The folks who restored the Frantic Ford Funny Car have been hard at work again. Al Liebmann, along with Pirrone & Ellershaw racing, will be campaigning a new 1970 bodied Super Camaro Funny Car as a trubute to the original car owned and piloted by the late Perry Wyatt. The Super Camaro is a companion to the Frantic Ford in the new Classical Nitro AA/FC group.
The original Super Camaro came from a collaboration between Ray Gallagher and Perry Wyatt in 1968. Tom Smith of Wolverine Chassis constructed the Super Camaro Funny Car. Perry Wyatt built the all-steel 427 Chevrolet Engine and the Hemi-Torqueflight Automatic Transmission, as well as the nine-inch Ford rear end.
There were some construction delays that prevented the Camaro from hitting the track until the Spring of 1970, when it was racing mainly at Detroit Dragway.
Visually, the Super Camaro has gotten quite the facelift compared to the older look. It has been painted and has gotten an all new, redesigned chassis and body. The paint resembles the previous job, but with a much more vibrant and shiny color scheme. So far, it has run a couple of races and been displayed in a few shows , and there is a lengthy schedule planned for the Camaro ahead.
The two funny cars campaign at shows across the country together, showcasing long smokey burnouts, dry hops, and header flames to give race fans a taste of the golden era of drag racing. The difference between the two is that the Super Camaro is a tribute to the original, and the Frantic Ford is not. The Super Camaro features a state of the art new nostalgia funny car chassis along with a period looking fiberglass body with all the latest safety equipment, so they are legal to run at all NHRA & IHRA tracks.
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