C Body Bob
Old Man with a Hat
Let's not forget this legand. This is my favorite of all his cars. 340/W2 Omni-Charger. Famous for his Hemi power. His small block could haul the mail too
Has to be Indy its pretty wide for 1969.The summer of 69. I returned from Viet Nam in March and got involved with SS drag racing right away. My brother, myself and another friend teamed up and crewed for Wally Booth who got a gig with the Detroit Dodge Dealers and a SS/E street hemi Super Bee. Didn't pay much but What a summer, Detroit dragway, Indianapolis, York US 30 dragway .... the Nationals.
Part of the deal was the use of a new Monaco station wagon, same green as the Super Bee, in which we traveled, hauled tools and parts and towed a drag star open trailer with the super Bee on it
I found this shot online. It's Wally up against Dick Landy's Charger.... Not sure where it was taken but I was there.
The summer of 69. I returned from Viet Nam in March and got involved with SS drag racing right away. My brother, myself and another friend teamed up and crewed for Wally Booth who got a gig with the Detroit Dodge Dealers and a SS/E street hemi Super Bee. Didn't pay much but What a summer, Detroit dragway, Indianapolis, York US 30 dragway .... the Nationals.
Part of the deal was the use of a new Monaco station wagon, same green as the Super Bee, in which we traveled, hauled tools and parts and towed a drag star open trailer with the super Bee on it
I found this shot online. It's Wally up against Dick Landy's Charger.... Not sure where it was taken but I was there.
Has to be Indy its pretty wide for 1969.
Someone posted this this same pic on another board I'm on often. Largely GM fans on that one. A lot of them were shocked to see Booth in a Dodge. He had close ties to Jenkins
I think your right Dave. Heres a picture I took, maybe that same day, across from the timing tower. That's Wally on the right during qualifying.
That was the only season Wally ran a Mopar. He really disliked the car, said it was to big and awkward. But he loved the 833 4 speed and even used one in his Camaro later on.
He was a Chevy guy, and he and Bill Jenkens worked together with Vic Edelbrock in California developing intakes and heads for both Chevys and the AMC motor.
Wally is credited with putting AMC on the map in the later pro stock classes with first a Gremlin and later was very successful with a Hornet.
Oh yea very famialiar with Wally Booth & very respectful. You should join the Pro Stock group & share some stories. Lots of Wally fans over there & of course Grumpy fans. You would be a hero
It's a Facebook group called Pro Stock.QUOTE]
Facebook.....? I don't do the social media thing....... Your welcome to post the pictures though. I have a few more and will start a new thread.
I just don't understand. I'm not criticizing or complaining.
I'm boggled by the fact you bought a car from a dealer and raced it to you buy the head lights and tail lights and you fill in everything in between. What right do you have calling it a Chevrolet or a Dodge, etc? Noo it's not.
Just a rant about the Stock half of Pro-Stock.you lost me Stan
What I was trying to say. I flubbed it.At one time, you bought a car from a dealer and raced it.
Now, you buy the head lights and tail lights and you fill in everything in between. .