[64woodwheel]

Originally Posted by tom s

What is the issue with the carbs on the car now?Tom

They are clones. Buicks that have been converted.

[elefantrider]

Originally Posted by misterp266

Why do some Catalina's have opposing wipers and some have colliding wipers? I would like to change my Safari to the same set up as this car has. See pics.
I've asked before, but what is the paint code for Frost Silver? Is it a '63 Cadillac color? Considering painting the Safari that color.

Thanks,
Rob...

Not sure about the wipers (my '69 has colliding wipers too), but the color is Silvermist grey, code D. I had a '63 Safari in that color with Silverleaf green interior. I should have kept it just for the color combo. It's a great color for a '63.

[63-63]

Look like real SD carbs to me

[63-63]

Twelve color-code 3A "Special" Frost Silver and two color-code DDA Silvermist Gray Swiss-Cheese cars was built

[ThorpesCorvettes]

Regardless of the weight reduction, these cars are wicked fast. I am not too sure of the race history on this car but I do know that the Union Park car I restored went 8.93 in a quarter.

[ThorpesCorvettes]

Woodwheel, give me a call about the carbs. 314 809 1817

[muscle_collector]

Originally Posted by ThorpesCorvettes

Regardless of the weight reduction, these cars are wicked fast. I am not too sure of the race history on this car but I do know that the Union Park car I restored went 8.93 in a quarter.

you sure about that??? maybe the 1/8

[ThorpesCorvettes]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

you sure about that??? maybe the 1/8

Ha! Ill upload the article about it racing in Maryland. "Harold Ramsey's latest creation"

The car was altered wheel-base at the time.


You can see this written up on Russo and steeles website from when the current owners took it to auction. They have it listed as 8.91 @ 148mph

[64woodwheel]

I don't know the credits to this photo I found on the net, but might be the car your working on now? Notice the license plate says swiss cheese.

[ThorpesCorvettes]

Originally Posted by 64woodwheel

I don't know the credits to this photo I found on the net, but might be the car your working on now? Notice the license plate says swiss cheese.

That's at bill blairs. The first car is the farmer car. The second one is the union park as an altered wheel base car. Not sure what the third is.

[real61ss]

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

Something that caught my eye: the master cylinder. Kudos for having the proper casting (with the wing-nut screw)...but it is painted black, which is in conflict with my research that they were delivered as-cast (thus a resto (with longevity-of-appearance in mind) would include either clear-coated or cast-grey painted M/C exterior).

Thoughts?

I don't know about the Pontiac's but 1963 Chevrolets (Impalas, Corvette's & Corvairs) used this same master cylinder with the thumb screw and the body of the M/C was black. Pontiac could have received theirs from the same vendor which would have meant theirs may have been black also. Don't know

[tom s]

Bill still has the Arnie car and the red M/T 63 B/FX car.Tom

[Engine-Ear]

Thorpe, I am a '62 guy so I don't know about painted M/Cs on '63s. Someone here more knowledgeable should be able to clarify.

[61-63]

I have a gallery of pictures I've taken of super duty cars over the years at POCI shows, Norwalk, at people's houses, and auctions, of cars done by Ed Giolma, Bill Blair, Scott Tieman, Jim Mott, people like that. I just looked and in every case they painted the master cylinder bare cast iron or left it bare and satin cleared it - I can't really tell which in the pictures.

[Jack Peters]

The Packer Pontiac Cat that Scott did several years ago did not have the holes lining up. Sometimes off by 1/4 of the entire hole. Been several years since I saw it but crawled under is just after it was done. He seemed to think they bored the holes and then bent the steel. He had to take it off the frame to have it straightened as initially he could not get the fenders to align.
Great cars.....

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by ThorpesCorvettes

Regardless of the weight reduction, these cars are wicked fast. I am not too sure of the race history on this car but I do know that the Union Park car I restored went 8.93 in a quarter.

Low 12's in "stock" (aka B/FX) trim....



I think with a super tune they got into the mid 11's.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Found this while I was looking for the other photo; not my picture but - for discussion purposes - here's a frame:



K

[Engine-Ear]

wow...anything for a tenth off the ET!

[theamcguy]

That frame has more "empty space" than frame

[marks73ta]

Yup, the original "space frame". Probably whistled down the track. Mark L