Yes Ivor, all me hairs still there and mostly the same colour, albeit a bit thinner in the middleIvor wrote:That was pretty much state of the art then Les...great shots, still got your hair then?
When I bought the car from Ricky it had the 440 but was on springs. I just decided that this time with the extra power capable from the BB I was going to do it proper, all out race car, and unbreakable in most departments with no possibilities of any traction problems, hence the 14x32's.
I took the car straight to Dave/Larry Pollen who cut the rear out and installed the rear chassis section, narrowed the axle and all the brackets for the bars and coil overs and added the cage, made the headers etc, I remember spending days there with the pot rivet gun fitting the tin work, building the engine up after the balance job fitting the strange shafts etc etc.
I remember Geoff Hauser bringing the Hoosier tyre guy over to the Caravan for an introduction and a report on how his tyres were performing, I think I was the first to run them over here on a Drag Car, still had to pay for them though!
Anyhow it was all worth doing as that car hooked real hard, every time, only one small adjustment on the L/bars after a few runs, and a few turns on the shocks, never had to touch the suspension again.
Thats about it, enough waffle, just a shame I didn't have it a bit longer, was always messing with 340 car, but the '69 was virtually a No maintenance car in all departments, just turn up, and go racing..it was great
Epic thread! 
