He had a German shepherd named Hahns when I worked for him. Lots if good stories I remember 😢. Like the geese chasing us back into the shop some mornings from his pond out back. Lol
@ScottSmith-dd6iy5 күн бұрын
This is a good video. I miss him for sure
@ScottSmith-dd6iy5 күн бұрын
Can you provide me with a Tee shirt. I would be very happy.
@ScottSmith-dd6iy5 күн бұрын
I worked for Dan. He borrowed my rear gears so he could set the record. I learned so much. 301 was our test bed.
@rscamarolover12 күн бұрын
Very cool wagon I love long roofs besides my 3 suburbans, chevy scooby van I also have 2 magnum wagons (plus my beloved Camaro)
@JohnW1711stock12 күн бұрын
Quite a few of these are still running in NHRA Stock and Super Stock. Darcy Clarke has one of each. Great guy. Cool video.
@craigbenz483515 күн бұрын
Loved it. I haven't been to that show in 30 years. The cars look even more special now.
@olikat815 күн бұрын
Been there a couple times, but never during a Mopar show, Gonzo Jones!
@carydack918Ай бұрын
1964....Jan and Dean........Little Old Lady From Pasadena.........and her shiny red super stock Dodge....good song...fast car...
@BobbyTuckerАй бұрын
I had the 413 in my Motorhome, I sold it to my brother in law because he wanted the engine to build for his Dodge Dart. I'm a new sub.
@gaffojonesАй бұрын
@@BobbyTucker Hi Bobby, thanks for the sub! A 413 would be a good handful in a Dart!
@maximuswedgie514921 күн бұрын
This is great to know, do you remember what motorhomes came with 413s? This way I can keep my eye out.
@gaffojones21 күн бұрын
@@maximuswedgie5149 I'm sure there are people that know more about this than me but in my experience the 413 industrial engines came in all years of motorhomes. Later there were 440s as well but I've seen 413s all the way through the 80s.
@kriseckhardt5148Ай бұрын
You did an interview with DAVE GONZALEZ in Wagons Of Steel magazine years ago. I wish i could get my hands on a copy. I have been the singer in the King Memphis rockabilly band for 35 years and have played with Daves band the Paladins. I wish that you could do a video interview with him! Your stuff is legendary! I had all issues of the magazine at one point!
@gaffojonesАй бұрын
@@kriseckhardt5148 I’m going to put out another WoS magazine one of these days…
@ChrisJohnston601CАй бұрын
No 7al2. Let’s put a grid in it!!!
@shitbox82Ай бұрын
Ah man I was hoping to see you guys in Vegas this weekend…
@FormerlywarmerАй бұрын
Any idea what Dans Sister did with his race cars?
@gaffojonesАй бұрын
@@Formerlywarmer I thought I saw that the aluminum Lawman sold, I don’t know about the ‘63 wagon, last I heard it was being restored with a steel nose, actually it was offered to me but it was more than I could handle at the time. I’ll ask around when I’m in Florida this weekend. There was also a ‘62 Plymouth wagon he was working on…
@FormerlywarmerАй бұрын
@ Hard to imagine the Lawman being anywhere but Dans shop. Thx for responding.
@moparedtnАй бұрын
Atta boy. Good to see you in good spirits and looking forward to next season. Best of Holidays, Merry Christmas and "see" you soon! - Ed on the Ridge
@bernierezny8156Ай бұрын
Boy, that the truth. If you got the cash, there's nothing but when your broke it's there. Keep the zvids coming 👍
@maximuswedgie5149Ай бұрын
My goodness that sounds soooo good. My subtitles said “music”, I couldn’t agree more.
@gaffojonesАй бұрын
@@maximuswedgie5149 you should hear it at 7000 rpm!
@THROTTLEPOWERАй бұрын
Great vid, love the wagon!! 👍👍
@alanmunroe8332Ай бұрын
"Icons of The Sport", yea! At '71 Springnationals, Dallas, Tx., a Pro Stock (G&R) ICON, farm team, beat themselves at TEARDOWN😮 Sandblasted Intake & Exhaust ports😮 All that for 1/2 fender "win"😮 His cylinder head was compared to others of Original Texture. NHRA DQd, "push it out in pieces"🤢 PS: Dave Bortmans "Behemoth" won Stock Eliminator
@THROTTLEPOWER2 ай бұрын
👍👍
@dogismyco-pirate2 ай бұрын
Goodonya!
