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Re: Was Hemi / Opel from Niagara ?

To: George Mitchell <americanpartner@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Was Hemi / Opel from Niagara ?
From: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 11:47:58 +0000
Didn't the guy run the car out of Jim Oddy's Engine shop ?

joe

George Mitchell wrote:

> Unfortunatly I do not remember the guys name . He was
> running 354 stuff in NHRA BB/A at the time that I saw
> him and his car . He not long after that got rid of
> the opel and switched to a firebird .He got a big
> spread in Super Stock Magazine back then. This was
> like '83-'85 maybe. It is very possible  he was from
> NY area because I saw the car at Englishtown a couple
> of times but nowhere else on the east coast.
> George in DC
>
>
> --- FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
> >         Hi  George ,    Do you recall who owned that
> > little  Opel  with the
> > hemi  ??
> > Could it have been  Jim  Zakia ,  from  Niagara
> > Falls ,  N. Y.  ?     In the
> > early  60s
> > he brought his outstanding  55 chev " C " gasser
> > down to a two day meet at the
> > now long gone  Connecticut  Dragway ,  and  I  was
> > glad  I  wasn' t running
> > that day,
> > mainly because it gave me lots of time to check out
> > his car  ------  outside
> > / inside /
> > underneath  -------  it was a masterpiece of
> > craftsmanship ,  and he was very
> > helpful
> > in enlightening me on many of the real trick
> > features on his machine  .  A
> > masterful
> > car builder ,  and a real credit to the sport  !
> > As  I  also ran in this
> > class ,  I
> > think my chances of a class win that weekend  were
> > less than a snowball in
> > Hades,
> > but it would have been fun trying  !      I
> > stopped in at his shop in
> > Niagara  Falls
> > in the early  80s ,  but he had already left for the
> >  Nationals ------- but
> > I  remember
> > his shop foreman told me he was now running a blown
> > Opel  in a hotter class
> > .
> >       I   remember he held one end of the record  (
> > don' t recall if  ET or
> > speed ) when
> > he visited  Connecticut ,  and his  Hilborn
> > injected chev ran a  Schooler
> > Cam  .
> >   I   haven' t heard of  those cams for quite a few
> > years now  -------  must
> > have gone
> > the way of  Letterio ,  Giovannini  ,   and  Dempsey
> >  Wilson  cams  !
> >       Your  message  brought  back  some  great
> > memories  to  this  nostalgic
> > old  drag racer / wrench / fan  !     Thanks  a  lot
> >  ,   and  whether  you
> > go  with
> > the  De Soto  or  the  Chev  ---------  it' ll  be
> > fast ,  classy,  and
> > FUN  !!!
> >                    Bruce  in  slightly  warmer
> > Connecticut
> >
> Do You Yahoo!?



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