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Old 12-01-2015, 03:37 AM
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... the KRE Guys showed the way on this light as a feather deal...
Actually, a very long time ago Mickey Thompson "showed the way" on that deal. The chassis he used to take Top Eliminator at the '62 Nationals (with the 432 c.i. aluminum Pontiac hemi) was remarkable. After building it of thin-wall (.062"?) round tubing he had the complete frame heat-treated for sufficient strength. He had to add 90# of lead to the front to make the 1,100# minimum dragster weight at the time!

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Anybody else on this planet campaign a M/T hemi Pontiac for eleven seasons?
... or has built a record breaking DOHC hemi four cylinder Pontiac?
... or has driven a couple laps of Nuerburgring with Tri-Power Pontiac power?(back in 1967)
... or has a Pontiac born the same year as Jim Wangers? (1926}
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Old 12-01-2015, 08:33 AM
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Actually, a very long time ago Mickey Thompson "showed the way" on that deal. The chassis he used to take Top Eliminator at the '62 Nationals (with the 432 c.i. aluminum Pontiac hemi) was remarkable. After building it of thin-wall (.062"?) round tubing he had the complete frame heat-treated for sufficient strength. He had to add 90# of lead to the front to make the 1,100# minimum dragster weight at the time!
Mickey, KRE SMART are Racers.........lighter is always BETTER!


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Old 12-01-2015, 08:52 AM
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This 68 wasn't John Welter's 68 is it?
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