[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Alvin

"Blue" Race-car "Bits & Pieces"

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

Take note of the old Barracuda in the center. That is the 43 JR that Petty was drag racing when he lost it and hit a 10 year old boy. The boy died and Petty never drag raced again. There were two of those cars, one with numbers on the door and this one. This picture is pretty rare because it shows the body before it was buried.
Years later it was dug up because of building expansion, and Maurice Petty let Billy West have the body. It had to be taken away and never sold or profited off of.
Billy West died in 2008, but he showed the car to me and relayed the story as I just told it. When I saw it the front frame rails were still intact.
Here is a link to a recent discussion about that car.
Billy's wife still has the car.
http://www.forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-...rag-car.21780/

And that was not a GTX!

Thank you for "the catch" and the great back story...pretty 2 you caught the "GTX" misnomer

So, appears this is the same (below) Billy West car, yes? I'd forgotten there were 2 Cuda drag cars...

Bonus: Note the GTO in the far lane. Anyone care to ID that car and driver?



Edit: And the other car you mentioned with "King Richard" Petty photo op