mick
While I did not know ' Kay Sissle ' --- I did see him Race , back around 1968 @ " Green Valley Drag strip" : he was racing his 6 - powered Batam.
I've been a 'SIX - Guy' pretty much since then . My 69 Chevy Nova still has the 'matching numbers 250ci - 155hp six. Just the last few years; I've installed the
Holley 390 - 4bbl on an OFFY intake -- just running the original 250. Then, too make it more fun - - I installed a Borg-Warner w/c T 5 .
That up-grade made my Nova - - - a FUN Car too Drive , again . Thanks for th' memories .
Jim[/quote]
That's a great story. I don't know if you know Walt Pierce. He has been drag racing since 1958. He runs a 250. He told me next year he is not going to run the circuit but just race local. He says at 81 he's slowing down a "little". I talk to Walt quite a bit and he has some great stories and a wealth of knowledge about 6 cly. racing.Wednesday afternoon I head for the PRI show in Indy for three days. I'm hoping to meet with a lot of the old timers down there. I'm sure it will be a humbling experience to see what the big boys are doing. I plan on picking out the rest of my dry sump system and get my distributorless ignition ordered. I'm meeting with Tom Lowe down there to possibly pick up the valve train for the 12 port cross flow head Tom is machining for me.
