Knafel Tempest 400 Magnum pics?

[NCGuy68]

A little story Gents.....

Early on, my family would visit Kinfolks in Akron, OH. As a young teenager, I had to go along. Older cousin Bob, a drag racer himself, took me to Dragway 42, Quaker City, and Norwalk, all dragstrips in Northern OH.

Cousin Bob worked at a auto repair shop in Copley, OH.(a suburb of Akron) which was just up the road from Arlen Vanke's garage. Vanke often brought his drag cars to Bob for front end alignments. One day in 1968, Vanke brought 2 Tin Indian Pontiacs in for alignments. I think one was a Tempest and the other a GTO.

A few days later, he sent in a 68 Hemi Barricuda in full race trim. Unknown to me at the time, it was one of the rare factory Hemi cars. Vanke had hooked up Chrysler and the sun was setting on his association with Knafel.

As a pimple-faced teenager, that Hemi car left a lasting impression on me....One I'll never forget!,