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Stock Car Racing History

I "think" not knowing for sure, the red car was a Banjo Matthews car, the blue one was a different Torino. I built it and I know it from exhaust to grill. I even made the pads on the inside of the drivers door with some material I got at a local fabric store and used my wife's sewing machine. The old boy that painted it was a local drunk that I'd get, sober him up and he do a great job with the body work and paint. The blue body had some fire damage whenI bought it from a wreck yard and he did a good job on it. Back to the mustang, I put a regular 351 in it and traded it for a 350 crewcab and forgot about it. When Ford made these Mustangs they were suppose to make 500 of them with the "S" series engine in them to make the engine approved for NAcSAR use. This burgundy Mustang has the lowest "s" serial number of the production. SEveral years later I trace the mustang down in SC and put it back together.

Another old soldier up on EBay for sale

Stock Car Racing History

The blue car I built is a completely different car than the red car pictured, the blue car had a 58 ford frame under it and I had a hemi Ford 429 that came out of a 69 Mustang that I was planning on putting in the car when I built it, but it would not fit into the frame, heads extended out past aframes, so I ended putting a 351 Cleveland in the car. The aframes were some that Bobby had started building, similar to Hollman Moody frames. The story that was written about the blue car is not exactlly correct, Kyle wrote the story when he owned and showed the car, I didn't see the car or story until after the fact so I didn't try to change it. most of the story is correct, the car was raced at Daytona once and I was there the second year to race but didn't get to. When I sold the car to Don Collins it was just as it was when it returned from Daytona except for the engine and transmission.

Another old soldier up on EBay for sale

Stock Car Racing History

I built a 69 torino that this story is written about, but it is not the red torino , driver by my bubby Donnie, shown in the picture. It was a metalic blue with a metalic gold top no 3 and I raced it in the Permetex one year and was there to race the nexy year but had to leave because of the death of my father.Gene Felton bought the car from Kyle Shelton. I don't know where the car is now but it was just like it was when it came back from Daytona whenKyle sold it to Felton. If you want to know anything about the car email me. It always had a 351 in it never a 427.

Another old soldier up on EBay for sale

Stock Car Racing History



Warbird7 said:

None of those races listed in the history above are actual Grand National races. My understanding is that the car was built on a '58 Ford frame compared to a real 1968 Ford GN car being built on the Ford unibody and H-M half chassis.