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Originally Posted by Brian Baker
More info...I just learned that the Challenger pictured was wrecked and burned to the ground, with Arnie driving. Apparently Arnie got his hands burned up pretty bad in that one too (a little deja vu from his fire in the Tameless Tiger a few years ago...he obviously survived both, but man, those are some creepy odds).
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A bit more history...in chronological order:
1) Arnie builds 1st Boss Bird with ram Air V and Turbo 400
2) Arnie gets the Challenger loaned to him. He has Ed Pink build a new hemi....goes match racing with 2-speed Lenco.
3) wrecks Challenger
4) swaps Challenger hemi and trans into Boss Bird to try it.....races a few events this way.
5) A guy that Arnie knows buys the Phil Bonner Torino and convices Arnie to help him convert it into a second Boss Bird. Arnie supplies a body and the Challenger hemi engine. Arnie's own Boss Bird gets converted back to Ram Air V power.
6) Arnie has the Challenger fixed and returns it to it's owner.
7) Other guy sells the second Boss Bird w/o telling Arnie.
8) Arnie's barn burns to the ground with the Ram Air V Boss Bird in it.
Eric