At the strip in the seventies

[COPO_Anders]

I just have to share some of the pics I have. Most of these were taken by Ingvar Lindén living in Linköping at the nearby track Mantorp Park Raceway. I believe these were taken around 1976.
First a couple of pics of a trike built by Anders Lake in Stockholm, if I remember correctly. I believe I read in a magazine from the seventies that he died young.

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

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/AndersLakeTrike001.jpg

And now some Corvettes.

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

I don´t remember which but one of them, Stampede or Whitchcraft, came to Sweden race-ready. The other one was built here.

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

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/BilhusetWitchcraft001.jpg

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

[COPO_Anders]

And now some HEMI cars !

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

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

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

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/SpeedwinHemiCuda001.jpg

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

[COPO_Anders]

The Firebird in the background is the one that Nicolai Lawrienco owned and drove. The engine consisted of a RAIV block with a RAV crank in it. With some other special parts on top, like homemade intakes. I think he had a bunch of them. My friend Nova67-Anders has some stories about that engine/car.

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

The white Charger behind the UFO Mustang is also a factory HEMI car. I believe Jan Suhr has it covered in his book "Scandinavian Muscle Cars".

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

I think I have an article about this El Camino somewhere but I can´t find it right now.

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

Last for this time is the Opel Manta FC the way it looked in the summer of 1976. It was soon after destroyed in a fire.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/COPO_Anders/Fever1976.jpg

[markjohnson]

That Dinosaur mural is the absolute shit! WOW!

[Salvatore]

great pictures COPO. I remember that Speedwin car at Englishtown on many Sunday afternoons.

[x77-69z28]

me too sam. speedwin was here on long island

[CC Rider]

Very cool pics. Like the Elky!

[owners2]

Wow, did someone mold Camaro taillights into the back of the corvette. They actually look good.

[Carleen]

Great Pictures Anders.
Glenn Dog427435 have a Picture of that SPEEDWIN Cuda at Long Island.
That 72 El Camino was own by a friend of my end of 70s early 80s. It did Wheeles on the Streets. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

Do you have any Pics of Thorleifs Corvette?

[mockingbird812]

Cool cool shots Anders! Interesting shrouds over the pipes on the Opel Manta.

[Carleen]

Here it is.

http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u331/Nikkewi/59.jpg

[Mayhem]

Nice!

[COPO_Anders]

Here is the Thorleif Corvette before it was sponsored by them. Jan &quot;Juan&quot; Johansson was the man to beat for many years in the Stock class. He usually competed with a L-88 but also had a couple of ZL-1 engines. Beckers paint is the sponsor, and they also sponsored Lawrienco´s Firebird as seen in one of the earlier pics.

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

The UFO Mustang and another Corvette.

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

Here is the Jungle Jim chassie with the Opel body in 1976.

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

Ragnarök also had the shroud over the pipes.

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

[Xplantdad]

Väldigt coola Anders

[COPO_Anders]

&quot;Norrlandsjeepen&quot; was another one of those &quot;unbeatable&quot; cars. The Eriksson brothers really got that thing going, but there were actually several versions of it over the years.

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

Another HEMI car. Factory I assume as this was 1976.

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

And a T/A.

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

[COPO_Anders]

That is actually a perfect translation Bruce !
Best to keep them short, a longer one would be more difficult.

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[Carleen]

I know where that Thorleifs Corvette is today and a friend of my have one of the ZL1 engine block from it.

[Tracker1]

was it a factory L88 vette?

[MrsBillyBobcat]

<span style="font-size: 14pt">COOL STUFF Anders! </span> <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COPO_Anders</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
First a couple of pics of a trike built by Anders Lake in Stockholm, if I remember correctly. </div></div>

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COPO_Anders</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My friend Nova67-Anders has some stories about that engine/car. </div></div>

There sure are a lot of guys named &quot;Anders&quot; there <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif A gentleman came from Sweden years ago to shoot Bill's car and his name was Anders <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif

[ORIGLS6]

Great pix Anders. Thanks!!!!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COPO_Anders</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is actually a perfect translation Bruce !
Best to keep them short, a longer one would be more difficult.

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/BruceRocks.gif </div></div>


I cheated <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

The internet is so helpful, thanks to AL gore and all.... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Long Hair,Tight Pants and Fast Cars.
Put jeans on - you are a Rocker.
Put polyester on - you are a Disco Duck.
Those were very Fun Times <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Carleen]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">was it a factory L88 vette? </div></div>

I dont know, The first Corvette he had was a 68 Corvette with a L88 in it (Beckers)

The second was a 69 and he put a ZL1 in it, (Torleifs)
And he had two of them (Thorleifs Corvettes)

The third was a 62 Corvette with a ZL1 engine.

www.jannesvettar.se/...pdf/Janne_Juan_ny_design_CS5_02.pdf (http://www.jannesvettar.se/...pdf/Janne_Juan_ny_design_CS5_02.pdf)

[jannes_z-28]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cool cool shots Anders! Interesting shrouds over the pipes on the Opel Manta. </div></div>

It was a requirement to prevent oil hitting the hot pipes, a few years later the dual pipes came around.

You got me inspired Anders, I have to start digging in my drawers. I have a few pictures from the same time.

Jan

[Carleen]

Speedwin Cuda was a Sox &amp; Martin 70 Hemi Cuda.

http://race68.com/donati.htm

[Carleen]

Speedwin Cuda

http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u331/Nikkewi/0874b80f5c239539a55d25d01e90f3f5f62634b2.jpg

http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u331/Nikkewi/e5a57078dc48c999db78ec2728bbabcf9d959025.jpg

http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u331/Nikkewi/30a5cef0edd94b8fbd67628847d0e289ab2d95e4.jpg

[COPO_Anders]

Thank you guys ! Looking at old pics is real fun so you better find some of yours Jan, and post them.
I don´t think &quot;Juan&quot; had any original L-88 Corvettes but he bought hard to find parts in his quest for lower times.

I believe this one is the same as the one with &quot;Beckers&quot; on it. Just a year or two later.

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

Here is another one, a convertible, at the track in Anderstorp. I don´t know when I took this one but it could be the early eighties.


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

[Carleen]

You are probably right Anders

Thorleifs II och ZL1 motorn Så från och med 1977 bar Corvet-terna Thorleifs namn. 1978 inköptes ytterligare enCorvette,en -69 coupe. Produk-tionåret 1969 introducerade GM den beryktade ZL1 motorn.1979 var det dags för Juan attpröva lyckan med den nya ZL1 motorn, som han lyckades krama hela 575 hkr ur.

[Carleen]

Thorleifs II and ZL1 engine
So from 1977 the Corvettes was named thorleifs. 1978 the estate was further a Corvette, a-69 coupe. Production year GM introduced the infamous 1969 ZL1 engine., 1979, it was time for Juan to try their luck with the new ZL1 engine, which he managed to squeeze the entire 575 HP from.

[Dog427435]

Great shots Anders!!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif