Mr. Blister...

[WILMASBOYL78]

Met an interesting guy this weekend near our upstate retreat...I've been meaning to stop and check him out for the last couple of years and I finally did on Friday. His name is Don Dezalia and he operates Dezalia and Sons Automotive in Schroon Lake, NY....he is an old time drag racer and gearhead...he was working on a 63 Vette when I pulled in the yard and next to that was a 66 SS396 Chevelle...so we got to talkin' shop and I found out the Chevelle was an original 9,000 mile L-78 car that Don bought new!!! 4.88 gears from the factory...still has the original M-21 and factory shifter. He worked in a Chevy garage and was a weekend drag racer. Eventually the L78 was replaced with a crate LS-7...car runs 11's. He has been all over the norhteast...Lebanon Valley, Utica-Rome, etc...he campaigned the car as Mr. Blister....thoughtsome of you "old timers" might recall the name. He also races a 90's vintage Camaro on a regular basis...it also runs in the 11's....he has lots of photos and cool vintage stuff...I plan on making more visits to see some of his collection. It was cool finding a big block muscle car guy 2 miles from our house. I told him that he would be on the Yenko Site and he said ..."what's that..??"


wilma