Below, top to bottom: Mr. Norm’s Grand
Spaulding dodge dealership in Chicago
sold a ton of muscle cars in its heyday,
and this rolling billboard for Mopar performance brought a lot of race fans in for
a hot new car or speed parts. n
Pennsylvania native Bud Faubel’s “The Honker”
did just that: these cars could run in the
10-second range, right off the trailer. n
taller stacks were usually installed on
cars running four-speed manual trannys,
but as the teams got the cars and fuel
mixes dialed in, different combinations
were used. These motors maxed out the
available space, and sounded amazing at
full scream.
replaced by Hilborn injectors
running 14-inch velocity
stacks, with a nitromethane/
alcohol blend becoming the
fuel of choice. The increased
performance meant that another
addition had to be bolted on—a
parachute, suddenly necessary
to get these drag strip bad boys
slowed down from trap speeds
that were approaching 140mph.
One driver, Gary Dyer, driving Mr.
Norm’s Grand-Spaulding Dodge
AWB car, maxed out the wow by
adding a GMC 6-71 blower to this
highly explosive fuel cocktail—
with phenomenal results.
These short stacks helped to pancake the competition. Hilborn-injected Hemis used
varying ram lengths to tune the torque the “elephant” motors made; Supercar/d CP has
the units atop the comprehensively wired and plumbed engines.
Bad SiSterS
This first installment of
Supercars’ Dodge AWBs are
sister releases to the highly
successful, all but sold-out
Plymouth Altered Wheelbase
models they developed in
conjunction with Fred Ertl III
and his company, Die Cast
Promotions. Scott Dahlberg,
Supercar Collectibles’ co-
owner and long-time collector
of 1:1 Hemis, was the altered
wheelbase project manager, and
brought his MOPAR experience
to bear, making these cars the
very best they could be.
There’s something for
everyone: for the West Coast
fans, there are two versions of
Landy’s Coronet, first in its initial
carbureted configuration, and
secondly with Hilborn injection
and a parachute, as it was
match raced. Midwest and East
Coast fans might favor the “Mr.
Norm’s Grand-Spaulding Dodge”
car, driven by Gary Dyer from
Chi-town, or Bud Faubel’s “The
Honker” out of Pennsylvania,
both with injectors.
