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Originally Posted by R68GTO
In the late 1960's, the 2nd owner campaigned an L79 Nova post car. Here's a scan of one of the scrapbook pages with some photos. The top photo shows him in the far lane at the US Nationals going up against Grumpy's Toy. According to his racing partner, his buddy had the jump on Jenkins but broke a valve spring during the run and ultimately got beat as this photo shows.
The smaller photo in the upper left shows my car's 2nd owner checking out his new race car....if you look closely you can see the signature chrome dual opposed snorkel L79 air cleaner.
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Visited Rick Wilkin this week. Rick is the guy that painted Rat's Nest back in 1970. I brought him a 1968 Bell helmet I bought off Ebay. Rick is going to paint it up just like the helmet he painted in 1970 for his buddy Doug using the original helmet as a pattern. He told me the story of this L79...Rick was working at Mattson Chevrolet in Hillsboro in the mid-60's. Rick ordered this car (lower RH in photo) for his friend Doug Davis (2nd owner of my car) strictly for racing. Marina blue, L79 4 speed, 3.73:1 rear, rubber floor mats and no options - didn't think it even came with a radio. Told his boss to not figure on prepping the car as it was going straight to the strip. Got a heads up on the delivery date so he drove his 1959 1 ton Chevy flatbed to work that day. The L79 was backed off the transporter truck and drove up on his flatbed using 2x12 wood ramps in the dealer parking lot.
I was born 15 years too late.......just love these stories!