Some Dick Landy stuff....

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I read an interview wihere Landy said that this young kid Steve walked into his shop and asked him to take his 71 Challenger and make it exactly like his Pro Stock Challenger. Landy said he was supposed to build the whole car,but the kid ran out of money and the kid took the uncompleted car back to Detroit. I believe from there Mike Fons took over the build. I don't think Landy would lie about that. The stance and setup looks pretty similar.

 

[Jeff Peterson]

From "Yellow Bullet"

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#130 · Sep 7, 2017
"Just to set a few things straight, Steve Lisk worked for Fons when that car was built, Mikes brother Kenny did most of the fabrication.A lot of the parts came from Mikes pile of used pro stock pieces.Lisk did race Joe on 696 on a Saturday night, I was there, Lisk left with wheels in the air and again in second, the mustang wasn't much of a match for the mopar."



Another guy said he remembered the car being built by Fons, as he regularly stopped by the shop to make payments on a Hemi purchase.

 

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The story I heard was Steve tried to put the car together himself with friends after he got it back from Landy,and couldn't get the setup right,or get it to run right. Fons took the car tore it completely apart and started over and rebuilt it into it's nine second configuration. I'm only going by what Landy said in the interview. He said that he started the car,the kid ran out of money and took the car back home.

 

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Going heads up with Sox and Martin!

 

[Jeff Peterson]

 

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On the road in 65!

 

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The 70 Dart!

 

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68 LO Hemi Dart,note the 69 GTS stripe.

 

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Wrenching on the 68 Coronet R/T!

 

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The not often seen 67 Coronet R/T.

 

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The 68 Landy cars. Note the hoodscoop over the cowl vent,grabbing air at the base of the windshield like a Chevy cowl hood.

 

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68 Dart

 

[Richard Cranium]

From "Yellow Bullet"




Another guy said he remembered the car being built by Fons,

 

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The 68 Landy cars.

 

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68 Coronet R/T

 

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Challenger

 

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68 Coronet R/T in the staging lanes.

 

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Launching the Charger drawing.

 

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The 65 AFX car!

 

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On the starting line in the Challenger!