Hier eerst nog een woordje uitleg over de wagen. (was dit vergeten)
The '68 Stardust: Don Schumacher's ride to recognition.
Stardust Chargers were well known in the Midwest and when Illinois
native Don Schumacher switched to a Barracuda in mid 1968, NHRA
reviewers were skeptical of his record-breaking top end speeds and
were calling his unbelievable elapsed times "popcorn times." Then
Schumacher took the Stardust to California where the ET's got shorter
and the speed figures got fatter...even the skeptics had to grant
Schumacher his due.
Schumacher purchased the '68 Stardust' Cuda from "California
Flash," Butch Leal who retired from funny car racing to take up super
stocks. With a few modifications - a lowered top and rear deck spoiler
by Pellegrini's Fiberglass Ltd., an exceptional paint job by Dave Puhl's
House of Kustoms in Chicago, a Ford rear end assembly with 3.23
gears and Henry's axles, a TorqueFlite tranny from Bob's Transmission,
Chicago, Halibrand mag wheels with narrow Goodyear tires up front and
13.00 x 15 M&H tires on the rear, Airheart disc brakes, Logghe
wheeliebars, Simpson cross form chutes, and chrome or polished
aluminum everywhere - Schumacher turned the new Stardust over to
master motorman, John Hogan.
The Crane-cammed, Hilborn-injected, M/T-equipped, blown 426-
cubic-inch,fuel burning Chrysler hemi engine rocketed Schumacher's
'68 Stardust to a 7.38 ET at 202.70 mph in Orange County, California
for an unofficial world's funny car record, winning not only the race but
the respect of fellow racers, fans, and even former critics.
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Hoi Camaro69,
