Tunedfrog
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That doesn't look like a BMW to me.
632?! Is that even possible? lolLooked like a pretty good variety of vehicles.
Went to a good 1 a couple weekends ago…check out this “sleeper” View attachment 152806
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Wow, that's one ginormous engine. I need me one of those! I'm surprised it even fits in a regular car lol
Aint she a beaut! I've been in some fast 8s. Id love that in my truck. I saw ford had a gas 7.3 they called godzilla that they introduced a few years back. I thought that was it for n/a gas motors.
Sounds like Bob Gliddens Pinto drag car, that he won 3 championships in. Last i knew. Mecum's had it: https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0120-397357/1972-ford-pinto-bob-glidden-pro-stock/Well, that's a great story. Paints a really cool pic in my mind, so yeah, I'd say it's on topic.
I will try to keep this short. I mean I did, really. So sorry.
Imagine a 1976 Pinto, with a 351 Cleveland sitting in it. You could nearly fit cans of Mountain Dew in the exhaust ports on the heads. The intake was a huge Victor, all ported and align honed. All naturally asparated. Lets just say she breathed like a T-Rex.
The body was done full rotisserie style. By one of the best fab guys/painters I have ever seen. The engine bay looked nicer than any exterior paint job... ever. Smooth, not a single hole out of place, and you could see your reflection everywhere. Underside of the car was the same.
And all this was prettied up with this exact paint theme... but better, because it said Boss 351, and the Pinto had HUGE MEAT under it's rear quarters.
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Wish I had a camera. But I was at his garage on business when he showed it to me. Baddest Pinto I could ever imagine. And badder than most custom/show/race cars I have ever seen.
And I have seen A LOT. World of Wheels, 6 times, numerous local and out of state shows. International Machine Tool Show in Chicago 6 times. Lots of cars there kinda out of the public eye. I saw Chip Foose built cars, magazine trucks and cars, and I have even been at a huge Mastercam party at John Force's facility in Brownsburg IN. That was a helluva car show too. About a half mile from my home.
Lots of old cars inspire me. Mostly Fords because my dad loved them. 13 years, and many tough miles on his F-150 was the cause of that. But this Pinto puts a smile on my face every time I think about it.
Well, it looked a lot like the grabber orange Pinto there. But it wasn't really being built for race. He drove all his stuff on the road, even the "race" cars. He also had a couple 5.0 Mustangs that were works of art, and a 79 Pinto he called the 5.0 killer. It was a sleeper you'd never see coming til you saw tail lights fading away.Sounds like Bob Gliddens Pinto drag car, that he won 3 championships in. Last i knew. Mecum's had it: https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0120-397357/1972-ford-pinto-bob-glidden-pro-stock/
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This is Scott Bieschke's twin turbo Pinto wagon: https://www.dragzine.com/features/c...-bieschkes-unique-twin-turbo-sbf-pinto-wagon/
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I have always been a fan of oddball race cars. The owner and driver of Open Container, a K5 Blazer, uses hand controls because he is in a wheelchair:
Vintage gassers are what really make me smile though. Unfortunately, i was only able to make it to one event this year, Glory days at Byron in Illinois: