Racecars shipped to Sweden back in the day.

[COPO_Anders]

Jungle Jim Libermans 1975 Summernationals winner is being restored in Sweden. The chassis and the body went different ways in 1976 after having been bought from Jim in his shop in West Chester late in 1975 by Björn Andersson and Tage Hammerman.

They were reunited last year by Janne Johansson in Varberg, who bought the body in Denmark in December 2006 and the chassis in Germany last year.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[COPO_Anders]

Here is the body on another chassis at Mantorp Park Raceway in 1977, with 30.000 people watching. They modified it with "humps" over the front wheels to get it closer to the ground.

Those were the days !

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[COPO_Anders]

The reason why there is a Chevy-based engine in the chassis and why the body was sold, was that Opel (GM) sponsored the car when it came to Sweden. So they put an Opel Manta body on it and a Rodeck engine in it.

I have sent Bruce the whole article published in Power Magazine, so there will be more photos later on.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[PeteLeathersac]

Chttp://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gifhttp://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gifL Stuff Anders!!!

Here's a link to a Draglist page w/ some great shots of a buncha' Swedish cars including the Jungle Jim Vega bodied car also other Bjorn Andersson cars..

Is that maybe the same chassis w/ the Opel bodywork about 8 cars down and FEVER on the side?.

http://www.draglist.com/artman/publish/daily_stories/article_001349.shtml

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif
~ Pete
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[COPO_Anders]

Pete, I believe "Fever" is the original Manta they sold before buying JJ´s Vega. Then they built the second Manta using the Vega chassis.

[PeteLeathersac]

Reading the text again it looks like you're absolutely correct Anders!.

It's all very cool stuff and neat to see some of the action happening in places other than the States and Canada back in the day!.

On a side note, if you've any wisdom on the N. American Sno-Pro Snowmobile Races that were held in Sweden in the late 70's or know of any factory race sleds or parts, I'm all ears...and eyes!!!

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif
~ Pete
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/youguysrock.gif

[Xplantdad]

[ QUOTE ]
The reason why there is a Chevy-based engine in the chassis and why the body was sold, was that Opel (GM) sponsored the car when it came to Sweden. So they put an Opel Manta body on it and a Rodeck engine in it.

I have sent Bruce the whole article published in Power Magazine, so there will be more photos later on.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Here you go Anders!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/MISC%20CRAP/anders/tn_JungleJimswinnerVegaFC001.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/MISC%20CRAP/anders/tn_JungleJimswinnerVegaFC002.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/MISC%20CRAP/anders/tn_JungleJimswinnerVegaFC003.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/MISC%20CRAP/anders/tn_JungleJimswinnerVegaFC004.jpg

[jannes_z-28]

Back then a lot of American race cars ended up over here. One of Ray Beadle's Blue Max cars stayed in Sweden after he made a couple of apperances in Sweden. I think that was 1981 or 82.
http://race68.com/harlan2.jpg

Gassers, Pro Stockers, Dragsters and Stock cars was imported. One of them was Bill Jenkins Monza Pro Stocker.

It was quite a bargain to buy a couple of years old race car and you instantly was very competitive or a winner!

One good site to see some of these cars is:
http://race68.com/

If you have it hard reading Swedish you can always translate it with Google: http://translate.google.com/translate_t


Jan

[COPO_Anders]

In February 1976 Colorod Magazine is letting us all know that the Jungle Jim Vega has arrived in Sweden.

[jannes_z-28]

I remember that one of Jungle Jim's trademarks was him doing burnouts on the returnroad, just feets in front of the stands. Made the spectators wild for sure.


Jan

[jannes_z-28]

Here is a photo of the Opel Manta FC version 1. It was called the Second Invention. When they moved up to the new Manta it was sold to a fellow named Jan Carlsson and they called it Fever.

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1035991&postcount=2489


Jan

[TomP]

Interesting stuff! I can almost read that article. They paid $4000 for it, right?

[COPO_Anders]

Tom, they say in the article that 4000 dollar was what you had to pay if you wanted a magnesium Ramcharger 9 1/4" Dana 60 rearend, like the one on the car.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[COPO_Anders]

Here is a pic from the Motorama show in Gothenburgh 1978, showing the Jungle Jim FC body with "Canon" on it.

[COPO_Anders]

And here are two from 1983 I believe, when Micke Thörn owned the same car with the J.J. FC body.

