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Old 09-26-2009, 12:20 PM
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Here is a Pontiac powered ( by reading the fender ) Firebird I've never seen before! Can't tell if it is blown or not but, does anyone know of this car? Name is Dick Stokes. Looks like it even has a Pontiac push car too. Very cool.

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Steve, haven't seen that car before either, but I believe Dick Stokes was running the Don Gay's 66 GTO Funny car prior to this one. i think he ran out of Illinois.
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Old 09-27-2009, 11:30 AM
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Steve, haven't seen that car before either, but I believe Dick Stokes was running the Don Gay's 66 GTO Funny car prior to this one. i think he ran out of Illinois.
Interesting and logical. It does look like Don Gays car that Jay Howell built except for the extended front end. That must have been added by this team as I never saw Gays car with the longer wheelbase like shown in pic.

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Interesting and logical. It does look like Don Gays car that Jay Howell built except for the extended front end. That must have been added by this team as I never saw Gays car with the longer wheelbase like shown in pic.

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Steve, this 66 GTO was advertised For sale in, I think National Dragster or Hot Rod, back in the late sixtes/ early 70's by Dick Stokes, in the ad, he claims the car is the former Don Gay Funny, i'm sure the extended front end was added after Don Sold the car. a friend of mine was trying to find the Don Gay Car a few years back, this piece of info turned up during research. trail went cold after Dick Stokes owned it, when Mike found the 66 Grey Ghost Funny car that was at Norwalk this year, he thought at first glance that it might be the Gay car, being located in Illinois,(Gay Cars last known state of residense) but upon seeing it was all fiberglass he knew it wasn't the case.

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Does anyone remember the '63 Swiss-Cheese car for sale in the Hot Rod classifieds in about '78? If I remember correctly, the asking price was $2200.

Better yet, does anyone have one of the issues it was in? I know it was in at least 2.

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Got this one, but it's a 62...
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Thanks, unbelievable, isn't it? What issue was that one in? The one I'm talking about, if I remember correctly, was a dark color-probably red. It was also, again if I remember correctly, on a trailer and priced at $2200.

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Thanks, unbelievable, isn't it? What issue was that one in? The one I'm talking about, if I remember correctly, was a dark color-probably red. It was also, again if I remember correctly, on a trailer and priced at $2200.
I think it is very believeable as that was what they were worth in the late 70's.

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