[LSC9901]

WOW .. a thing of beauty. Look ... a place to mount a license plate. Actual factory fenders. Doors with actual lines where it would open. Chrome trim around the windshield. Sockets where the headlights would be. A real grill. This is like a dream come true !!!

A 427 engine !!!

[Phils20]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

WOW .. a thing of beauty. Look ... a place to mount a license plate. Actual factory fenders. Doors with actual lines where it would open. Chrome trim around the windshield. Sockets where the headlights would be. A real grill. This is like a dream come true !!!

A 427 engine !!!

Brought a smile to my face too!

[Bryan88]

Originally Posted by 3fanforever

I'm thinking that's what the October Talladega car is gonna look like, busy.
It's gonna have the names of a bunch of his fans on it, from the "Ride With Dale, Jr" promotion Amp Energy is doing.
"Everyone who enters by the July deadline will have their names either on the car or on pit-road banners, car cover or other areas around track property."
The cut off is 70,000 names.

Speaking of which, has anybody submitted their name for that? I know that you like AMP Bears, did you? I submitted my name a week ago, mainly because I was bored, but it is still a pretty cool thing.

[bears9]

Originally Posted by Bryan88

Speaking of which, has anybody submitted their name for that? I know that you like AMP Bears, did you? I submitted my name a week ago, mainly because I was bored, but it is still a pretty cool thing.

No, I didn't, I just like Amp not Junior

[Bryan88]

Originally Posted by bears9

No, I didn't, I just like Amp not Junior

Oh yeah, forgot. I can't be the only dork here who did this though, can I? Still it's a pretty cool thing and it only takes 30 seconds.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Bryan88

Oh yeah, forgot. I can't be the only dork here who did this though, can I? Still it's a pretty cool thing and it only takes 30 seconds.

Trust me, you are not the only dork here.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Phils20

That Monte Body style ran from 70-72 model years for the street cars, I don't remember when the quit running them in NASCAR. I thought they changed to the "Laguna", a Chevelle body, for the 73 season, but I could be wrong!

Actually, I found the 73 car!

Ta daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

in '73, my brother ran a brand new '73 Holman-Moody Laguna in, what was then, Grand National (Cup).

[Bette]

what the heck is a Holman-Moody Laguna?
dumb question of the day again--its not American made I take it?

[Phils20]

Originally Posted by Bette

what the heck is a Holman-Moody Laguna?
dumb question of the day again--its not American made I take it?

A Laguna is that car that I put a picute up of. It's a Chevy! A Chevelle that was marketed and sold so they could race it. They were sort of ugly street cars, but cool race cars!

Homan-Moody was a legendary race team that many great drivers of the day drove for.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Phils20

A Laguna is that car that I put a picute up of. It's a Chevy! A Chevelle that was marketed and sold so they could race it. They were sort of ugly street cars, but cool race cars!

Homan-Moody was a legendary race team that many great drivers of the day drove for.

My dad had a laguna... man it was awesome. It's hard to find parts for those damn things cause people by them and turn them into dirt track cars. My uncle Greg (god rest his soul) had a line on one to scrap for parts to fix up my dads.... Uncle greg wanted it, and the guy said he would have to talk to the ones with the title to take hold of it.... the guy turned around and gave it to a friend who turned it into a dirt track car.... Uncle Greg was so mad he threatened to shoot the man for the dirty underhanded thing he pulled.

[Phils20]

My Uncle bought one brand new, but only kept is a year. I forget the color. It had a lot of plastic on it for it's day, but it was a stand out car on the streets!

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Bette

what the heck is a Holman-Moody Laguna?
dumb question of the day again--its not American made I take it?

yes it is American made - Holman-Moody is a Charlotte, NC, business that's been in racing for about 50 years. in the late 60's and early 70's, they were the premier NASCAR chassis builder, though they have always specialized in campaigning Fords. their website documents their Ford heritage.

as others have mentioned, the Laguna was a special body style from Chevrolet for NASCAR racing. It was introduced to compete with the Ford Torino fastback (the Chevy Monte Carlo Aero wasn't very popular, nor much competition for the Torino.) NASCAR had a rule back then that, to be legal a body style/model had to be available to the general public and must have sold at least 500.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

yes it is American made - Holman-Moody is a Charlotte, NC, business that's been in racing for about 50 years. in the late 60's and early 70's, they were the premier NASCAR chassis builder, though they have always specialized in campaigning Fords. their website documents their Ford heritage.

as others have mentioned, the Laguna was a special body style from Chevrolet for NASCAR racing. It was introduced to compete with the Ford Torino fastback (the Chevy Monte Carlo Aero wasn't very popular, nor much competition for the Torino.) NASCAR had a rule back then that, to be legal a body style/model had to be available to the general public and must have sold at least 500.

So now cars are made just for Nascar racing? For some reason, never thought about that. Guess I thought they were cars that were just rebuilt.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Bette

So now cars are made just for Nascar racing? For some reason, never thought about that. Guess I thought they were cars that were just rebuilt.

the only thing you'll find from a NASCAR car at your local dealer is ball caps and t-shirts. everything about them is custom made, not rebuilt.

[bears9]

Originally Posted by Bryan88

Oh yeah, forgot. I can't be the only dork here who did this though, can I? Still it's a pretty cool thing and it only takes 30 seconds.

You know what the funny part about that is, I'm a Jeff Gordon, and I hate Pepsi.