Any chance someone might know if Harry Jefferson was 'renting' a Ford, as #95, during his (5) 1975 WC races -(2) Top 10's. This is the best photo we can find of it and appears it was not his Winston West car!
Thanks!
John
Harry Jefferson #95 FORD (YOUR PHOTO ENLARGED) 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup
Harry Jefferson 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results
http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/jeffeha01/1975/W
George Jefferson IS LISTED AS CAR OWNER?
ANY KIN OF HARRY JEFFERSON?
BROTHERS/FATHER/SON/UNCLE?
George Jefferson
Ownership stats
Born:
Home:
http://www.racing-reference.info/owner/George_Jefferson
Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.USA
George and Harry Jefferson are brothers. - Spokesman-Review
It's starting to look like the WC Ford #97/#95 (1974-75) was a George Jefferson build. Winston West driver Sonny Easley had 2-Top 10's (and an 11th) in 1976 in the #55 Ford, so I'm wondering if Sonny had purchased the #95 with updated sheetmetal? Seems likely, being there was a Winston West connection? (Randy Murphy Photo) 
Just an FYI - below is the link to the George Jefferson Fans page I set up here at RR about 3 years ago:
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/group/george-jefferson-fans
Dave:
I did see it and definitely adds to the story! Ben trying to do the Harry Jefferson WC races for a few years, seems like came down to WC with a George Jefferson build, proved they could compete and then left! Need to find some bio information on Harry and photos of the #97/#95. Definitely a story that should be done!!
Dave-Just found the Harry Jefferson Driver photo you posted in 2013!!! That solves that search!!!!
John
This car was owned by his brother, George. George bought this car from Hutcherson Pagan in late 1974. It was a car that Slick Johnson wrecked at Tallageda earlier. HP rebuilt it and George bought it from them. It was a '72 when raced in 1974 and changed to a '73 in 1975. HP pitted the car when it was raced back east, and George's own crew pitted it when it ran at Riverside and Ontario. The engines that Parky built were 351 Windsor shortblocks with Boss 351 heads. Parky called them a "WindsorBoss". He originally did this because of an advantage with the longer rod of the Windsor, but this engine was much more reliable. The 351C block would always crack cylinder walls. I worked for Parky from 1974 to 1976 as his machinist. I did the machining of the parts to make the combination work. Parky built both Ford and Chevrolet engines for Winston Cup. We built the engine that was on the pole for the Daytona 500 in 1976 (Chevy). In '76 his WindsorBoss made 575hp and the Chevy engine (pole) made 555hp. The S3 Laguna body gave the Chevys the advantage. In 1975 Harry qualified 7th in this car for the Riverside 500. We built the engine at the last minute up in Portland, put it in the car and sent the car down Interstate 5 to Riverside. George had 2 of his log truck drivers take the car down. When they got to the California line they found the Interstate closed due to a big snowstorm. They explained to the police that they had a car on its way to the Riverside 500 and they drove log truck, and they could get through no problem. The police let them through and away they went over the Siskiyou summit on an un-plowed Interstate 5, no problem. At the World 600 in ,75, Harry suffered from heat exhaustion and was relieved by Elmo Langley. After a few laps, Elmo came on the radio and said, "Wow, this car really hauls ass!"
I really liked to watch Harry drive. He made it look easy. I have always had much respect for George too. He accomplished so much on his own dime. He was Ford when Ford wasn't cool.
Chuck:
Thanks! Now we know where the car came from! Any chance you might have a photo or any information on Harry's early years? Looks like those are the 2-missing parts, getting closer!!!
John
Parky Nall's 2005 obituary story in the Charlotte Observer:
IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE...
He built engines, full life
Midland man was a popular mechanic in NASCAR, other circles
By GERRY HOSTETLER/Charlotte Observer
He built engines that won races on land or water. He crafted them for customers such as Sterling Marlin, Parnelli Jones, Marvin Porter, A.J. Foyt, David Pearson, Ron Hutcherson and Janet Guthrie, the first woman NASCAR (Modern era)driver.
Parker "Parky" Nall Jr. of Midland, known for his ability to wring extra power from a stock engine, died Jan. 3 at home of cancer. He was 75 and had retired in 2000.
His knack for increasing horsepower made him a popular mechanic in many circles. His talent contributed heavily to NASCAR wins for Porter in 1960, a second place in 1962, and more wins in 1963 and 1964 for the Ford team of Eddie Gray and Ron Hornaday.
