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Post by lance on Aug 21, 2011 23:51:53 GMT -5
Always thought this was a cool car, it was replaced early in the season by the Eagle.
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Post by lance on Aug 21, 2011 23:53:20 GMT -5
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Post by lance on Aug 21, 2011 23:53:44 GMT -5
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Post by lance on Aug 21, 2011 23:54:09 GMT -5
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Post by lance on Aug 21, 2011 23:55:23 GMT -5
If anyone has additional info or photos on this car, feel free to contribute!
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Post by professor on Aug 22, 2011 17:22:38 GMT -5
This car sat on the pole in the spring Trenton race with Mario driving. I was on Tom Sneva's crew and we qualified second.
I have some shots of this car somewhere.
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Post by harveythedog2 on Nov 30, 2011 13:01:14 GMT -5
Lance, I must have missed this one before but here are some B&W pics of the 74 Parnelli before the team switched to an actual Eagle. The team was still using the old Parnelli wheels from the 72 & 73 years also. Stu [img src="http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu127/sbenford/7401-1.jpg" ![]() img] [img src="http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu127/sbenford/7402-1.jpg" ![]() img] [img src="http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu127/sbenford/7403.jpg" ![]() img] |
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Post by harveythedog2 on Nov 30, 2011 13:03:30 GMT -5
BTW - I was given these photos from Bill J. along with other great shots of the 72 & 73
Stu
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Post by lance on Nov 30, 2011 14:11:48 GMT -5
Great shots Stu !! I might have to give this one some thought. Lance
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Post by rick on Nov 30, 2011 16:11:39 GMT -5
Geez, Who's house is it sitting in? I can hear the guests now..."Oh sorry I tripped over the Viceroy in the dark last night going from the living room to the dining room. ;D -Rick |
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Post by Calvin on Nov 30, 2011 17:00:30 GMT -5
Geez, Who's house is it sitting in? I can hear the guests now..."Oh sorry I tripped over the Viceroy in the dark last night going from the living room to the dining room. ;D -Rick Isn't that wonderful! After I get my abundance of wealth, i'm going to buy my own Mill and Lathe along with a few other Machining tools, and I'm going to build full scale 1:1 Models (mainly curbsides just becuase I'm not that good  ). The only reason why I build small stuff right now is well the price is 1/25. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2011 17:29:00 GMT -5
a guy from lafayette indiana contacted me about 5=6 years ago about making him an original model of the car. he was the current owner of the vpj. i ALMOST went up there to measure etc but.....i keep trying to inspire lance to do it. so far, no luck...
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Post by pje on Nov 30, 2011 18:25:24 GMT -5
Interesting. I confess that I was not familiar with this car. Looks to me like a Eagle conversion project for Stu!
Paul
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Post by Calvin on Nov 30, 2011 19:30:48 GMT -5
It would actually be a very easy shape to pull off in the scratch building world.
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Post by racerbrown on Nov 30, 2011 19:33:50 GMT -5
yea calvin, easy for you!
duane
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Post by harveythedog2 on Dec 1, 2011 9:06:07 GMT -5
I have thought about doing this one in 1/18th but if so it would be way down the list. Here is a pic of the car at Trenton from the AR1 site. Stu [img src="http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu127/sbenford/mario4-74trenton1.jpg" ![]() img] |
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Post by SWT500 on Dec 1, 2011 10:41:25 GMT -5
Am I correct that this car never raced at Indy?
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Post by professor on Dec 1, 2011 10:48:20 GMT -5
Steve, correct, never raced at Indy. I was there at this Trenton race when it was on the pole. As you can see,very cold weekend, rainy too.
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Post by professor on Dec 1, 2011 10:49:49 GMT -5
That's Steve Krisoloff and Grant King fabricator Gorden Barrett looking at the car in Lance's photo
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Post by SWT500 on Dec 1, 2011 11:15:46 GMT -5
What were the issues that the team abandoned it?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2011 12:26:21 GMT -5
the car DID run laps at indy in may of 74...perhaps russ can answer why the car was abandoned as he is friends w parnelli.
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Post by mjjracer on Dec 2, 2011 16:57:28 GMT -5
That little kick up in front of the left rear is very similar to what much later cars were using. Interesting. Also interesting it's only on the left. In the race pics it looks like they cut down a piece for the kick up: now it only says "stone" without the "Fire".  Very cool. I never even knew it existed. MJ |
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Post by harveythedog2 on Jan 2, 2012 12:07:38 GMT -5
Found this picture today. Stu [img src="http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu127/sbenford/i361575.jpg" ![]() img] |
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Post by harveythedog2 on Nov 24, 2015 9:14:57 GMT -5
I found this photo today and was shocked to learn that this photo was taken during the Rex Mays 150 at Milwaukee on June 9th after Indy! I had thought that Parnelli had scraped this car before Indy. Love the huge oil cooler! I may have to make this car in 1/18th.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 11:35:32 GMT -5
As Gordon once told me, a chassie is nothing more than a platform for a radiator!
This was a rare sighting at Indy in 1974. I only saw it once and it was sitting inside Gasoline Ally. I never saw it on the track, so if they did run it, it was before school let out!
Were in the world are the radiators? I know they are in the sides, but thy are not being fed air very well. Im sure this engine ran hot.
Neat photo (s)
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Post by INDY22IAM on Nov 24, 2015 12:23:23 GMT -5
I live in Lafayette, IN. If you still need measurements and pictures I would love to go over and take a look at this. Were in the He ll does he live. I think something like this would get around town. I have lived here my whole life and never heard of such a thing. PM if I can be of any help. I would love to meet the guy. Far as things go I may know of him but just did not know he has an Indy car.
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