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----Arlen was always a nice guy to me. He used to come up to my dads hardware store during the summer of 65 to pick up various stuff for the speed shop he and Russ spent their days at while trying to keep RC Industries going. They made a damn good bellhousing once the bugs were worked out. Arlen always had a good word. I was the punk 18 year old with the 64 Chevelle 283 powerpack. Russ was driving a brand new 65 Shelby Mustang. Dont know what Arlen drove every day at that time. He also must have done alot of his racing work elsewhere as I only infrequently saw his race cars.
----Saw Arlen and his Hemi-Dart at a show a couple of years ago and shot the breeze for about a half hour.Looked pretty good for someone older than me!......Bill S