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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
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Subject: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 08:13:36 -0500
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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
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