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Post by lance on Jan 12, 2015 1:22:24 GMT -5
Thought these would make some cool Eagle builds. first the 66-67 Eagle variants- Bobby Unser, 1970  Donnie Allison, 1970  1968 Variant, Lee Roy Yarbough, 1969  Sam Sessions drove this 1970 Eagle.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 5:07:06 GMT -5
The First and Last one for Me!
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Post by trevor83 on Jan 12, 2015 15:00:19 GMT -5
Great moments in racing car design history.
"This looks like a good place for a radiator" lol
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Post by Chris on Jan 12, 2015 18:07:09 GMT -5
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Post by Patrick on Jan 12, 2015 19:46:07 GMT -5
I like the Bardhal #78 car my self! Who drove it?
Patrick
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Post by indycals on Jan 12, 2015 20:30:40 GMT -5
Looks like Jerry Grant in that car
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Post by Patrick on Jan 13, 2015 3:51:15 GMT -5
I think you're correct Michael and with Bardhal sponsorship that makes perfect sense!
Patrick
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Post by illeagle10 on Jan 13, 2015 11:31:02 GMT -5
  A few more to think about!! Chris  Would love to see decals for these two cars someday! Gerry Grant and the Bardahl Spl. and Roger McCluskey and the G.C. Murphy Special! Jim |
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Post by Chris on Jan 13, 2015 11:41:32 GMT -5
The nose on the #8 McClusky car reminds me of the nose Dan gave us from a 1968 Eagle Indy test car, it was completely sandblasted just like this, apparently they didnt do much to prep the track for testing back then. Dan had told me there was a lot of sand and dirt on the track and they always had to repaint the nose after testing. During this conversation he was waxing a Eagle in the AAR compound and I asked "Why Bother" he told me "On the straights at Indy a well waxed car was good for a few extra MPH!" My sister has that nose in the rafters of her garage and so far I have yet to convince her to give it up!!! Chris
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Post by Chris on Jan 13, 2015 11:46:29 GMT -5
 1969 Bobby Unser Bardahl Eagle.. nice comparison to the white and black 68 version.. Chris |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 13, 2015 12:39:28 GMT -5
Anyone have an engine shot of Grant's Eagle??
Patrick
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Post by illeagle10 on Jan 13, 2015 13:58:40 GMT -5
1969 Bobby Unser Bardahl Eagle.. nice comparison to the white and black 68 version.. Chris Would love decals for this one too! Jim |
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Post by illeagle10 on Jan 13, 2015 14:06:02 GMT -5
A few more to think about!! Chris Here's the pristine G.C. Murphy Special!  Jim |
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Post by oldphotos on Jan 13, 2015 15:13:35 GMT -5
The Bobby Unser Bardahal Eagle was not used at Indy in 1969 he ran the 4wd Lola, the eagle was used on some of the 1 mile ovals and road courses
The Eagle with the Turbo Offy was used at Phoenix, Hanford, Won Langhorne, Trenton, Milwaukee 200,and Dover
On the road courses they use a stock block Chevy except for Kent5 and Riverside they used a 4cam ford non turbo.
The 1968 G.C. Murphy arrived at Indy with a 4 cam Ford but the team changed to a Turbo Offy during the month of May.
This car has just went thru a complete restoration.
The #59 Hoffman Eagle driven By Larry "Boom Boom" Cannon was Bobby Unser's 1970 car.
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Post by Chris on Jan 16, 2015 11:09:52 GMT -5
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Post by lance on Jan 16, 2015 14:32:25 GMT -5
A friend informed me last night that the Sam Sessions car pictured above WAS AN EAGLE, NOT A COPY!
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Post by illeagle10 on Jan 16, 2015 16:27:42 GMT -5
Yup! Just some more of the stuff I've missed out on over the years! Jim |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2015 11:56:02 GMT -5
Weird! Seconds ago I gave up looking for my MPC Olsonite Eagle. Should I keep looking? Is it worthy?
Motorbill
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Post by Chris on Jan 27, 2015 0:26:32 GMT -5
Here is one I would like to see Indycals make decals for, Swede Savage's 1968/69 Eagle F5000 Plymouth Weslake Powered, yup Weslake heads on this Plymouth... I dont know about you but one of my all time favorite 1968 Eagles!!!  |
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Post by smbrm on Jan 27, 2015 2:21:02 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Jan 27, 2015 10:32:04 GMT -5
 A destroked 340 some call it a 327 but I believe indy limits them to 305 so ?? maintained by Keith Black Yup a Plymouth Weslake!! Chris  note the upper pic has a cam drive distributor and a complete different set up... Chris |
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Post by smbrm on Jan 27, 2015 13:48:00 GMT -5
Thanks for your response Chris. I am familiar with the Weslake Plymouth. The sales description in the attachment I provided describes that the engine has w2 heads which are not to my knowledge Weslake heads. The intake trumpets are not spaced wide enough apart to be the Weslake Plymouth? The cam covers are also not the same and at a different angle? The provided vehicle history does not mention the Weslake engine? So my question was more about references that support the fact that the Weslake engine was used in this car? I am more than willing to concede if it was, but I have never found information that would suggest that it was?
There was also a Black prepared Plymouth, also used in Indy practice in the Super wedge in 1969 wihich had more conventional heads. I would suggest that based on the information mentioned above that the engine in "this" car is more likely based on the conventional yet tweaked L388 engine, assuming that the original engine is still in the car pictured. It does say something about the car being returned without its Chrysler engine after the Questor GP? So, it may even have been restored with neither of the Black period engines which is why it doesn't appear to have the distinctive Weslake characteristics.
However if there is other information, I am keen to learn.
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