[boothboy]

Originally Posted by 496CHEVY3100

Only white car that comes to mind ,Team owner ,driver ,mechanic shine runner ,Inovater of many speed parts ,May have Bent the rules once or twice,LOL but i think he is still alive.

I didn't say his car was white. It wasn't. His engine manual wasn't your normal manual either. I think his brother is still alive.

BB

[Joe G]

Originally Posted by boothboy

Here's a good one. We're talking about a dead guy.

What very famous car, race, speed, mechanic, designer, innovator person was buried in his fire suit complete with wrenches in both hands, his engine manual beside him and a jar of earth at his feet?

BB

Vic Edelbrock Sr. ??

[boothboy]

Start thinking about that manual.
Wasn't Vic.

BB

[496CHEVY3100]

what about Simpson ,as in fire suits ,drag chutes seat belts , dont know his fitst name.

[boothboy]

Originally Posted by 496CHEVY3100

what about Simpson ,as in fire suits ,drag chutes seat belts , dont know his fitst name.

Nope. NaCL

BB

Simpson's first name was Bill

[dinger]

Originally Posted by boothboy

Here's a good one. We're talking about a dead guy.

What very famous car, race, speed, mechanic, designer, innovator person was buried in his fire suit complete with wrenches in both hands, his engine manual beside him and a jar of earth at his feet?

BB

I couldn't remember all of the story, I knew I had read of this so I googled it. I am not going to give away the answer but it may help to know it was a jar of salty earth. This guy was a hero to me when I was a kid. Wide World of Sports.

[boothboy]

Did you know he put the first drag shoot on a car?

BB

[carolinacustoms]

Originally Posted by boothboy

Did you know he put the first drag shoot on a car?

BB

Purely a guess but maybe Mickey Thompson? I remeber he was murdered in 1988? at around 60ish? Don't know about the funeral details though just guessing from the time period.

Kelly

[boothboy]

Originally Posted by carolinacustoms

Purely a guess but maybe Mickey Thompson? I remeber he was murdered in 1988? at around 60ish? Don't know about the funeral details though just guessing from the time period.

Kelly

Good guess but no.
Last hint. That manual he was buried in Ohio with was for a J-79.

BB

[MARTINSR]

The very first name that comes to mind would be Art Arfons, and the Green Monster.

Brian

[boothboy]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

The very first name that comes to mind would be Art Arfons, and the Green Monster.

Brian

Bingo! Art passed in 1977 at the age of 81. He was buried in a green coffin in his white Firestone fire suite with wrenches in his hands. Along side of him was his engine manual for a J-79 jet engine and at his feet was a jar of salt from the Bonniville Salt Flats. Very heady times in the sixty's battling it out with not only Breedlove but his brother Walt , Donald Campbell, Doc Ostich and others. A new land speed record every week, sometimes days!

Art Arfons and His Green Monster - YouTube

Art Arfons and His Green Monster - YouTube

The Land Speed Record in the Sixties - YouTube

The Land Speed Record in the Sixties - YouTube

BB

[MARTINSR]

What a bad ars that guy was huh? Wow


Here you go, what make model and year?

Brian

[496CHEVY3100]

its a chevy corvair 60-64 van

[496CHEVY3100]

mine is not as clean as yours .

[MARTINSR]

LOLOL, what are the odds?

It's your floor.

Brian