[COPO_Anders]

Does anyone remember this "STARDUST" funnycar attending a dragrace at Mantorp Park in the seventies ?
It doesn´t look like it has a swedish-applied paintjob.



http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/TheStonesSTARDUSTatMantorpParkinthe.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

Here is the Jungle Jim chassis in the eighties I guess. The new Manta body now has the Bilsport sponsorname on it.
Pic is from the collection I purchased recently.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/TheJungleJimChassisatMantorpPark.jpg

[jannes_z-28]

[ QUOTE ]
Does anyone remember this "STARDUST" funnycar attending a dragrace at Mantorp Park in the seventies ?
It doesn´t look like it has a swedish-applied paintjob.

[/ QUOTE ]

I think that car was the old Schumacher car that stayed in England after the tour he made there. It says "the Stones" on the side and I think that was the english owners that had it then. I don't think it was bought by any Swedish guys, but I am not sure about that.


Jan

[COPO_Anders]

Keep us updated if you find out for sure that it is the Schumacher funnycar, Janne.

Most of the Shelby racecars we have seen on the strip here in Sweden were sent here as "street"-cars, like this 1967 KR 500. They were later often rebuilt for strip duty. This pic is from Start & Speed magazine #12 1972.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/1967ShelbyKR500StartSpeed121972.jpg

[Dicky]

Anders, as a drag race fan it's nice to see so much interest in the sport in another part of the world. Here is a web site you may or may not have visited but it provides some interesting info & pictures. Dicky
http://www.70sfunnycars.com/index.html http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[COPO_Anders]

Thanks Dicky !
I spent the better part of an hour looking at pics and reading about the cars, and I have added it to my favourites.

Compared to the small population in Sweden, mabye 8 million back then, we bought a lot of American cars and parts.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[jannes_z-28]

Here it is with Don Schumachers name on it:
http://www.70sfunnycars.com/Photos/21-herridge-stardust.jpg

Don Schumacher and Paula Murphy was in England with their respective cars in 1973 for a matchrace. The Phelps bought both cars and Allan Herridge drove the Stardust and Paulas car was sold to someone I don't remember.

Here is a movieclip from 1973 when Schumacher is doing a long burnout.

http://www.ukdrn.co.uk/mc/shoe1.mov

Allan Herridge drove it for a while as one of the Phelps stable cars.

Later the Stones bought it and put in a Chevy in it since that was what they had experience with.

You can read more here.
http://www.70sfunnycars.com/FunnyCars21.html



BTW I met Paula in 1980 at the Winternationals, she was with the same company of people I hang out with there. She was a really nice woman and told me that the event in England was a very fond memory she had.

Jan

[jannes_z-28]

[ QUOTE ]
Anders, as a drag race fan it's nice to see so much interest in the sport in another part of the world. Here is a web site you may or may not have visited but it provides some interesting info & pictures. Dicky
http://www.70sfunnycars.com/index.html http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

We have had a lot of good dragrace cars here since the early 70-ies.

In the mid 80s one guy put a ProStock 500 cu in. engine in a dragster and blasted the A/D record. Over the winter they sent the car to the USA and raced it at few events and brought it back to Sweden. They won a few of the NHRA Major races with it but most importantly destroyed the A/D index so no one was interested in racing in that class after that. None of the american A/D cars was competitive no longer. It took a few years to catch up.

Jan

[jannes_z-28]

Found a picture of that event in Santa Pod 1973 when Don Schumacher and Paula Murphy was there.

Here she is, miss STP

http://www.protouring.se/files/paula_murphy.jpg

Picture from Start & Speed 8-1973


Jan

[COPO_Anders]

Thanks for the pics and info janne_z-28 !

Another Janne (the current owner of the Jungle Jim FC) called me today to talk about these old memorable cars. He mentioned that this pic of the FC with the Bilsport name on the body was taken in 1977, since that was the only year it was painted this way.

Thanks Janne ! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/TheJungleJimChassisatMantorpPark.jpg

[jannes_z-28]

What is cool about many of those cars was that they had Chevy Power. We had many blown Rats here in Sweden, the Nitro Hemis were outnumbered. A few years later you had to have a Hemi to be competitive.

The Manta was the first Rodeck powered car outside of the US if I remember right.

I helped one of the TopFuelers to get a new Chevy 454 block when I was travelling to California for the 1980 Winternationals. Back then I knew Larry O'Freia at Valley Head Service and he got the new block for me.


