Thread: Huston Platt's Dixie Twister found and restored

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Those two Falcons sure got a lot of us Ford guys (kids) motivated at the time!!!!! Never did run the injection on one, but I sure did have some might fine running FE's back in that time. I remember at about age 14 there was a get together for all us Blue Oval guys sponsored by our local Ford dealer and featured a couple cars and some of the people from the Ford Drag Club promotion that Ford did in the 60's. At this one they had on display a couple of their sponsored drag cars but front and center was a 427 Cammer with a set of Hillborn's, just like Platt and all the other 'big time' Ford guys ran! Then once a summer we'd get a pair of the match racers at Thunder Valley in Marion, SD.... It was always the A/FX cars and was either a Ford vs. Chevy, or Ford Vs. Dodge showdown. Then every year on the 4th of July weekend we get a couple of the Funny car match racers in, usually Tommy Hoover vs. whomever was travelling with him that year!!!! Drag racing was so much fun, so much cheaper in those days, heck, ya dang near have to treat it like a business now just to be able to run a bracket car......

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Those two Falcons sure got a lot of us Ford guys (kids) motivated at the time!!!!! Never did run the injection on one, but I sure did have some might fine running FE's back in that time. I remember at about age 14 there was a get together for all us Blue Oval guys sponsored by our local Ford dealer and featured a couple cars and some of the people from the Ford Drag Club promotion that Ford did in the 60's. At this one they had on display a couple of their sponsored drag cars but front and center was a 427 Cammer with a set of Hillborn's, just like Platt and all the other 'big time' Ford guys ran! Then once a summer we'd get a pair of the match racers at Thunder Valley in Marion, SD.... It was always the A/FX cars and was either a Ford vs. Chevy, or Ford Vs. Dodge showdown. Then every year on the 4th of July weekend we get a couple of the Funny car match racers in, usually Tommy Hoover vs. whomever was travelling with him that year!!!! Drag racing was so much fun, so much cheaper in those days, heck, ya dang near have to treat it like a business now just to be able to run a bracket car......

Yup, i remember those days. I can even recall what the trackside burgers tasted like.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I remember at about age 14 there was a get together for all us Blue Oval guys sponsored by our local Ford dealer and featured a couple cars and some of the people from the Ford Drag Club promotion that Ford did in the 60's.......

Same thing here! Usually the first day was at the local dealership where a couple of the "pro's" would be on hand, for us it was pretty much always the Tasca crew but I had ABSOLUTELY NO COMPLAINTS!!

I was always hopin' that Don Nicholson would be there but....

The second day was track day and I would just sit there with the widest grin that was stuck there all day!! Boy do I miss those days!