@moparedtn2 ай бұрын
Chris, I think this is the last of the series of short videos? Anyways, congrats on getting the wagon back into competition! Sounds like you're back in business, which is fantastic. Thanks for posting this "Part 2" so we know how things worked out. Be safe, Ed on the Ridge
@gaffojones2 ай бұрын
@@moparedtn this one is divided into 4 parts…
@lucienpayne95522 ай бұрын
Could the distributor and ignition problems contributed to the demise of your previous engine?
@gaffojones2 ай бұрын
@@lucienpayne9552 that’s a good question
@dogismyco-pirate2 ай бұрын
Goodonya
@dogismyco-pirate2 ай бұрын
Good stuff! 50 deg. 10 to 15 to much. Greating from a neighbor. Carl says hi.
@therealpatriarchy2 ай бұрын
What was the fuel cost for the trip?
@gaffojones2 ай бұрын
@@therealpatriarchy less than $1000 for diesel, but not much.
@therealpatriarchy2 ай бұрын
@@gaffojones ❤
@Formerlywarmer2 ай бұрын
Been wondering where you were buddy.
@gaffojones2 ай бұрын
@@Formerlywarmer I’m back!
@moparedtn2 ай бұрын
*Chris!* Man, it is so good to see new stuff posted on YT from you. I'd love to hear "the rest of the story" about the wagons' restoration that you started in the other video, but regardless....welcome back! - Ed on the Ridge
@moparedtn2 ай бұрын
We're missing PART 2 on this one, Chris. 🙂
@gaffojones2 ай бұрын
@@moparedtn I’m out of town for the weekend but I’ll put more up when I get back
@benjaminmorgan62 ай бұрын
It is great to hear it back in action! Can't wait to see it back again at SIR!
@benjaminmorgan62 ай бұрын
The engine was hinting at: NITRO! Want NITRO!
@gaffojones2 ай бұрын
@@benjaminmorgan6 easy now, I want this one to live for a while!
@davemckee49072 ай бұрын
Glad to see you back again!!!
@rodder20462 ай бұрын
So good to see you back in action.
@gaffojones2 ай бұрын
@@rodder2046 thanks, it’s good to be back!
@Formerlywarmer2 ай бұрын
Man that’s some really great pics. I lived about 2 hours from Gainesville and I went to gator nationals from 78 to about 85. It was the race of the year for me and my buddies. I met Dan about 1980 and was friends until he left us. Wishing you all the luck in future endeavors buddy MOOAR2YA!
@PeteHahn943 ай бұрын
Thanks for making this video, I’ve watched stock and super stock for years but never understood how it works.
@MellissaBoomeroftheNight3 ай бұрын
Congrats! I got to see Shirley Muldowney drag race at Famoso. My dad raised us as a single father, and I really got into racing, fixing, and still love cars. I can't drive any longer, but I saw a McLaren Spyder at the market last year. I about died. Thanks for the vid. OH! When I was 17 and had emancipated, I called my dad for help with my accelerator cable. It was my '73 Impala. He said, "Go to the library and check out the Chilton's for it." lol. He passed in December.
@727100bear3 ай бұрын
electronic ignition was optional on 1972 models and became standard equipment on all Chrysler Corporation models in 1973
@johncaballero80134 ай бұрын
Nice! I noticed your vacuum advance is not hooked up. Why?
@gaffojones4 ай бұрын
@@johncaballero8013 this one runs better that way
@richardparis87385 ай бұрын
I got a 4:13 Maxi wedge Dodge polara 500 incredible engine
@BigfootsnMopars5 ай бұрын
Love your Wagon! Cool history behind the Max Wedges. Back in the early 80s there was a black ‘old Mopar’ that an old guy would bring out on to his driveway that had a wicked rumble. Back then I didn’t know what it was. Turned out to be a 63 Plymouth with the Max Wedge scoop. Don’t know if it was a real deal MW… but left an impression. Now I’m building a black 63 😅
@qwiked5 ай бұрын
Congrats on the Steve Wann bullet..great move!..Thanks for the Garlits Museum stuff.
