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santapod 89

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 15 8:59 pm
by steveo
I remember going to this event , time flies :(



















:shock: :atthemovies:


side note three minutes 55 seconds into part 5 , there is a challenger convertible with a cage , think this is the one that was painted black a few years before , & only ever saw it one time , in black , we had a bit of a conflab on here , about this challenger sometime ago from memory :?

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 15 10:33 pm
by shovelheadrob
Cool, 2.30 in the 3rd clip is the other Demon I used to race, 11 second daily driver.
Was that really over 25 years ago? Thanks for the links.

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 15 5:16 pm
by steveo
shovelheadrob wrote:Cool, 2.30 in the 3rd clip is the other Demon I used to race, 11 second daily driver.
Was that really over 25 years ago? Thanks for the links.
:thumbright: I remember seeing your demon , every time I went to santapod 88 , liked the look of it with gold paint & a black vinyl top , then one sunday I turned up , the passenger door , quarter sill had been wiped out . :banghead:

:salute:

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 15 6:41 pm
by shovelheadrob
The gold car was a different car, I already had the blue car but as it was an original 340 car I didn't really want to mess it about to put a RB motor in, but then the accident happened & the gold car went to be repaired & ended up getting back halved. In the meantime I put the running gear into the blue car.

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 15 7:02 pm
by steveo
oh right , thanks for the info !! I had always thought that was the gold one , rebuilt

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 15 7:07 pm
by shovelheadrob
The gold one I ended up selling unfinished to Terry who put it on the road, then bought it back again a few years ago.

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 15 2:12 am
by RobTwin
Thanks for the links Steveo!

Yes I remember it well too. We used to go to half a dozen or so meeting a year back then and this was always a fave and I remember '89 being a high point for the Doorslammers.

Also remember your Demon, Rob. You get a namecheck in part 11, towards the end 8-)


And while we're in a nostalgic mood.... check this one at the beginning. Black Mass Marina (Mopar powered of course :) ) ends up in the wrong lane during his burn out. Typical :lol:


Posted: Tue Dec 29, 15 6:44 pm
by RW71
Here is some in car footage of that Marina from '86 (looks to be running against Bob Browns Daytona!). The 383 sounds fantastic. :thumbright:

Oh, and thanks for the links Steveo, enjoyed them, sorry for the hijack! :oops:
:thumbright:

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 15 9:13 pm
by Super Sloth
Some fantastic footage there, gents.
Does "black mass" still exist? Not sure if I should admit this publically but I've got a bit of a soft spot for Marina coupes... :lol: :roll:

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 15 10:26 pm
by steveo
RobTwin wrote:Thanks for the links Steveo!

Yes I remember it well too. We used to go to half a dozen or so meeting a year back then and this was always a fave and I remember '89 being a high point for the Doorslammers.

Also remember your Demon, Rob. You get a namecheck in part 11, towards the end 8-)


And while we're in a nostalgic mood.... check this one at the beginning. Black Mass Marina (Mopar powered of course :) ) ends up in the wrong lane during his burn out. Typical :lol:


went to all those events too in 88 , & a series called wynns custom car pro street challenge , I think , or something like that ,

yea that was a quick car black mass , entertaining launches & burn outs ! I thought it had a 440 in it too at some point , although my memory is not what it was :oops: :?

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 15 10:29 pm
by steveo
RW71 wrote:Here is some in car footage of that Marina from '86 (looks to be running against Bob Browns Daytona!). The 383 sounds fantastic. :thumbright:

Oh, and thanks for the links Steveo, enjoyed them, sorry for the hijack! :oops:
:thumbright:
:thumbright: no worries matey , with the Hijack , :thumbright: its all good stuff , feel free to post anything you think that we would like to see !! :thumbright: :occasion5: :atthemovies: :salute:

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 3:24 am
by RobTwin
steveo wrote:
RobTwin wrote:Thanks for the links Steveo!

Yes I remember it well too. We used to go to half a dozen or so meeting a year back then and this was always a fave and I remember '89 being a high point for the Doorslammers.

Also remember your Demon, Rob. You get a namecheck in part 11, towards the end 8-)


And while we're in a nostalgic mood.... check this one at the beginning. Black Mass Marina (Mopar powered of course :) ) ends up in the wrong lane during his burn out. Typical :lol:


went to all those events too in 88 , & a series called wynns custom car pro street challenge , I think , or something like that ,

yea that was a quick car black mass , entertaining launches & burn outs ! I thought it had a 440 in it too at some point , although my memory is not what it was :oops: :?
I would imagine it was a 440 cos I think they took the running gear (but with a shorter prop!) out of the big C-body they used to race before the Marina.... :-k