| Msg ID: 2782631 | The Big Picture: Balough/Taylor at East Windsor |
| Author:3-Wide
5/12/2023 12:05:35 PM |
Photo By Ace Lane Jr/Provided by Lee Taylor Jr. We left this one kinda large thinking that maybe there's a few 3 Wider's in the background. I was probably there that day, but would be just out of frame to the left as the cars are headed into turn one in this picture.
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| Msg ID: 2782686 | The Big Picture: Balough/Taylor at East Windsor |
| Author:RuCu
5/13/2023 9:16:56 AM Reply to: 2782631 |
If that picture was taken about 75 feet further bach towards the start finish line, I definitely would have been in it. |
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| Msg ID: 2782690 | The Big Picture: Balough/Taylor at East Windsor |
| Author:AF IV
5/13/2023 9:47:21 AM Reply to: 2782631 |
That sedan was never the car we thought it would be. It was a very early Tobias 2x4 frame. It had the best of everything but never any speed. The first time we brought it Middletown they told us to never bring it back. The best ride it had was the 1973 Flemingoon 200 when Pee Wee Griffin finished third. |
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| Msg ID: 2782696 | The Big Picture: Balough/Taylor at East Windsor |
| Author:3-Wide
5/13/2023 11:29:44 AM Reply to: 2782690 |
I'll ask.... Why did Middletown tell you not to bring the sedan back Anthony? Sounds like there's more to the story, but I don't know it! |
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| Msg ID: 2782711 | The Big Picture: Balough/Taylor at East Windsor |
| Author:RuCu
5/13/2023 2:20:06 PM Reply to: 2782696 |
Zoom in - it looks like Don Jones Sr coming up the cut thru ramp, behind the guy hanging onto the rail with the tee shirt, sunglasses and hat. |
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| Msg ID: 2782712 | The Big Picture: Balough/Taylor at East Windsor |
| Author:3-Wide
5/13/2023 2:44:37 PM Reply to: 2782711 |
I agree RuCu - Now that I think about it, I think Don used to come out from the office and stand there for some of the action as it wasn't far (closest section) to the the office/ticket window. |
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| Msg ID: 2782737 | Joe |
| Author:AF IV
5/13/2023 3:08:33 PM Reply to: 2782712 |
The issue was the 2x4 frame. First one anyone ever saw except a few guys in Reading may have had it. Like I said I think it was one of the first from Tobias in 1971. |
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| Msg ID: 2782741 | Thanks Anthony |
| Author:3-Wide
5/13/2023 3:56:02 PM Reply to: 2782737 |
... and probably within 2 years, almost all of the modifieds were proabably built on a dedicated racing frame versus the old 55 Chevy/other frame rails. I can remember as a 13 year old looking through the Tobias and Profile frame literature... Bare frame, roller.... I was already making a wishlist. |
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| Msg ID: 2782894 | Anthony |
| Author:elf 30
5/14/2023 2:04:45 PM Reply to: 2782741 |
Just wondering, Did Whip make any modifications to this car? Do you know what became of it? Was it sold,wrecked,parted out? |
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| Msg ID: 2782952 | elf 30 |
| Author:AF IV
5/14/2023 9:00:02 PM Reply to: 2782894 |
I don't recall anything Whip changed on the car. We did put the same front wedge adjusters on that Whip put on the #9/73 that he built (on in this picture). That car was parted out. Things didn't always come up roses and this car sure didn't. |
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| Msg ID: 2783094 | Anthony |
| Author:Roger Laureno
5/16/2023 8:25:59 AM Reply to: 2782952 |
Hey Anthony I think we all have built, or bought 1 or 2 like that. |
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| Msg ID: 2783048 | Thanks Anthony |
| Author:elf 30
5/15/2023 2:10:46 PM Reply to: 2782741 |
Thank you for your reply and for your input here on the site, it is greatly appreciated. |
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