an incomplete history of the first pro stock pintos
November 1 2011 at 11:33 AM
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the first pro stock pinto's were commissioned by charles grey at ford because he could see the potential of the pinto/351c combo . he acted as a liason between ford and the builders/racers .
the first cars were built by tom smith at wolverine chassis , michigan .production started in 72 only the first two cars were able to run the whole season in 73
1 dyno don
2 gapp & roush
3 john healy, he left the track at atco nj and hit a guywire totaling the car
4 barrie poole and sandy elliot this car was totaled by wayne gapp , st louis 1973 .not sure if he had bought it.
5 mickey mills never raced the car he was testing it in fla 1973 and totaled it
these first five were the original commisions the next two were added on
6 dave lyall
7 ernie macewen , was wrecked by a broken track locator jan 73,later sold to g&r then jim van cleve
M&S built a number of cars initially , not sure how many . these cars were sold to ...
hubert platt , 2 for dyno , dick brannen , foulger and dondero , sam auxier in 74 , and norm paddock . at least these , probably more
G&R's 1st pinto was built by someone in michigan , not tom smith . they blew the engine in this car and sold it to bob glidden .the car was acid dipped , chassis too , in 74 on or around the time john lingenfelter bought it.
bunny burkett's car was built by a local in va beach
irv beringhauses car was built by don hardy he wrecked this qualifying 1973 . he was killed .
don hardy was maybe the most prolific builder he built around 20 cars
Who do you think you are !? Barney Oldfield !?
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