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Pro Stock John
10-14-2023, 05:07 PM
A guy in The Pro Street Era group on FB shared that he owns the car now and asked people in the group whether he should restore it:
EZ Nova
10-14-2023, 06:08 PM
John, you should ask him what is left of the original stuff. Quite sure SunPro were not the right gauges when it has a speedo, or auto with quarter stick???

Yes he should restore it as close to DynoDons livery as possible! Or sell it to someone who will.
Keith Seymore
10-14-2023, 11:34 PM
I think those are Mercury Comet tail lamps.

K
EZ Nova
10-15-2023, 12:52 PM
Keith, good catch. Mavs used a 1 piece tail light much like a Pinto.

I'm not sure this is a OG DYNO DON car? Tail lights, auto trans, paint is wrong, hood scoop is wrong. Just lots wrong by those pictures.
Pro Stock John
10-15-2023, 09:29 PM
In the FB conversation some folks are saying it's a tribute for various reasons (what cars he actually campaigned then).
RALLY
10-15-2023, 10:01 PM
Keith, good catch. Mavs used a 1 piece tail light much like a Pinto.

I'm not sure this is a OG DYNO DON car? Tail lights, auto trans, paint is wrong, hood scoop is wrong. Just lots wrong by those pictures.

I have to agree. I believe too Don used the big Ford 427 Cammer Engine in his Pro Stock Maverick.
olredalert
10-15-2023, 10:37 PM
----I also am a big doubter on this one, This is no world record contender! Just for starters, almost no body mods(IE wheel well work for big slicks)!....Bill S
Lee Stewart
10-16-2023, 01:00 AM
https://images2.imgbox.com/12/57/LSzyOMl6_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/LSzyOMl6)

Yes there was a Ford 427 SOHC engine under the hood. His experience with the Boss 429 (bad) moved him to go back to the 427
John Brown
10-16-2023, 01:39 AM
I think those are Mercury Comet tail lamps.

K

There is a Comet emblem on the passenger side of the dash too..... oops.
JoeC
10-16-2023, 08:45 AM
there is a Dyno Don Nicholson Pro Stock Maverick on the Mecum auction site
RALLY
10-16-2023, 09:49 AM
https://images2.imgbox.com/12/57/LSzyOMl6_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/LSzyOMl6)

Yes there was a Ford 427 SOHC engine under the hood. His experience with the Boss 429 (bad) moved him to go back to the 427

This was Don's Maverick. Big 427 Cammer. I saw Don at a Super Chevy Show years back at US 131 Motorsports Park Martin Mich. One of the nicest guys you would would ever meet. Signed a picture of him with his 62 Chevy Belaire he was drag racing that day.