Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Bell  Calvin,wasn't it Royal Pontiac that ran the 61 Tempest wagon,with the help of Mickey Thompson in A/FX.Think the same year "Dyno" ran the Chevy II wagon. |
Hello Dan,
How's things? The wagons really came to be in 1963. They were A/FX cars with the 421 S.D. In 1962, guys began to put the V-8 into the 61 and 62 Tempests. All of the 61-62 original cars came with 4-cylinder engines that are a sliced off 389's, that made it somewhat easy to put the V-8 into that body. The real hot running cars removed the transaxle and put the big Pontiac rear end under them and the 4 speed transmission. We have a solid 1961 Tempest we are starting to build for NSS. There are 3 or 4 other 61's already set up for NSS, one is Gary Beamers black 1961 wagon that he raced last year at the Milan race. Our goal is to have this car complete this season, but as we know here, things usually take longer then you would think.
Calvin