06-11-2019, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 67since67
Tom Akin's "Lead Sled". I was the Noob in the service dept. at Schukei Chevrolet when it rumbled into John Day's stall as a brand new car for prep as an AHRA stocker. L72/TH400. 4:56 or 4:88 IIRC. I believe 1 or 2 built?
In the early eighties, now a street car, the second owner would occasionally park it outside the parts dept. at the other Chevy dealership in town where I was at the time. Where is it now, Washington state??
A couple years ago Auto World produced a 1/64 scale of it.
John Day who did the wrenching on the Lead Sled is still racing his alcohol injected SBC dragster at age 80.
Bill W
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Yes - it is one of two L72 427 Station Wagons. The other is in the GM Heritage Collection:
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