Jan

[COPO_Anders]

Here is another one I´m sure you remember Janne. Steinar Stolens 1972 Maverick. Since Steinar is a Norwegian I really should have called this thread "Racecars shipped to Europe..." I believe.
"The Baby imp", what does that mean ?
Built in the USA and powered by a Boss 429. It´s got NHRA... on the roof and Chesapeake Petroleum on the doors. Drake Wiscom helped Steinar getting the car and engine together, if I understand the article in POWER Pictorial Magazine #1 1977 right.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/BabyimpSteinarStolen.jpg

[Seattle Sam]

Anders,
An imp is defined as a "small demon" or a "mischievous child".

[COPO_Anders]

Thanks for the explanation Sam. I´m eager to learn. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

Here is the car that was built for Bill Shorts, before it was repainted in Sweden. POWER #3 1977.
The Hemi was built by Sam Gianino, it says.

"CHALLENGER-HEMI"
"The -74 Challenger looks almost stock, but only the roof and the rearquarters are original !"

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/BillShortsHemiChallenger001.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

Here are a couple of professional shots of the Bill Shorts car in Sweden, taken by Bertil Lindgren. Bertil used to take photos for Start & Speed in the 70´s and 80´s.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/BillShorts1.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/BillShorts2.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

And here are some more of Jim Libermans FC-chassis/body.

The chassis in 1977, with Opel body.
http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/JungleJimschassie1977.jpg

A shot of the body probably taken at the same event, but I´m not sure.
http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/JungleJimsFCbody.jpg

It looks to me like this is the chassis with the Chevy engine in it.
http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/JungleJim.jpg

Bertil told me to post a link to his pictures. Hopefully he will scan more if his old pics soon.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Bertillindgren/Dragracing#

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[jannes_z-28]

[ QUOTE ]
Here are a couple of professional shots of the Bill Shorts car in Sweden, taken by Bertil Lindgren. Bertil used to take photos for Start & Speed in the 70´s and 80´s.


[/ QUOTE ]

I bought a Chevy CanAM (ZL1) block from those guys in 1982 that we were going to have in our Toyota Celica. They had plans to have it in this car and had started to polish the block. One side was all they managed. The block came from the McLaren team in England.

We decided not to use the block due to the weaknesses and sold it to a guy who was going to have it as a tablestand laying some glass over it. As far as I have heard he still has it like that.


Jan

[COPO_Anders]

In Start & Speed #3 1977 we are told that Dale Armstrong had sold the 1975 Vega FC earlier driven by Chris Christensen, to Kurt Andersson, Sweden.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/SoSx1975ChrisChristensenFC.jpg

[Stitch]

Hi Anders ,
Somebody posted another picture of Russo's Rat on the NSRA forum , thought you might like to see it.

Taken at Santa Pod in 1973...

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa157/rondeco30/russo2.jpg

Ron

[COPO_Anders]

Hi Ron ! That´s a god pic of Russo´s Rat. When I searched for it on the internet I got a lead to Romania. Do you know what happened to it ?
Tell me about some of the cars you had, also !

Since Sam doesn´t want to see more of the racecars we bought back then, I have decided to save his weekend by showing some Street-Mustangs that visited Mantorp Park Raceway. Most of these pics where taken at the same event in 1974-75 so they are all different cars I think.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies001.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies002.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies003.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies004.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies005.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

Here are some more from the same event, and a couple from the late seventies/early eighties.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies006.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies007.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies008.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies009.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies011.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Mantorpintheseventies012.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

To continue the Ford theme, here is a pro stock Maverick that Dyno Don sold to Lasse Flodman in 1975. Lasse also bought the truck to transport the Maverick with.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Col111975DynoDonLasseFlodman001.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

When Tage and Björn had sold the Manta with the JJ-chassis, Björn bought this Ken Cox Racecars-built Monza from California.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Col121978BjrnAnderssonsMonza.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Col121978BjrnAnderssonsMonza001.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

Hey Sam ! This is the guy responsible for a lot of the anger you are feeling. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif
Marty Furlipa worked under the name of "East Coast Export" and he exported lots of racecars, engines and other parts to Sweden. He lived in Linden Street, Lodi, New Jersey.
The Mustang is the second Dyno Don-racecar Lars Flodhman bought. Marty had it repainted at Cirkus Paint in N.Y.
In the article (May 1976) it says that he, by the same time, also found a S.R.D-built (Speed, Research & Development)-73 or -74 Vega for some other guys in Sweden. The seller of this Vega was Bob Ingles.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/MartyFurlippawiththeexDynoDonMustan.jpg

[jannes_z-28]

That Mustang was all out state of the art and I would consider it the fastest car EVER to run on a Swedish dragstrip. That is if you compare it to the comparable times in the USA. On its premiere event at Mantorp Park in 1976 it ran 8,9 which was just a 0.1 slower than the NHRA record.

