TBT- these are from 1980, these words on the roof were on there - TopicsExpress



          

TBT- these are from 1980, these words on the roof were on there because the Hoovers are Ford guys, they had ran Fords up until this year. But like in the previous posts we had stated the rules favored the GM cars. So Mr Hoover said they would give them what they wanted, and built this 65 Chevy SS from the ground up. They did a lot of research to make sure it was built properly, Hoover called Glenn Bopp (BOPP CHASSIS) from the St Louis area who had a lot of experience building these type cars. It was basically a Late Model from an earlier time. Had an Oldsmoblie rearend (308 ring gear)(bigger/stronger axles etc) 57 Chevy upper A arms, Impala lowers, Monte Carlo spindles and rotors, Balanced and Bluprinted 350 LT1 ( by Delbert Payne) Corvette exhaust manifolds, 202 Double bump heads, 350 HP Hydraulic Cam 2BBL Rochester carb from a 1970 Impala (400 V8) Muncie 4speed (raced in 2nd gear) ratio ended up at about 486, RPMs were about 6400, RF spring (1200) LF spring (800) pair of 400s rear, this car won a lot of races, Hoover said it always handled well. The guys in the photo from L-R are Steve Vandeloecht, Ron Harrison, Jim Murphy behind car, Gene squatting down and Ronnie at the trunk area and far right Mike Hoover(all scraping mud) The last picture on the right was as a lot of you know the front ticket gate at Capital Speedway
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:57:24 +0000

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