97car Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I remember the ones before those also kindo wedged at the nose still a narrow body car, he would diamond the track at Buffalo Park and no one could catch him back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Here's a few Texas Winged Modifieds............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econoLM15 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 jakdad, these are some good lookin' cars. Are they from the 60s? Did they run asphalt and dirt, Looks like I see both in the photos. Are these Houston area tracks? econo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I think those were at Meyer Speedway. All asphalt cars. Most could be converted for dirt if the purse were right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econoLM15 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 The photo with the #7 car kinda looked like dirt with the grass around the outside but after looking again i see the car and tires are to clean to be on dirt. These pics show the difference between the South Texas mods and the North to northeast Texas mods during that time period. We didn't have many if any paved tracks in the North Texas area in those days. I didn't start going to the races until 63-64 and the modifieds we had were still 55 chevys for the most part. The super modifieds looked simular to the pics you posted but not many tracks were running them in this area besides Devils Bowl. I can remember Sportsdrome bringing them in occasionally. econo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmoves 99 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Those were some of the best races and finest cars to watch run. They were my personal favorites of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econoLM15 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 You got that right. econo This comment is in reply to post no. 326 by 97car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econoLM15 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 And then this guy showed up at Buffalo. This comment is in reply to post no. 326 by 97car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfbarnes Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Here's a few Texas Winged Modifieds............ That top picture I am pretty sure is Lee Cade, me, and Red Garner's Hot Rod. That looks like my USAC car just outside of Lee (If that's the car I think it is, I sold it to Ikey Jerome after I ran it down at JIS, and he painted it blue and won a lot of races with it.), and it could either be Don Stodder, or Billy Perran in Red Garner's trey behind us, don't remember who was driving for Red in that picture. The car just below is the same car a year or two later with a different wing. You want to take a look at one fine piece of work, look at that number three real close. Red Garner built first class stuff, make no bones about it. That number three was bad fast and always out front. If you looked over your left shoulder and saw this, you best either get up on the wheel, or get over....... And that's Nash out to the right in the other picture, in what looks like one of Poncho Locklin's sleds. The bottom shot is the one and only Wild Bill White in the Devil Tail Duece, Bill ran that car quite a bit, but never had the success he had in the Blue Duece that he ruled with for years. All these are from the 60's at Meyer's, man those were the days. Fastest half mile in Texas. A great shot of the Supers at Meyers.......Wings everywhere......got to love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I think the 7 car is the one George won his fourth Liberty Bell, finishing several laps ahead of the second place car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmoves 99 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Wasn't the 7 car owned by Fred Furlow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfbarnes Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I know Bill Blumrick drove for Fred, but I think George owned this out right or was in with Pancho with that car and then it was sold to Gene Tapia who ran it in the early 70's at JIS, and beat up on them with it for a while. Too many moons gone by to keep all this crap straight any more. Maybe wrong who knows anymore. Same care in this paper clipping from 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 As I understood it, the 7 car was one of many that Fred bought over the years. I don't think that George had anything in it other than the seat. Mark fill us in on this type of car. I thought it was a "Down South Car". I was told that it was a dominant car at Mobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzu-Fast Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Here's a couple of picture of the 47 car I have been meaning to post . I think these are the cars your talking about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzu-Fast Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hell yeah ! Ol' Hooks , as we used to call him . Gary was the man . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97car Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Here's a couple of picture of the 47 car I have been meaning to post . I think these are the cars your talking about . The lower picture is the one I remember the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econoLM15 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Yeap, that car in the lower pic is the car Doug came to Buffalo with in 82 and I remember thinking what a funny lookin' car compared to the other mods I was used to seeing. Didn't take long to figure out that you shouldn't judge a car by the way it looks. Next thing you know everybody was trying to make theirs look like it. Thats the car they thought was runnin' the juice in Waco. I saw him run the bottom at Buffalo with that car when no one else could. They were all trying though. econo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg36 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 anyone remember the big wing that they outlawed the next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Threw a ketch in my neck lookin' at those............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 I fixed 'em, Jim. Send your Chiropractor bills to bg36. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETrott Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 As I understood it, the 7 car was one of many that Fred bought over the years. I don't think that George had anything in it other than the seat. Mark fill us in on this type of car. I thought it was a "Down South Car". I was told that it was a dominant car at Mobile. Jim, The white Winged Super Modified # 7 that George Nash won the Liberty Bell 300 in '71 with, I'm fairly sure was owned by Fred Furlow/Browning Furlow Plumbing Co. That appears to be the same car pictured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econoLM15 Posted August 1, 2009 Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 That's much easier to look at Nick. That wing was as big as the car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzu-Fast Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 These are all Russel Shoulders built cars . Doug Ronnie Adams Russel , of course . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzu-Fast Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 That wing was as big as the car! Somewhere , a barn is missing it's door . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97car Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I think he sold that to Tom Johnson for his sprint car after that it had a huge wing on it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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