Unfortunately the chute didn't deploy on the run after and they rolled the car after the finishline.

The chassi wasn't hurt, it was only body damage. The flew in new bodyparts and had it back on track for the next race 2 weeks later, The beautiful Circus paintjob was of course gone.

Lars Flodhman took the car back to the states the year after and raced it on the east coast for a few years with some success, mostly matchracing. The car ended in another crash, it wasn't repairable after that.

The chassi was built by Don Hardy Race Cars, engines by Gapp & Roush, 4-speed Lenco.


Jan

[COPO_Anders]

Here is another one I found in Colorod #9 1980. The car participated in the Mantorp Park summer event. Anyone remember this one ?
On the door it says:

JOHN THEOFILES
"The Greek"
SEAFORD. DEL. (is that Delaware ?)

On the rearquarter:

Chincoteague Island Brand Seafood
R. STUBBS & CO.

It has a S.R.D. Race Cars sticker there to.

And what does WBHP on the front fender mean ?

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/TheGreekCol91980.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

I Googled Seaford Delaware and Chincoteague Island, and this is what turned up:
http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/TheGreekCol91980003.jpg

[John Brown]

[ QUOTE ]
And what does WBHP on the front fender mean ?

[/ QUOTE ]

WBHP is most likely the call letters of a radio station that helped sponsor the car.

Here's a little trivia about WBHP from Wikipedia.

[ QUOTE ]
WBHP was the first Huntsville Alabama AM radio station. The station went on the air as WBHS on April 22, 1931 as a service of The Hutchens Company. The station became WBHP in 1937. <font color="red">Oddly, the Federal Communications Commission also briefly assigned the WBHP callsign to a low-power South Carolina station in 2000-2001.</font>

WBHP had been through several owners until its acquisition by Clear Channel Communications, its current licensee. The current call letters stem from longtime previous owner Wilton "Buster" Harvey Pollard. Until the November 1997 switch to all-news, WBHP broadcast a country music format.

[/ QUOTE ]

So, it looks like there may have been a WBHP radio station in South Carolina for a while also, just to muddy up the water a little more.

[COPO_Anders]

John, thank´s for answering my question. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

In the latest issue of Wheels Magazine there is a pic of one of Bill Jenkins old cars, currently here in Sweden.


http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/GrumpysToyXI.jpg

[jannes_z-28]

If that is true he has a fortune, the preceeding car, Grumpys Toy X sold for $577.000 a while ago.
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/applicati...d=221&amp;pop=1 (http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1295&amp;aid=221&amp;pop=1)

Grumpys Toy XIV came over here too, a friend of mine bought it in 1980 or 81, they got a Jenkins built 383 with it and ran mid 8's with it.

I built headers for it when they put in a Pat Musi built 500Cuin engine in it.

I have to find some pictures of it.

Jan

[Salvatore]

Your telling us you guys have John The Greeks Modified production camaro in Sveden too? A top notch DIV-1 racer for years. You guys are killin me! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[jannes_z-28]

[ QUOTE ]
John, thank´s for answering my question. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

In the latest issue of Wheels Magazine there is a pic of one of Bill Jenkins old cars, currently here in Sweden.


[/ QUOTE ]

I saw that article and I really doubt that it would be Jenkins Vega now when I know what Swedish Vega they refer to. It was run by a guy who we raced back then, he had sponsorship by Hawaiian Tropic, lucky guy always a bunch of bikinichicks around the car in the pits.
Anyway he had a Vega that he built himself, crashed it and rebuilt it in two weeks for the next race and after that it looked like the red and black one.

So no it is not an old Jenkins Vega, over the period of thirty years folklore can kick in and make a cars history better than it is...


Jan

[deluxe]

All of Bill's car's are accounted for, excluding the 1981 Camaro. Any solid leads on the where abouts of this one?

