Saturday, April 17, 2021

in 1972 Phil Stevenson had a worn out 55 Bel Air wagon, so, he hopped it up and went racing with it!


  He put a 390" Cadillac in it, along with a Jet-Away Hydramatic and was racing it at El Mirage. He drive it up there and take the mufflers off and run it. It ran 120s 

He decided to go to Bonneville to run the 150 he wanted. He bought a 6-pot manifold for $15 at a swap meet and installed four 97s to put on it. 

Somewhere he picked up a pair of 4-1/2"x18 Halibrands and the wagon ran a best of 149. He won the SCTA award for the top speed of a car driven there.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-coupes-and-sedans-of-land-speed-racing.868864/page-10#post-13071156

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