@petekalogiros5 ай бұрын
Dan did not die from poisoning from the doctor he died because he struggled to get out of bed after coming home from the hospital and pulled his tube out of his bag I work for him at the end Julie his sister and I were there at the end and he wasn't the doctor wasn't at fault please don't say that especially if you weren't there at the end
@dennysanders27486 ай бұрын
To correct a couple of points, most 1963 426 Max Wedges were not Stage 2's. While it is true that they were not originally called Stage 1's, the term was used for them as soon as the Stage 2 package was out in the spring of 1963. Pretty much the same situation occurred when the 426 Hemis began showing up in the spring of 1964. It was at the point that the Max Wedges became known as 426 Wedges, which distinguished them from the new 426 Hemis. The Max Wedge term eventually became popular by the early eighties. One other point is that all of the 1963 high compression 426's (both early models that later became known as Stage 1's and Stage 2's) had 13.5:1 compression, and not 12.5:1 compression as stated in this video. The 1964 426 Max Wedge high compression engines all had 12.5:1 compression as stated in the video. Just correcting a couple of errors, and not trying to demean anyone. My dad raced a 413/410 Savoy in 1962 for Al Roberts Plymouth, then ran a 426/415 Savoy and a 426/425 Belvedere for Al Roberts Plymouth in 1963. Late in the 1963 model year my dad purchased a new red 426/425 '63 Savoy. He raced it with a pretty good amount of success until selling it in late 1969 to take care of my mom's long recovery from two near fatal strokes that she suffered earlier that year. The car was raced by a few years couple of guys who (like my dad) took good care of it. In the mid seventies it was purchased by the first in a series of collectors. I bought the car back almost exactly 48 years after my dad sold it. It's aluminum is laser straight, and its original 61 year old upholstery looks and feels about 2-3 years old. Once I was old enough to get a license my dad helped me start my own racing endeavors...first with an original max wedge '63 Savoy that had been modified to run in B/G (and was only able to run as a bracket car), then he helped me build a '64 Dodge Polara 500 that I've raced as a NHRA stocker (with a detour for the last dozen years running mostly NSS races) since 1976. I only mention this to show how I have come to know quite a few facts (but not claiming to know everything) about 426 Max Wedges. I hope my comments are taken the way I meant them, and not as criticism. My only goal here is to pass on correct information to those who are interested.
@gaffojones6 ай бұрын
Thanks, Denny.
@bobbybelcher68007 ай бұрын
thank you for reply ! love your car ! you're doing great ! Can you share cam specs. ? duration and lobe separation ? Is your short block stock ? I know you can't shave the heads, but did you deck block to .000 deck height ?
@gaffojones7 ай бұрын
Duration @ .050" intake .274 exhaust .270 .510 lift 109 separation are the measurements of the last cam that I was running. I destroyed that cam, along with most of the engine a year or so ago. It was for the low compression (11:1) 426 originally built by Dan Dvorak. I'm currently waiting for a high compression (12.5:1) bullet that will have a totally different cam designed by Steve Wann (who is building it for me). The short block is based on a 413 industrial block. Aside from that there is absolutely nothing Stock about it! I don't know about the heads except to say that if you deck them too much you'll start running into combustion chamber volume issues. Don Little did my heads for me.
@bobbybelcher68007 ай бұрын
how much gear do you run ? what size converter works with a stock engine ? your stock lift cam has 276 degrees @ .050 ? I would say you are over 500 hp ! roller rockers and solid lifters are allowed now . nothing stock about a stock eliminator ! it's very expensive !
@gaffojones7 ай бұрын
For gears we run 4.89s or 4.56s. We run a 9” converter.
@landonpoindexter1147 ай бұрын
We have two 440 engines built by him 🏁💪🏼
@markallen80399 ай бұрын
There's a lot of untruth's about your story, but it's your story so you cab spin it anyway you want. The guy you're accusing bankrolled the whole operation and then the accuser tried to pull a fast one, there's a lot of missing key details you're leaving out.
@benjaminmorgan69 ай бұрын
It will be great to see you out at the track again
@maximuswedgie514910 ай бұрын
Somehow I was unsubscribed, I just subbed again👍 glad to see you back
@Anarchy-Is-Liberty10 ай бұрын
Where do we get one of those Tee's? I love it, great design!! Never mind, I just read the info under the video... Duh... Gee Davey!! ha ha ha