[jannes_z-28]

Here is one picture of the Jenkins Toy XIV Monza that came to Sweden in 1981, this picture is from Mantorp Park in August 1981. They got it with a 383 Match Race motor and a 5-speed Doug Nash gearbox (that I sold to them), the car smashed the class records that year over here and won almost everything. Next year they stepped up to the new ProStock class in Sweden and got some serious competition from other teams.

http://www.protouring.se/files/skip_monza.jpg


Jan

[Mike]

"All of Bill's car's are accounted for, excluding the 1981 Camaro"

Deluxe you've mentioned this a couple of times. I didn't think his 68 Nova had been accounted for? What info do you have on the car? I didn't think his 68 or 69 cars were found either?

Mike

[Salvatore]

68 car went to Brooklyn Heavy the nova went to a local racer not sure after that and the 69 car I believe is MIA. Jerry Mac may have better info.

[deluxe]

Forgive me if I was misleading in my previous post, It should have been worded "what became of the cars after Bill is known".
The Nova is in the northeast, it has gone through at least 4 owners since Jenkins sold it at the end of the '68 season. Its believed to still be racing.
The 68 Camaro was last reported to be running around the southeast and has had the Pro Street treatment. The 69 Camaro is reported to be in Ohio. Ive talked to a gentleman recently who insists his uncle has the car in his garage collecting dust. Im waiting for confirmation on this and I know, I may be waiting a long time but its worth checking out.
Over the past year +, I have had the oppurtunity to visit Bill and talk with him exstensively in preparing a forthcoming book based upon his career.

[SSRSBOB]

Great B. Jenkins interview in the Ultimate Bow Tie video. Talks about all this stuff and his old race cars. First Class Video Productions produced it back in the late 1990's.

Bob

[Salvatore]

Go for it Deluxe. Anything Grumpy I love! He did a pair of 270 horse carbs for me years ago for my corvette and I bought an NOS Z/28 cam from him not long ago. My hero! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif Get the book out!

[COPO_Anders]

Ok, this Rod Shop 1973 Challenger wasn´t sent here back in the day, but only a few years ago. Robban, the owner in Sweden, sent me these pics a couple of weeks ago. They were sent to him by Larry Morgan, Bruce Meihls and Dick Hoppe, previous owners in the U.S.
They told Robban that the front end was switched to be able to run different types of engines. It has been run with a Hemi at some point.
Maybe you remember my thread in the for sale department some time ago, when Robban had the car for sale. That was before he knew the whole history of the car.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/2174171-MorganChallenger.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/4888526-morgan2.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/larrymorgandodgechallenger73.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/minrodchopchallenger.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/RodShopImage_2.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/RodShopImage1.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/larrymorganschallenger73gul.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/RodShop140.jpg

This is the way it looks today.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/larrymorgan.jpg

[SS427]

[ QUOTE ]
Maybe you remember my thread in the for sale department some time ago, when Robban had the car for sale. That was before he knew the whole history of the car.


[/ QUOTE ]

Previous thread (http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&amp;Board=UBB3&amp;Number=377569&amp;Search page=1&amp;Main=377569&amp;Words=Challenger+COPO_Anders&amp;to pic=&amp;Search=true#Post377569)

[COPO_Anders]

Janne, who owns the Jungle Jim Vega FC, sent me a Merry Christmas e-mail with some pics. He has restored the chassis, the original body, and also the Opel Manta-body that was put on the chassis in 1976.
Ray Hill, an American living in Sweden, is a wizzard when it comes to paintjobs.
Enjoy !

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/2010-9.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/b.jpg



Janne has also nearly completed the restoration of the Pisano &amp; Matsubara Revell Monza that LEE-Anders Hasselström bought back in 1977.
The article states that &quot;Little&quot; John Buttera built the Monza as an identical copy of the Monza he built for &quot;The Snake&quot;.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/2010A.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/2010-1.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/2010-5.jpg

[Xplantdad]

COOL! I have a black and white picture I took of the Pisano funny at OCIR in the early 80's...I thought that funny car kicked butt! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

[COPO_Anders]

I could be wrong but I think Bruno Donati bought this Sherbits jet dragster and pickup truck in California. I have an article about it in a Swedish magazine somewhere in the attic. Pic was taken in the late seventies at Mantorp Park.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/BrunoDonatisjetdragster.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

