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  1. Howard Forbes

    Howard Forbes Member

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    Hello,
    I'm excited to be a member of the forum. Ive owned two 71 comets and regret the day I got rid of them. Both were street/strip type vehicles. One ran
    mid 12"s with a 289 and the other had a 377 and ran mid 11's.
    I'm currently looking for a good body to put a 393 in that I'm bulding .
    Its a 12.5 to 1 engine with trickflow-r heads . I have a couple of concerns I'm
    hoping you guys can give me some insight on.

    Thanks, Howard :bananaman
     
    Howard Forbes, Oct 17, 2004
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  2. Corbin Johnson

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    Welcome! Where are you located?
    -Corbin
     
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  3. Howard Forbes

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    I'm in Chesapeake Virginia
     
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  4. Maverick73

    Maverick73 Senior Member

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    Welcome to the board Howard.
     
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  5. Tim Wilmoth

    Tim Wilmoth Member

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    Welcome to the board Howard. I'm about 150 miles west of you in South Boston VA. My In-laws live in Smithfield . Where are you going to run at?

    Later Tim
     
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  6. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    I grad"e"ated down in Va Beach, not to far away and my daughter just moved out of Chesapeake. Did you say something wrong? Anyway, I used to race at Creeds and Suffolk raceways back in the early 70's. I know Creeds is long gone but is Suffolk still there?
     
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  7. Earl Branham

    Earl Branham Certified Old Fart

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    I used to race a Maverick at Creeds...Brewed in Blue was the name on the car. Good place to race. Too bad it is gone.
     
    Earl Branham, Oct 18, 2004
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  8. Dan Starnes

    Dan Starnes Original owner

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    Welcome.!
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  9. Howard Forbes

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    I used to race at creeds and suffolk years ago.Those were the days!

    It looks like the closest track to me now is northeast dragway which is about

    45 minutes away and is only 1/8 . To run 1/4 mile I would have to go to VMP which is about 1.5 hours away
     
    Howard Forbes, Oct 20, 2004
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  10. Camtemple

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    an hour and a half is a bit of a drive, but i've driven far farther then that 3 hours, up a windy hill, my friends have driven to national events that were 10 - 12 hours away.... If you love racing you'll drive anywhere
     
    Camtemple, Oct 20, 2004
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