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Solved NIC#974 - 1967 Butch Early Ford Special
« on: September 14, 2018, 04:54:09 AM »
What is this car, who built it, and in what year did it first race?
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Re: NIC#974
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2018, 09:00:56 AM »
at Pikes Peak ?
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Re: NIC#974
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2018, 12:11:29 PM »
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Re: NIC#974
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2018, 02:41:22 AM »
Fred "Butch" Early Ford Special 1969 ?
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Re: NIC#974
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2018, 04:23:02 AM »
Quote from: smodmog on September 20, 2018, 02:41:22 AM
Fred "Butch" Early Ford Special 1969 ?

Very well solved. That is indeed the car - power was a 289ci Ford motor. There are conflicting posts on the internet about the build date, which may have been as early as 1967, but this photo shows the car with properly painted bodywork and so I reckon it's a bit later.

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