1940 Willys Coupe
Super Gas / Pro Gas
At Wall Drag Strip (San Angelo TX 2,000 ft Elevation). With the fiberglass
front end.
Best ET was at this track on Nitrus Oxide - 9:81 ET.
With the Steel Front End.
Purchased in 1977 from a classmate from high school. The car was
an old "A/G" gasser from Odessa Texas owned by Parker Bros. called
"Grand Ma".
The rumor history is it had a Big Daddy Gartlis Hemi in it back about 1957.
They never got the old car to run any faster than 11s.
The engine may look simple but it is a 481 Big Block Chevy with
ALUMIMN RODS and rectangular port heads which I had sent off
and had professionally ported. The cars fastest et was 9:81 seconds
on Nitros Oxide at 2,000 ft elevation at San Angelo Texas, Wall
drag strip. The car was one of 16 to qualify at San Antonio AHRA
Nationals in about 1978. The car broke on the first run. It qualified
at 9.971 seconds. All 16 cars were within 8 hundreds of a second
of each other. The powerglide broke on the first round putting me
and the car on the trailer. This was one great ride and it had
quite a following.
We purchased the 79 Suburban new in 1980 to be a tow rig and family vehicle.
It had a 454 engine
and I added the dark maroon insert over the original white paint in the middle
of the sides.
This Suburban had one very strong 454 Engine in it.