He moved to Portland, Ore., and built engines for speedboats. He piloted one boat to victory in a Columbia River race from Portland to Astoria when he
was quite young, said Barbara Nall, his second wife.
Parky served aboard the USS Forrest B. Royal on his Korean War hitch in the Navy, then opened a machine shop on the West Coast. An early marriage produced son David and daughter Carrie (Oliver). He later married Barbara and added daughter Linda (Silwedel) and son Vance.
`Basically a Ford man'
In 1975, he came to Charlotte and set up shop next door to Hutcherson-Pagan Enterprises on Statesville Road. Ron Hutcherson met Parky that year when he
bought his first racing engine from him."He always built good, strong motors," Ron said. It was Parky's engine that powered the Chevrolet Laguna No. 36 to a 1977 win at Talladega. "He took a Chevy 358 cubic-inch motor, and it outran a Chrysler 426 and we won the race. He was basically a Ford man, and we teased him that he had `Ford' written on his shorts."
"He was a very, very gifted mechanic and was very particular. He was a little on the hard-headed side and wanted to do it his way," said Ron.
"But his was usually the best way."
`Always had a backup' That hard-headedness was "probably the most prominent feature of his
personality," said son Vance.
Parky's inflexible focus on quality and preparedness caused "the guys to tease him because he always had a backup for a backup and if that broke, he
had a backup for that." His dad was a self-taught mechanic and "never went to (mechanic) school that I know of," said Vance.
In 1989, Parky met Susie Cecil at the February Daytona 500 race; they started dating in November. "We had a nice life, a fun one," Susie said.
The couple enjoyed Parky's Navy reunions and attended those in Newport, R.I., New Orleans and Charleston.
"Parky loved the Navy reunions," Susie said of her silver-haired, tattooed companion. "He talked to all of his old friends and liked to relive those days. The first one we went to, they stayed up all night and he came home laughing."
Parky liked fishing at Southport and held many fish cookouts. "It was a big thing," Susie said.
A bigger thing was his induction into California's West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in October. The induction program noted that he started in the sport
as a young boy by sneaking into races. His reputation for building engines spread, and in 1959 he got a job with the winning Vels Ford team.
In all, Parky had a career to be envied. He got paid for doing what he wanted to do -- and it's a good bet that he did it exactly the way he wanted
Excellent! Can add an important "Parky" section Thanks......
John
Guess who made a comeback this summer at Yakima, Washington?
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Crashing and dashing will make for a fan-favorite doubleheader this weekend at the Yakima Speedway, starting with todays annual demo derby and moving on to Saturdays return of the Tri Track Super Late Model Series with Harry Jefferson behind the wheel.
The 67-year-old Jefferson, whose NASCAR Sprint Cup career included three top-10 finishes in the 70s, is coming out of a 12-year retirement to drive Austin Reeds No. 14 Ford Fusion with his nephew Jason Jefferson as crew chief.
Austin Reeds father and car owner Dave Reed, who works with the extensively experienced Jefferson family when his North Carolina-based son races on the west coast, was eager to see Harry race on his home track again.
We have been looking to get Harry back in the car since last year since hes been coming to races to help Jason and Austin. Dave Reed said. I know he can still wheel a car so this should be really exciting for Harry and the fans.
The inaugural Tri Track Series, which launched in April at the Apple Cup, has six events of 12 in the books at the three tracks Wenatchee, Hermiston and Yakima. And the first half has been good for local drivers, who have claimed four victories heading into Saturdays 125-lap main event. Mike Longton of Moxee is the Series lone double winner, having won in Hermiston twice, and Naches drivers Jeff Jefferson and Tayler Riddle have claimed victories.
While Garrett Evans is winless, the Wenatchee veteran does have five top-four finishes and leads the points standings by 88 points over Lucas Valdez of Kennewick.
Super Late Model drivers in the region are coming off of last weekends Summer Showdown 200 at Evergreen Speedway, where Canadian Cameron Hayley a teammate of Reeds earned the $20,000 winners check just ahead of runner-up Garrett Evans and reigning Apple Cup champion Pete Harding. Owen Riddle, Longton and Tayler Riddle finished seventh, ninth and 10th, respectively.
In addition to the $2,000-to-win demo derby, todays lineup also includes Hornets, Youth Hornets and Bump to Pass.
For both days of racing, gates open at 4 p.m. with opening ceremonies at 5.
Great!!! Think we may have the original car-It looks like it could be the Paul Jett #56 that he ordered from H-M and raced only a few times in 1972! It was wrecked in '73 by another driver and likely was re-built but we never had information on the car after the wreck... 
