G Ellis pro mod Daytona

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Apr 17, 09 4:04 pm

last one's

Iv Posted another car on the forum

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Apr 17, 09 4:20 pm

Wow! That is the car that had the reputation of being the "one to beat" when I was a lad. It used to be in magazine ads etc.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Apr 17, 09 4:25 pm

Sorry the scan is crap.

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Fri Apr 17, 09 5:32 pm

Some good info and pics there thanks

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Fri Apr 17, 09 5:42 pm

Those wings were strong!

MrNorm · Post by **MrNorm** » Fri Apr 17, 09 9:01 pm

I think that is DartGirl on the Aussie Daytona....

Big Willy

IIRC he pretty much ran a dragstrip for the street kids in LA, wasn't it on an island or something...

MrNorm · Post by **MrNorm** » Fri Apr 17, 09 9:04 pm

Yes that was it - Brotherhood raceway on terminal island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMA76qbrrL8

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Apr 17, 09 9:06 pm

Mr Norm you beet me to it

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Thu Apr 23, 09 8:24 pm

Big Willie's car, is the one in the opening scene of Two Lane Blacktop

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Apr 23, 09 8:44 pm

Apparently the surviving big Willie Daytona was never one of his race cars, it was a tow car, sat in his backyard for years. He lost one in the acid dip tank and his wife's car got wrecked in a race. Don't know how many he had mind...

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Apr 23, 09 10:05 pm

Blue wrote:He lost one in the acid dip tank

Don't you hate it when that happens? I have lost so many Daytonas that way.

Always suspected an old mate of mine lost his first wife that way too.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Fri Apr 24, 09 8:42 am

I was going to try and find out more about it, but I just know what's going to happen if I type "Big Willie" into Google...

phil442 · Post by **phil442** » Fri Apr 24, 09 9:14 am

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Apr 24, 09 9:26 am

I've never been able to find much on the net about him, there were threads on Moparts and dodgecharger.com when that car came up on ebay about 2 years ago.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Fri Apr 24, 09 9:30 am

Hmmm...

Big Willie search results from Dodge Charger.com

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index ... on=search2