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| Bill Fraley | I purchased
this car from Brett Lunger & George Alderman in 1969. I am the third owner
from new. This was the feature car, July, 1966, R&T, "Nickey
Chevrolet"/Charlie Hayes car. I sent the car to Bill Moir in Salinas,
Calif., several years ago, & it has been partially completed. I also went to
Traco Engineering & had Jim Jones build an original new 369cu.in. chevy
(cast
iron) w/the 58DCO3 sidedraft webers, planning to restore it exactly as it
was when Charlie Hayes campaigned it. Traco built the motors for Charlie &
Jim even had the old dyno sheets to go by!!! Final restoration will be in
the original white livery, complete with all original graphics, as I was
fortunate enough to find & purchase the negatives from the original R&T
article, in full color!!! Arora also did a slot car model of the Nickey
Chevy, which I have also located. I've owned this car for over 30 yrs. &
hope to finish it & compete in SVRA, & other events, as VIR
(Virginia
International Raceway) is 45min. from home, as well as Road Atlanta, etc.
I'm an old FF SCCA racer, 30yr. SCCA member, & as soon as my 2 children
reach Grad. school, I'm go' in racing!! (in 2-3yrs.) Any old photos, etc. of
my car would be sincerely appreciated.
Believe it or not, this is my first visit to your website...I had thought the McLaren Trust might be out there. Awesome job!!!! Very impressive. Now I have a way to shop for the bits I need to finish!! Thanks for all your hard work!! |