Harry Jefferson - 1969
Thanks Dave-That's the one! Made a lot of progress-very close now, just need a decent photo of the #97/#95....
John
John:
I don't think I have any photos of the 95 car, but I did take a series of photos of Parky's shop in 1975 (Charlotte). I have pics of both the WindsorBoss and a 350 Chevy. I will try to find them. I went to work for Parky in June of '74. He moved to Charlotte in June of '75. I was the only employee that moved with him. I thought that my moving with him would make me his number one employee. But that thought soon ended when someone I recognized from magazine articles interviewed for a job, Robert Yates. Robert and I got to be good friends, we actually car pooled to work together. I left Parky and came back to Oregon in '76. Robert and I kept in contact for many years. I think it was the fall of '86 when Robert told me he was going to work for Harry Rainier. It was the year that Elliott ran 212mph at Talladega. Robert told me he had built his first Ford motor since leaving Parky and went to Talladega to test with Davey Allison. He said they tested at 214mph with a totally legal setup right out of the box. He gave Parky credit for what he had learned so many years before.
In the spring of '76 Parky sold a WindsorBoss for $8100 and a 350 Chevy for $6700. In my opinion the Ford was a better engine. Parky developed the WindsorBoss for George Jefferson (on George's dime). The first ones even used a stock cast Windsor crank (internally balanced with mallory metal). In '74 George had ordered a new engine, but Parky drug his feet building it, so George and Harry were forced to race their only engine (with cast crank) for 17 races (some of which Harry won) without a rebuild. They were pretty good engines.
Parky worked for Bill Stroppe in the '50s and was Parnelli Jones' crew chief for the stock cars. It was during this time that he had met Eddie Pagan and John Holman. Eddie was one of the people who convinced Parky to move to Charlotte, Parky's shop in Charlotte was next door to Hutcherson Pagan. In the '50s Parky was also involved with the Galpin Ford race cars, I think this is when he was involved with Ron Hornaday Sr. Sometime around 1960 something happened that made Parky wash his hands of racing. He never said why, but he got out of racing and moved to Portland. He worked as a machinist at a auto parts house. He eventually got involved in boat racing. He built engines for a 5 liter Hydroplane named "Pussycat". This boat held the world records for the 5 liter class. He also built the engine for the race from Portland to Astoria that is mentioned in his obituary. It was, I believe an SK type boat. It had a 427 Ford in it. Parky drove the race himself. He said he would run at full throttle for 20 minutes, breathe it for 5 minutes then back to full throttle. It seemed he said it took about 90 min. to run the race and second place was about 20 min. behind. The Astoria- Meigler bridge had just been completed adding extra distance to the race course. Although the race distance was longer, Parky broke the record. The boat was later sold to a "racing family" in Portland. When I worked for Parky in Portland, the boat came in a few times for repair after being torn up. Parky would always say, " Well, Doug was letting Annie Green Springs drive the boat again". In the late sixties Parky started building engines for local stock car racers. He also got to know Keith Randall in Portland, a very respected Indy car engine builder. Parky learned many secrets from Keith. I never heard how George Jefferson and Parky met but I think Parky started building George's engines around 1973.
As far as Harry's early years in racing, this is what I heard from George or Parky:
In the sixties, there was some unofficial competition for the fastest driving time from Yakima to Natches, I think on US hwy 12. Harry always held the record in a Ford. Later George and Harry decided to try stock car racing. The first car was a 64 Fairlane that George built. Parky said it was the best handling car George ever built. Harry won many races in it in the Late Model Sportsman class (Nascar). Harry liked to pass Hershel McGriff on the outside the wave ByeBye in the mirror. I recall that the second car was a 69 Torino fastback raced in Winston West. I watched Harry race this car at Portand in '73. He raced Dick Bown in a Hemi Roadrunner for third place during the first 175 of 200 laps. Harry would pull alongside in the turns and Dick would out power him down the straights. This lasted every lap for the first 175 laps until Harry completed the pass and finished third. I had never saw a Ford run fast in Portland. There was an article about this race in StockCar magazine, that indentified Parky as the engine builder. Because of that race, I went to Parky to have an engine built for the car I have in my profile pic. That was how I came to come to work for Parky. I think George's/Harry's third car was a '70/'71 Torino that George built, raced in WW also. George also built a 69 Torino notchback that I think was the second LMS car. I think the '69 Notchback was wrecked at Yakima in '75 when Harry broke his collarbone. I think the next cars in the order were the '72/'73 HP car, the Cougar, then the Granada.
