Friday, August 18, 2017

Back when real cars ran in races, with their tops chopped off. Imagine racing with convertibles now?

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  1. That Chevy has 6 loug wheels and bigger bearings. I think they were called the Black Widow.

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    1. yes they were the Black Widows, but I avoided bringing that up as then I'd have to spend the time to make a post about the Black Widows. I didn't want to get into that as I was ready to go to sleep last night

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  2. February 16, 1957 Daytona. Bob Welborn "King of the convertibles," #49. Welborn won the convertible series championship three times. The convertibles weren't as fast as the hard top stock cars but sometimes ran with them anyway to fill up the field. This most likely started out as a 150, and the team cut the top off. I think back then n the 70's Revell made a kit of Welborn's car..

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    1. it did indeed start as a hardtop 150. Thanks for the rest of the info... I didn't know that

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  3. PS, was reading Hemmings yesterday and discovered this car was owned and built by Julius Petty, Lee Petty's brother.

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