thing. I will be glad when it is done , on and running! I figure it will put the last 50 feet of 1/4 mile on kill or I wouldn't bother. Anyway had to quit for the day and relax for a bit.
Here are the pics for today. Took them out in the sun so they aren't too dark.
Don
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No, I have pair of slip ins. Initial test will be at 9 inch because that is where I always seem to end up but they are easily swapped in and out. I use a cotter key to insure they don't fall out.
Don
Here they are when I was just making them( Collectors WITH extensions)
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