Chase, Bud didn't want any part of his wrecked car being displayed after losing Joe Weatherly and Billy Wade in his cars. Last time I saw that car it was behind Bud's shop. Don Naman did put the car that Phil Parsons barrel rolled n Talladega's turn 1 on display in the IMHOF.
Maybe Banjo Matthews Paint Thinner Can setup was to put gasoline/nitro to test his highly modified engine he is working on?
During the 70s total restoration of my mother's 1931 Model A Ford Deluxe Roadster and the body (gas tank in firewall section) was removed from car frame.
My old school father made an Paint Thinner Can setup to hold about 1/2 Gal. of gasoline to test the rebuilt engine and bodyless Model A Ford.
Paint Thinner Can was on an homemade metal pole bolted the car frame, it was located about 2 ft about engine, thin vinyl hose hook from can to engine.
Father would have crowd of neighbors watching him driving the bodyless Model A Ford and thinking it was an old sprint race car.
Banjo Matthews racing Mr. X race car.
Noticed the Paint Thinner Can setup is missing on right side of firewall.
There's an big EXIDE battery on left side of firewall.
Noticed the big stove pipe from highly modified engine straight through the engine hood?
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.
Wonder what happened to Bud Moore's wrecked #1 Billy Wade / #8 Joe Weatherly Mercury race cars that they died in ?
There was an NASCAR driver, who claimed that he had the rebuilted wrecked #1 Billy Wade Mercury race car?
He also claimed that had driven it in NASCAR races?
He had an website and was mad at NASCAR for not having an medical insurance plan to take care down and out NASCAR race drivers hurt while racing?
He was asking for free McDonald's hamburgers coupons?
I lost his website and name?
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.
Dave - do you know what was behind Bud's flat out rejection? Fixed the car and raced it again? Didn't want to display a car that could have had a truly bad outcome? Didn't want certain parts of his build on display for others to carefully study?
