Announcing...The Class of '61!

[markjohnson]

markjohnson

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Registered: 12/09/03
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Loc: St. Louis, MO. I like the idea of a showcase of the 50th(!) Golden Anniversary of the 1961 factory offered Super Stockers! Now if someone wanted to split hairs, they could argue that the SS Wars started a little early, but to me and many others 1961 was the year where the Big Three Auto Manufacturers REALLY get serious! With Chrysler, the Ramchargers started to campaign a brand-new '61 Chrysler product with the 413 Long Ram, the Pontiac Super Duty really started to take off with some great factory-installed and over-the-counter offerings, Chevrolet had it's 348-350 HP Tri-Power and the famous 409 became available later in the year and Ford had it's 390-401 HP Tri-Carb Starliners. It was a great year and when 1962 rolled around, things got even more serious and then once again in 1963! After the GM Racing Ban in mid-'63, 1964 belonged to Ford & Chrysler for the most part. Yeah, to me and many other people 1961 was the beginning of the factory Super Stock Wars and Musclecar Era in general!
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Gee, what a great & familiar-sounding idea! You need to contact Tommy Nolen (he's on here) and have the entire contents of his garage shipped to Chi-Town for that weekend. He's got everything covered when it comes to 1961 Supercars.