Family treasure returned to us after 53 years.

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onanysunday

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So back in 1968 My dad built this Corvette gasser.  It was very fast for the late 60s and held some AHRA records. In 1971 the car crashed and was destroyed. Here is a write up on the HAMB from 2013.   (More photos at the bottom of that articl) The car was loaded up in a truck and brought back to the shop. Everyting thrown away or sold. Not a single part was saved. I have always wanted something from that car. So today an 80 year old gentleman calls our shop and says I bought the front wheels from your dad. Guessing 1971.  I was like sure and called Ken who was driving. Never thought the wheels would have survived. He said the front end was ripped away including the fiberglass.  So I call him and he remembered all kinds of stuff including my dad doing burnouts on Mariposa when he built the Guggies gasser. So now I am real excited. Drive out this afternoon to his home and bought this wheels. Very personal for me to have these back in our family. 

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These are real magnesium Wheels. He had bought them to put on his sand drag bike which I took a picture of on his wall.

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onanysunday said:
So back in 1968 My dad built this Corvette gasser.  It was very fast for the late 60s and held some AHRA records. In 1971 the car crashed and was destroyed. Here is a write up on the HAMB from 2013.   (More photos at the bottom of that articl) The car was loaded up in a truck and brought back to the shop. Everyting thrown away or sold. Not a single part was saved. I have always wanted something from that car. So today an 80 year old gentleman calls our shop and says I bought the front wheels from your dad. Guessing 1971.  I was like sure and called Ken who was driving. Never thought the wheels would have survived. He said the front end was ripped away including the fiberglass.  So I call him and he remembered all kinds of stuff including my dad doing burnouts on Mariposa when he built the Guggies gasser. So now I am real excited. Drive out this afternoon to his home and bought this wheels. Very personal for me to have these back in our family. 

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Wasn't this at the old Tucson Dragway?

 
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