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Old 01-06-2015, 02:48 AM
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Well I found some old Pictures Taken at Saginaw Michigans "Tri City Dragway" 2 Of Tom Langdons Old OHC-6 Powered Anglia the Hole Shot 6 on one of the shots you can see he had Royal Pontiac sponsership, and the other shot is the Leader Automotive 69 Judge Funny Car.
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Old 01-07-2015, 10:41 PM
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Found a few More. Does anyone recognize the driver of the 58 Pontiac? All Pic's from the web. I like the Corvair Funny Car! I don't remember seeing one before.
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Old 01-08-2015, 06:32 AM
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Old 01-08-2015, 12:59 PM
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Found a few More. Does anyone recognize the driver of the 58 Pontiac? All Pic's from the web. I like the Corvair Funny Car! I don't remember seeing one before.
Surely, you gest on the 58 Pontiac driver!
Plenty of Corvairs in funny cars / gassers in competition in the mid to late 60's, including Pontiac driver Hayden Proffett. see the link;
60s Funny Cars - Corvair Funny Car Photos and History


www.60sfunnycars.com/round12.htm

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Old 01-08-2015, 07:02 PM
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Surely, you gest on the 58 Pontiac driver!
I do not, nor do I jest

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http://www.arniebeswick.com/bio.htm

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Found a few More. Does anyone recognize the driver of the 58 Pontiac? All Pic's from the web. I like the Corvair Funny Car! I don't remember seeing one before.
Hayden Proffit drove a Corvair convertible funny car in 69.

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Pontiac powered slingshot.
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Old 01-25-2015, 08:36 PM
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Hayden Proffit drove a Corvair convertible funny car in 69.

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So did Pete Seaton.

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This one always cracks me up;

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This one always cracks me up;
I remember those adds, sad day for Pontiac lovers. Thanks Ed Cole and the likes of thee for dismantling Pontiac performance.

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Gotta be a LeMans, right? Flat hood...or at least, it used to be flat...lol..Those bumpers are wild.


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I was just sent this Photo, 2 Pontiacs meeting in a not so good way.
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Old 01-16-2015, 12:31 PM
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I was just sent this Photo, 2 Pontiacs meeting in a not so good way.
Well - at least there was already an ambulance on the scene.

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I was just sent this Photo, 2 Pontiacs meeting in a not so good way.
There is some Cosmic Mojo / Warning From God / Irony / Humor From God / Bad Omen in getting hit by a Pontiac Hearse in your Pontiac.

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Old 01-16-2015, 01:29 PM
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Great Detail Shot of how they painted the firewall black.

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Found this car posted on FB by a friend. Very cool Catalina, although I don't know anything about it. Perhaps someone here does? And if it's been posted before, I apologize.

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I love that cat. anyone know of its history? what it ran et wise?

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The last 66 at #8 was a 6
Looks like the supervisor has his finger on "the Button" (the line stop button).

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That's Gridiron action there!

Clash of the Catalinas…
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