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| Hi all,
I am new to this board, in fact I just found out about it,... Here is what I have,
This car is from the Dearborn / Detroit area. It's a ‘31 Model A roadster body channeled on a ‘32 Ford frame. It ran in the B/SR division as ‘424 The Blue Racer’ owned by Loren McCombs of Dearborn. It ran a 312 Y-block with a Hilborn fuel injection, but the most significant thing about this little roadster is that it Won the B/SR National Title at the 1964 NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indy, and from what I have been told it is the only modified to ever win a national title with a Y-block Ford ( is there any way to verify this ?). I recently acquired what was left of the car. A big ‘thank you’ goes to Dave Crain for reuniting this car with it's history.
I am looking for anything I can find, there was a picture in Popular Hot Rodding in Dec. 1964 of the trophy run, and a picture in the 64 Hot Rod Annual of Loren standing next to the car with the trophy,..... but that's all I know, any info you guy's can shed on this would be great.
The trophy run at the nats in 64
and how I brought it home
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| Thanks Chuck,
I live about 150 miles north of the Detroit area now, the other thing I am trying to verify is that it set a class record in 64, I just got in touch with someone that thinks they can connect me with the original owner. I will keep you guys updated with what I find out if anyone is interested.
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| *UP DATE*
Geez 4 posts on this thread and 3 of them are mine, Hope this is fitting in OK here, (Let me know if I am breaking any rules or something)
As it turns out I got a lead where Loren McCombs might be,... and hit pay dirt !,... I just got off the phone with him and he answered a lot of questions I had. But here is some cool stuff for those of you interested.
(1) Won B/SR Class at the 1964 U.S. Nationals Indy.
(2) Won B/SR Regionals at Dragway 42 Ohio 1965
(3) Was disqualified for B/SR 1965 at Bristol because this Model A
had a 106" wheelbase, was bumped to Altered class,... Loren
added a second front cross member at 103", both cross
members are still in the car.
(4) Went back to Bristol Spring Nationals in 1966 and Won B/SR
Class.
He still has the plaques and trophies and lots of pictures,.... and he just told me tonight he would like me to have them. I feel like I am on cloud 9 ,....
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| | Hey mate , If you keep posting photos & "History lessons " like that first one ,we will keep reading them ???? That sure is a piece of " Drag Racing History " KEEP ON POSTING . Regards Lon
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| | Welcome to the site Harms Way. The Blue Racer came up on the old forums briefly and it's good to see that its history is being expounded on. Keep up with the information and any updates on its potential restoration or return to track duty. Here's the link on the old forums. http://www.y-blocksforever.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1650
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| I thought I would give you some details on the engine as was told to me by Mr. McCombs,
He bought the engine in 1961 from a junkyard, his machinist thought
it might be a truck engine, blueprinted, they shaved the heads .035, and decked .065 off the block, Forged high dome pistons,13.5 to 1 compression ratio, knurled crank, bored out to 327 c.i.d., Isky cam,Hilborn Fuel Injection, custom built headers. all built by Leo Gonzales.( He said he got the biggest, heaviest most powerful battery he could find and mounted it in the trunk )
The transmission was a Mercury 3 speed that he said "was really long"
He said the driveshaft was under two feet long.
The rear end might have been a 57 Ford or Olds.
He bought the car as a running Hot Rod in 1961 with a Gonzales Flathead (that he blew up), Zepher trans & 40 banjo rear end. It was light green and had done duty at Eckles Rd. and Motor City Dragway.
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| Harm: It certainly is great to hear about another major Ford Y-Block success story. Hopefully, you can do a resto on the car. There are many good people on this site that would be more than glad to help you out... Another similiar story, as I understand, it is this; In 1963, Ted Kramer was running a "B" Altered Roadster, powered by a Hilborn Injected Ford 312, in NHRA Div.3. In third place on the last day of racing, he came from behind to beat a bevy of mostly Chevy powered competitors, and win the Divisional Championship. Appropriately, his prize was a 427 Ford engine...
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