Race Car # 307

Hello Im the youngest son of the orignal builder and owner of the # 307 My Fathers name is William F Penick,, Him along with several of his friends built the car back in the early 60"s,,Cliff Garrison drove the car for them,,when Daddy passed away in 1999 ,I inherited the race car,,I sold the race car to a friend named Wiley Royster,,Who eventially sold it to Bobby Williamson In North Carolina, I spoke with him in the early 2003,,Im looking hopefully if anyone can help me contact him,Please help,,I do know from the conversation that Mr Williamson and I had he had done a wonderful job of reduing the race car,,Would love to see the old race car again if any help please send me information Thank You Michael Penick

Good, quick work. Would love to see any photos you might have of the car in the 60s.

Dave I wish I did have some pictures of the old race car,from back then,,When Daddy owned the car and worked on it,,I was just born and never ever got to see it first hand until years later,,Daddy sold the car to one of his friends Ralph Mahan in the late 60's,,I use to go to Ralphs and play in the car,,The car was never raced again,,,Then in the mid 70's daddy bought the race car back,,And hope and dreams to one day getting the race car back in shape,,,In the mid 80's I finally got the chance to work on the car myself,,,I installed a 400 chevy small block and turbo 350 trans,,Daddy owned a salvage yard at that time in Farmville va,,C A M Auto parts,,I was delivering parts in richmond and called back to see if he needed anything else,,He told me a gentleman came by and wanted to buy the engine out of the race car,,A nd being a salvage yard,,He sold the engine,,I never rellay took time to build another engine for the car,,How I wish I had,,But from what pictures I have seen that Mr williamson has took ,,Im so proud he has the race car now,,,Daddy would have loved to see the old car again,,

Michael, contact me here on the site, on facebook or at lefthander00@hotmail.com

Michael, here's a couple pics you may remember. They came with the car. I think they were taken at the old Dinwiddie Speedway

Michael, here's how the old coupe looked when I found it

Headed for a new home

She's made the complete circle, and is now back home on the track!

Bobby these two pictures are wonderful,,Im gonna get up with the only living survival of the race team,,His name is James Moore from Farmville,,I will see if he has any pictures for us,,Thank you so much,, Sincerely Michael

Michael, here's another photo of #307 at Dinwiddie Speedway. You may recognize some of the team members.

Holy cow, Bobby, what an incredible transformation! Nice work sir.