Sammy Millers Vanishing Point didn´t stay here for long, but he kept coming back with it. I think he had a Swedish wife. Pic was probably taken in the late seventies.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/SammyMilleratMantorpPark002.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/SammyMilleratMantorpPark.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/SammyMilleratMantorpPark001.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

A couple of days ago my friend Ingemar in Karlstad contacted me after having found this thread. He told me that &quot;The Greek&quot; was bought in 1979-80 by two guys from Karlstad, Eddie and Perry Hollander. He believes the best time they made with it was 9.44. It was later sold to Torgny Trell, also living in Karlstad. Ingemar thinks the car is still around somewhere but doesn´t know who owns it. Ingemar is the guy who gave me vital information about the COPO-Chevelle &quot;THE CONVINCER&quot;.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/TheGreekCol91980.jpg

And he also told me that WBHP isn´t a radiostation, it´s a speed shop. He has this decal on his garagedoor. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/P1000221.jpg

[Salvatore]

So you are telling us Anders that you guys stole this car too. Boy-O-Boy how about giving some of those cars back? Saw it run many times. John Theoflies (spelling) A real fast Modified Production car in the 70's-80's from the Delaware area.

[COPO_Anders]

Sam, you have to look at it this way: every car that is/was sent here can be sent back. Just think of my old COPO that is now back in the USA.

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[Salvatore]

Yea maybe your COPO, but you guys don't want to give up the old race cars. Plenty of COPO's out there BUT the racecars are 1 of 1 manytimes. I would like to see a gathering of all the old race cars that went to Sveeden. I bet you guys could have a REAL nostalgia race, with the REAL cars! YEAA

[PeteLeathersac]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I would like to see a gathering of all the old race cars that went to Sveeden. I bet you guys could have a REAL nostalgia race, with the REAL cars! YEAA </div></div>

Very C<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gifL!!!

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif
~ Pete

[COPO_Anders]

I don´t want to upset Sammy (I hope he doesn´t see this at all!) but here is a good site for Funnycars seen at the Swedish tracks during the seventies. They were not that many.

http://www.tugboatlars.se/Dragrace.htm

[COPO_Anders]

Hey Sammy ! Here is another nice car that was shipped over here. This Vega came here in 1977 and if you exclude some decals that were put on the car in Sweden, this is what it looked like when it was shipped from the USA. It had a CSB and a fourspeed. Pic is from the small Vårgårda airport that was sometimes used as a dragstrip. Does anyone remember this Vega ?

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/786_zps2c79573f.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

This photo shows Bob Taylor and his Vega at a warm up at OCIR before the 1980 Winternationals. The Vega was later sold to Trenneman in Sweden. Eiward &amp; Forsberg also owned it at one point, and it is also known as the M &amp; M car over here. This photo was shared on Facebook in a swedish street and dragracing group.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/BobTaylorOCIRbeforeWinternats1980_zps94e7a45f.jpg

[Carleen]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COPO_Anders</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Hey Sammy ! Here is another nice car that was shipped over here. This Vega came here in 1977 and if you exclude some decals that were put on the car in Sweden, this is what it looked like when it was shipped from the USA. It had a CSB and a fourspeed. Pic is from the small Vårgårda airport that was sometimes used as a dragstrip. Does anyone remember this Vega ?

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/786_zps2c79573f.jpg </div></div>

Gold and Wite Vega? Bill Blandings MIMI?

http://image.superchevy.com/f/37171112+w750+st0/sucp_1207_019_super_chevy_drag_racing_greats_part_ 3_.jpg

[jannes_z-28]

They are not the same cars.

The Swedish one look a lot simpler, more like a Street conversion. Remember Motion sold Vega kits, and so did Don Hardy in Texas. I would assume it is something like that.

The MIMI car is a pure Pro Stocker.

And look at the paint scheme, not the same.

Jan

[Dave Rifkin]

Call me crazy but, I think V8 Vegas are bad ass; I would love to have one in my garage.

[COPO_Anders]

Jimmie Gunnarsson who once owned the Brooklyn Heavy Duster still has this part of the windshield. This is culture !

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/12/full-666-8607-brookly_heavy.jpg

[Salvatore]

another historic drag car the Swedes stole from America!

[jannes_z-28]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">another historic drag car the Swedes stole from America! </div></div>

You have already said that about that car <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Charley.gif


Jan

[Salvatore]

and I will probably say it again!

[scuncio kid]

They sure have funny looking car trailers in Sweden