[Shotimes] Re:Nascrap not for sale....was... OT--Whipping Shitties?????

[Carl Prochilo]

IIRC, they said the Talladega was the only Torino to have the 429.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sun, August 22, 2004 1:57 pm, Ron Porter said:
> The Talledega was like the Charger Daytona and the Plymouth Superbird. It
> had the body pieces for better aerodynamics, but the rest of the car had
> the
> standard engine and drivetrain pieces. It was just to certify the body
> configurations for the track.
>
> IMHO, they were all ugly, but they accomplished their purpose in NASCAR.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:55 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re:Nascrap not for sale....was... OT--Whipping
> Shitties?????
>
>
> There was an interesting show on Speed last weekend that I'm sure is a
> rerun of an older series, but I just paid close attention for the first
> time.  I'm sure that old timers know this already.  It was about the Ford
> Torino Talladega, which was a car specifically built for running NASCAR
> but that could be bought at Ford dealer.  The story said about 500 were
> sold in 1969.  I don't know when the idea of homologation went by the
> wayside, but the idea of being able to buy and race a factory built car
> seems like a good idea.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Sat, August 21, 2004 9:40 am, Ron Nottingham said:
>> You must not be reading the same classifieds... There is always some
>> ex-NASCAR Taurus for sale in mags like Stock Car, Racer, etc.
>>
>> Ron Nottingham - Dalton, GA
>> 89 325i
>> 90 SHO
>>
>> "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Rick Glass" <rick@pitroadproducts.com>
>>
>>
>>> There was one on ebay not long ago......
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jason Hartberger" <at3hartberger@mail.com>
>>>
>>> > In reverse. And not for long.
>>> >
>>> > Or, if you get one o' them NASCRAP taurii, you can do them all day
>>> long.
>>> Oh
>>> > wait, you can't; they're not for sale........
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
>>> >
>>> > > How the hell do you do donuts in a SHO???
>>
>>
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