Summer of 69

[bluefury361]

These are some pic's I took during the summer of 1969, my first summer back from Viet Nam. My brother, a friend and I crewed for Wally Booth, his only season racing a Mopar. A SS/E hemi Super Bee. It was a great summer of adventure traveling the eastern tracks and NHRA nationals. Best ET. with the Super Bee was a 10:99 at York us 30.

 

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[bluefury361]

These shots were from Detroit Dragway . Taken with a Kodak box camera. I was 14/15 then and would hitch hike there from Lincoln Park, where I grew up, every weekend. The manufacturers used Detroit Dragway as a testing grounds against the other brands. The best of Mopar, Chevy, Pontiac, Olds, Ford etc. showed up to claim bragging rights. Usually the Max Wedge and hemi Mopar's were victorious.

 

[71Polara383]

Awesome pics! I love seeing this type of history...I was born in the wrong generation.

 

[bluefury361]

Wally's Super Bee still exists and surfaced recently. Said to be in line for a restro to original. I supplied pictures to a grateful new owner.

 

[Newport 66]

Thanks for passing this history along!! Awesome pictures and historic shots

 

[71Polara383]

Wally's Super Bee still exists and surfaced recently. Said to be in line for a restro to original. I supplied pictures to a grateful new owner.

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WOW! Very VERY cool!

 

[azblackhemi]

Very cool Will! Kinda reminds me of this Hemi Super Bee I restored a couple years ago.

 

[saforwardlook]

Dang - gorgeous!!!

 

[bluefury361]

Very cool Will! Kinda reminds me of this Hemi Super Bee I restored a couple years ago.
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I remember your post on that car Chris. An awesome job of bringing it back.

 

[bluefury361]

Dang - gorgeous!!!

Yeah, Chris's work is second to none. I only hope the body and paint on my 61 will come close.

 

[detmatt]

Incredible photos Will, thanks!

 

[bluefury361]

The back yard in 1969....

 

[mrfury68]

First off, Thank You for your service in Viet Nam. These pictures you have posted are great. I was a huge fan of drag racing when I was a kid and the pics brought back a lot of memories. The factory horsepower wars were great for us fans, and for us Mopar guys, the bragging rights.

 

[bluefury361]

Drag racing was like a religion to me back in the day. Especially SS class racing. They moved away from that and introduced bracket racing, That was it for me. I lost interest when tow vehicles would win the eliminations.
The use of electronics and computers diminished the human element too.

 

[bluefury361]

Thanks for passing this history along!! Awesome pictures and historic shots

Gee, I hadn't thought of myself as being "historic". Thanks, I think.

 

[67-Fury]

I love old photos. Stuff was so much cooler back then.

 

[shooter65]

Very cool pics. In this one he's racing Dick Landy if I'm not mistaken.