Re: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Oh... Ok Floyd's forgiven. Josh >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle >Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 12:35:02 EDT > > >Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List > > > Floyd Garrett sold the #13 66 Chevelle race car before Smokey died. >Smokey >wrote in his book that he built that car for the 1968 Daytona 500 but never >ran it. He sold it, then later repurchased it and restored it to race ready >condition. He said that with modern tires and Dale Earnhardt driving it >would >still run over 200 at Daytona. He also said in his book that Floyd Garrett >recently had sold it. > >- >To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html >To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Floyd Garrett sold the #13 66 Chevelle race car before Smokey died. Smokey wrote in his book that he built that car for the 1968 Daytona 500 but never ran it. He sold it, then later repurchased it and restored it to race ready condition. He said that with modern tires and Dale Earnhardt driving it would still run over 200 at Daytona. He also said in his book that Floyd Garrett recently had sold it. - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List I recently went to Floyd Garretts Musclecar Museum anticipating the site of that car, that was the whole reason I blowed my $10 to get in. I looked all over that garage and it was nowhere to be found, I went up front and asked about it and I heard about him selling the car to some guy in California just recently. Hmmm. Sounds to me like somebody wanted to make some extra dough like many people did when #3 tradgically died. But anyway its kind of funny that people didn't mention Smokey too much while he was alive but just as soon as he passed he got tons of coverage. Sure he got some here recently before he died, he did some advertising for Pro-Long (still don't trust the stuff, at least when they did the drain your oil out and drive a few hundred miles, sounds like snake oil to me), but now its Smokey this and Smokey that, why didn't they do that while he was alive? Anyway I am a big fan of the car and I would really like to see it in person one of these days, but I doubt it since now it will probably disappear into the hands of private collectors who will keep it out of public view for years to come, or worse yet, some moron will start vintage racing it. I know its supposed to be at some race in the next little while, I would hate to see some hotshot try to push it thinking it was like a new car and slam it into the wall. Josh 66SS396 >From: "Mach 4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle >Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 08:13:36 -0500 > > >Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List > > >Hello - I have been trying to find info on an old racecar, Smokey Yunick's >1966 Chevelle which was driven by Curtis Turner in the 1967 race season. In >fact, during the non-Chevy-factory sponsorship years, this car came out of >nowhere to win the pole at the '67 Daytona 500. > >This car is famous for the liberal rule bending incorporated in it's >construction. Smokey felt that if the rules did not say you couldn't do it, >it was fair game. Like large diameter fuel lines which coiled all over the >car and had a capacity of 6 gallons...floorboards hammered flat so they >acted as a bellypan, which was outlawed...'stock' bumpers re-made so they >fit tight to the body...etc...etc. The car was even rumored to be actually >7/8 size! Many of Smokey's 'innovations' would be discussed and outlawed by >NASCAR in the week between races, but he seemed to keep coming up with more >creative ideas. Some stories I've read suggest the competitors and Bill >France of NASCAR were getting pretty fed up, but other stories sound like >there may have been some under the counter collusion helping Smokey along! > >The original race car crashed and disappeared, but the back-up car still >exists. It was in Floyd Garrett's Muscle Car Museum for awhile, but I >understand it has now been sold to a private party in California. > >The Sept. 2001 issue of Super Chevy has a small feature on Smokey and this >car. I have seen the car briefly on one of the weekend car shows, where >they >called it a '67. But that's about it. > >Do any of you have any sources of info on old NASCAR trivia? Website >suggestions? Other magazine articles? I am not finding much... > >Thanks for any help.JimACES #20202 - '66 SS's > > >- >To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html >To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List I am reading Smokey's books now and he writes about the 66 Chevelles. There were three built. The 1st Smokey Yunick 66 Chevelle was the #1 Prototype car built by Chevy. It was built with a 427 in it. Smokey writes in his new autobiography that he ran a 1966 black and gold #13 Chevelle at Daytona in 66, 67, and 68. Three different black and gold number 13 cars. The first one was built from the silver prototype 427 Chevelle that came from Chevy engineering. Mario Andretti drove it at Daytona in 66 and blew the engine. The second 66 Chevelle had a chassis designed and built by Chevy R&D and was driven by Curtis Turner. Turner put the car on the pole at Daytona 1967 but blows engine in the race. They take this car to next race at Atlanta where Turner crashed it. Smokey had it crushed into a cube and the cube sat at his shop for 28 years. In 1968 he built a third 66 Chevelle and this one became the famous "cheater" car that was not allowed to run at Daytona. Smokey writes a whole chapter in his book on this car and it is interesting to read his version of the story. Smoke says most of the stories written about this car were not true. Smokey later found that last 66 Chevelle he built in 68 and restored it then sold it for 100K. - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List You can try some of these: http://www.smokeyyunick.com/ http://www.amug.org/~mzwhiz/smokey.html http://www.amug.org/~mzwhiz/smokey.html Rich Walchuck -Original Message- From: Mach 4 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Hello - I have been trying to find info on an old racecar, Smokey Yunick's 1966 Chevelle which was driven by Curtis Turner in the 1967 race season. In fact, during the non-Chevy-factory sponsorship years, this car came out of nowhere to win the pole at the '67 Daytona 500. This car is famous for the liberal rule bending incorporated in it's construction. Smokey felt that if the rules did not say you couldn't do it, it was fair game. Like large diameter fuel lines which coiled all over the car and had a capacity of 6 gallons...floorboards hammered flat so they acted as a bellypan, which was outlawed...'stock' bumpers re-made so they fit tight to the body...etc...etc. The car was even rumored to be actually 7/8 size! Many of Smokey's 'innovations' would be discussed and outlawed by NASCAR in the week between races, but he seemed to keep coming up with more creative ideas. Some stories I've read suggest the competitors and Bill France of NASCAR were getting pretty fed up, but other stories sound like there may have been some under the counter collusion helping Smokey along! The original race car crashed and disappeared, but the back-up car still exists. It was in Floyd Garrett's Muscle Car Museum for awhile, but I understand it has now been sold to a private party in California. The Sept. 2001 issue of Super Chevy has a small feature on Smokey and this car. I have seen the car briefly on one of the weekend car shows, where they called it a '67. But that's about it. Do any of you have any sources of info on old NASCAR trivia? Website suggestions? Other magazine articles? I am not finding much... Thanks for any help.JimACES #20202 - '66 SS's - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
