Dyno Don´s -64 A/FX Comet

[COPO_Anders]

Saturday night at SCR7 the Yenko employe Warren, while looking at Mark Hassett´s cars in the trailers, told us that he worked at a Ford plant in California when this hardtop was built. He remembered Don Nicholson walking beside the beautifully red, soon to become, A/FX COMET CYCLONE. The builtsheet said: delete, delete, delete......

Anders

[Motion Camaro]

<font color="blue">Kinda like this one &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; </font>

[Motion Camaro]

<font color="blue">Then became this &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; </font>

[427TJ]

Here's Jack Chrisman's awesome '64 Comet "Super Cyclone." Nitro &amp; alcohol burning 6-71 blown FE 427 with direct drive (no transmission). 10.38/148.27, smoking the slicks all the way. Where is this car today? Probably in a landfill or out in some field under a tree.

[427TJ]

The '64 Chrisman "Super Cyclone" off on another 10-second blast.

I think the red Dyno Don car was a '65?

[427TJ]

Ah, found a photo of Dyno Don's '65 car. Note the hogged-out rear wheelwells which obliterated the rest of "CYCLONE" on the side. x 100

[427TJ]

Here's Nicholson's fiberglass-bodied '66 Comet match racer.

[COPO_Anders]

I think you´re right Bill. The red car was probably a -65.
When Warren told us about the car, I remembered a picture of it in a book called: SUPER STOCK, dragracing the family sedan by Larry Davis. The picture of Dyno Don´s red Comet (at Piedmont Drag Raceway in March -65) is in the -64 chapter.
It says in the book:"Originally only eleven A/FX cars were built, ten hardtops and one station wagon, all originally painted white". Another quote:"The lone Comet station wagon was campaigned by Don Nicholson, who later got into a hardtop coupe. Nicholson then offered the station wagon to (Fast Eddie)Schartman and they campaigned together throughout 1964".
I assumed the red car that Warren referred to was a -64, built in a second batch. But I guess it was a -65 model built in -64.

Anders_

[427TJ]

Larry Davis' book "Super Stock" should be in every car guy's library. The companion "Gasser Wars" is another must-have.

[Seattle Sam]

Anders,
There is an easy tell for 1964 vs 1965 - the 64's had two headlamps on each side, side by side,




while the 65 had two headlamps on each side vertically mounted



The '65 was restored by Mickey Hale Restorations I believe!
-Sam