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Originally posted by RICK LAKE
Pat Buckley Pat you made a mistake about this Cat. It was a 421 swiss cheese framed car with 2-4 barrel carbs the front end was aluminium. Bumper, fenders, hood, and steering box. The car was 6 or 800 pds. lighter the the production one. I think the total of these cars where in the low 20's. With 430 gears and posi they could run 3.8-3.9, 0-60 they used 2 different cars, 1 auto and 1 stick to set these numbers. I will see if I can find the 2 articles about these cars in my mag collection and tell you what year and who's. It is possible with the weight transfer of these cars. They would lift the left front tire off the track. Stay tuned for more on this. Rick Lake
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Rick is right about the Swiss Cheese frames. I went to the Muscle car Museum in Piegon Forge, TN and saw one in person. THe frame had something like 3" diameter holes every 6" to 7" apart. There was very little metal left between the holes. The Hood, bumpers, front fenders and trunk lid was Aluminum. The Glass was thinner or plexiglass if I remember correctly. It had a sluminum Tri-Power intake.
If you ever get near Dollywood in Tennessee you have to see this museum. They also had one of the Aluminum 427 camero's and a Early 60's vette that was put together a few years ago from some Crates found in storage. It seams Chevy would sell a complete Corvette in "KIT" Form for racers to save money on assembly since the car was going to be taken apart anyway.