Future Mopar Man

I started my son Joe Jr Pictured here as soon as he was big enough to follow me. He has had quite a few cars himself now and can do all his own work. Its good to see other fathers keeping their kids in this Hobby.
 
joewhite440 said:
I started my son Joe Jr Pictured here as soon as he was big enough to follow me. He has had quite a few cars himself now and can do all his own work. Its good to see other fathers keeping their kids in this Hobby.
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I just noticed there are two guys behind that beautiful motor :lol:
 
Yes that is me with my son. That is a 511 Stroker we bought and rebuilt it for my 70 Challenger Race car. Previuos owner ran it in a Orange 70 Charger it Dynoed 890 HP . I bought it, put all new Aluminum Rods, Bearings rings etc in it. Had the heads checked by Hemphills here in Pa. I never got to make a pass with it. The heads were ported to the max. I pulled a guide right through the head lucky it was at a low rpm. Made me sick (lots of cash andd work wasted. Traded the complete assemble for a 499 Stroker B-1 which I ran for that season. The 499 ran good lots of fun. My son raced it with a smaller engine for 2 years after I ran it.
 
Joe, is that the same Challenger that you had mentioned before (pics of the nose were posted IIRC) or a different one?
 
ACME A12 said:
Joe, is that the same Challenger that you had mentioned before (pics of the nose were posted IIRC) or a different one?
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That was a 1971 Street car! This is the one I bought the 511 for. The picture is at Quaker City in Ohio with the 499 B1. My last race car I had was also a 1970 Challenger RT, Factory 440 car in Sublime Green. I ran it up until my Doctors would not let me race anymore. I sold it to a guy in Sweden. Here is a picture of it. The other Challengers I had were street cars. I posted the picture of the last one I had a 1971 I posted on here with me standing in front of it.
 
Man those are some sweet Challys! What times did they turn? I am a racer at heart and cant seem to put any of my cars back to stock.
 
moparchris said:
Man those are some sweet Challys! What times did they turn? I am a racer at heart and cant seem to put any of my cars back to stock.
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The Blue and yellow one ran 10:30's 10:40's With the 499.
I learned a lot about ladder bars with the Blue one. I actually narrowed a Dana and replaced the 8 3/4 in it when I bought it. I must have did something right it would really hook hard.

I watched and waited for the guy to sale the Green 70 RT car and when he did I bought it. I paid to much for it rolling but I really wanted that car. I had built a 452 for it with Indy Heads. I changed from B1 because I had a lot of trouble with the Rockers and pushrods on the 499. I only ran the Green one two weekends with the engine I built It went a 10:18 and a 10:19. 132 mph right out of the trailor. Once I would have gotten it tuned it would have went 9:80,9:90's. Two weeks later I ended up back in the hospital for my 3rd back surgery within the year so that ended it for me. I never got to race it much after all.
Oh well I am still trying. They were great cars.

Joe
 
joe besides your back being messed up its really got to hurt not racing......sounds like you had some wild cars
 
george68hemirr said:
joe besides your back being messed up its really got to hurt not racing......sounds like you had some wild cars
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Yes, I would much rather race than just cruise around. I had some really wild cars. Ran a little Red Omni Charger with a 440 tunnelram and 2 fours for a couple years also 10:10 1/4. Great times!
I asked you a couple questions on your Old Pics post about your car. Did you see them?

Joe
 
joewhite440 said:
george68hemirr said:
joe besides your back being messed up its really got to hurt not racing......sounds like you had some wild cars
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Yes, I would much rather race than just cruise around. I had some really wild cars. Ran a little Red Omni Charger with a 440 tunnelram and 2 fours for a couple years also 10:10 1/4. Great times!
I asked you a couple questions on your Old Pics post about your car. Did you see them?

Joe
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George

Seen your reply. You have a Super Car!!!

Joe
 
joewhite440 said:
george68hemirr said:
joe besides your back being messed up its really got to hurt not racing......sounds like you had some wild cars
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Yes, I would much rather race than just cruise around. I had some really wild cars. Ran a little Red Omni Charger with a 440 tunnelram and 2 fours for a couple years also 10:10 1/4. Great times!
I asked you a couple questions on your Old Pics post about your car. Did you see them?

Joe
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yes joe....its not a hemi car...383 car
 
Looks like a really nice Hemi car to me. If I had the $$$$ mine would have a Hemi also. George has a Super Nice Car!!! Here is my little Omni Charger I use to race. Sold it and bought the Blue Challenger. Sure miss racing!!![attachment=1:3izx0kts]2000 84 Charger Racing 1.JPG[/attachment:3izx0kts]
 
Nice looking ride, Joe! :thumbsup:

Stu-Rat has one of those that desperately needs your attention...his still has the little squirrel in a cage turning the front wheels... :acme:

:jester:
 
ACME A12 said:
Nice looking ride, Joe! :thumbsup:

Stu-Rat has one of those that desperately needs your attention...his still has the little squirrel in a cage turning the front wheels... :acme:

:jester:
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I thought i had mine sold but the deal didnt happen
mine only has 45k on it
 
Hey joe I am a racer too. I just figured out my printer is also a scanner. So I just scanned a bunch of pics of my drag cars that I havent had on my computer before. Here is my 10 second swinger (no roll bar!) and my twin turbo dart back when it ran which was around 1997.
 
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