the Tiger II Chevelle AFX went through a 5 year restoration (thanks George!)

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1965-chevrolet-chevelle-tiger-ii-funny-car

I just was tipped to a golden age of drag racing facebook page by George (thanks George!)

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1688457941643018&set=gm.1050455009594868&idorvanity=300103187963391

the A/FX dragster Barracuda the Richard Petty wrecked, has been found in a junkyard

https://moparconnectionmagazine.com/

I posted the story in 2015  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-one-time-he-tried-to-drag-race.html

410 miles, means about 820 races on the drag strip, 1964 A/FX Comet

 https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0123-539706/1964-mercury-comet-afx/

I get such a kick out of the checklist of competitors on raceccars, here's Mr. Norm's '65 Coronet

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/altered-wheelbase-picture-thread.393460/page-81#post-13252664

fast back Nova... I thought there was only one of those

http://www.superchevy.com/features/sucs-0700-chevy-ii-nova-funny-car#/

I found a HAMB thread on altered wheelbase awesomeness, there will probably be a lot more in the future

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/altered-wheelbase-picture-thread.393460/page-70#post-11904892

there once was a time when guys raced some crazy stuff

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3296465523702275&set=p.3296465523702275&type=3

an ambulance contractor known as Amblewagon (and as Automotive Conversion Corporation) of Birmingham and Troy Michigan built the first dozen altered wheelbasen (A/FX) Mopars in 1964.

http://www.thehemi.com/notable.php?id=004

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/2223164/address-of-amblewagon-in-troy-michigan.html

someone got most of the hard stuff out of the way before giving up on this newly made 1965 Belvedere funny car

they wanted 10k for this without the hemi, and 26k for it as is, with the hemi

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Plymouth-Other-/153361534650?_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true
https://autoweek.com/article/cars-sale/some-assembly-required-1965-plymouth-belvedere

Dyno Don and his Cyclone Comet

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-kansas-badman-ted-detar.963827/page-2

Heavily modified, quite a list of work done and parts made from magnesium

Thanks Bruce!

the Alan Green fastback Nova dragster

all images from Pinterest

Bill Thomas built 3 cars for Chevrolet to go road racing @ sebring. The even put 427 mystery motors in them.

 Then Chevy pulled the plug on him and he was supposed to destroy them.

Instead he sold them to drag racers.
 Dick Milner from Seattle, Washington’s Alan Green Chevrolet,
 and Atlanta, Georgia’s Houston Platt purchased and converted two fastbacks into match racer stockers

http://www.stevesnovasite.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-82390.html
https://selvedgeyard.com/2015/02/05/legendary-chevy-ii-fiberglass-fastback-bill-thomas-badass-build-for-ckc-racing/

the roof was formed from a Marlin or 66 Charger

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/drag-cars-in-motion-picture-thread.228509/page-423

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-333#post-3072353

JC Penney Factory F/X Super Stock factory fiberglass bumpers, hood, fenders, doors, decklid and dash option.(possibly) The answer to the NHRA ban on factory aluminum body parts. One was ordered, and then the NHRA banned factory fiberglass bodies.

The original JC Penny race car named the "Penny Pincher".

It was used to promote the stores line of A/FX automotive products.

Documentation states that in 1965, the factories weren't allowed to use aluminum body parts on the cars anymore. So they offered the '65 lightweights with acid-dipped body panels.

Chrysler interpreted the rules in their own way, and the rules specified no aluminum. However, NHRA didn't say anything about using fiberglass panels on their altered-wheelbased cars, but in order to do that they had to offer fiberglass on their regular (un-altered) wheelbase cars as an option.

 As it turns out, the fiberglass was completed just before the NHRA ruled that fiberglass and altered-wheelbase cars would not be allowed. The fiberglass program was summarily scrapped after the ruling, but for a very short period of time, fiberglass remained an option on the standard, un-altered race cars, and only one was ordered with this option, the car used by JC Penny.

It's a car with aluminum door hinges, fiberglass fenders, doors, hood, decklid, bumpers and even the dash. It also has Corning plexiglass windows. This car may be the only one of its type in existence.

http://carzhunt.blogspot.com/2014/08/illinois-stock-car-hall-of-fame.html

and it sold for only 73k in 2014 at the Barrett Jackson auction. They tried Ebaying it last May, http://www.cafr.ebay.ca/itm/1965-Dodge-Coronet-/162073407716 and it doesn't seem to have gotten any bids.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1965-DODGE-CORONET-FACTORY-A/FX-SUPER-STOCK-CAR-162824

the new owner is of course only interested in it as an investment and missed the obvious clue that no one wanted to pay more for it than they did... and tried to sell it for 150k. Well, that didn't last long, and in only 3 years, they've dropped the price by almost half, and now they are only trying to recoup costs, and it's listed for sale with about 10% markup as a finders fee. Still no buyers.

So, if all of this is a fact, why isn't there any history of this car online?

It's supposed to be mentioned in the May 1968 Car Craft, but, I'll have to see if I have that issue to verify that

they altered the wheelbase an astounding amount on the Triple Trouble, the 3 engined Nova

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t59788687/hurst-hairy-olds/

I posted about the engines and 3 wide diff gear axle back in 2009 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/1128-cu-inches-of-triple-trouble-crazy.html

1st Super Bee pusher car I've ever seen

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/dcsboc/

I've seen short vans, short Bugs, but a Dart?

found on Mopar United Facebook's page https://www.facebook.com/moparsunited

Red white and blue AFX plymouth at Mopars at the Strip 2013

A quick view of some of the interesting cars at the Wally Parks NHRA museum