Raffos 1st Racer

[Blanco]

Raffo sent me this Picture & asked me to post it for him..

This must before it became a racer?
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/568394/fullsize/toy%20lc[2].jpg

Tell us the story about this rig Chris? http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/16.gif

[retroblazer]

I just finished a race. That's the reason we're giving the thumbs up. It was my second race and we finished 4th out of a field of 27. Yeah, I would have hated to roll that thing. The roll bars were only mounted on the body, not the frame.I only did three races in it before I got a buggy. I was 17 in this picture. The funny thing was I didn't even have the money to buy those tires and wheels. Two of the guys that are on the truck are brothers that happened to have a Land Cruiser themselves. When they saw me running stock tires, they offered to lend me theirs. So we took out a hacksaw before the race and cut out the fenders. The engine was still the stock six with a few Man-A-Fre goodies, Rochester 2 barrel, Delco distributor, and a header. The suspension mods were limited to a set of Monroe Load Levelers. The shocks, for those of you who weren't born yet, had a helper spring.

[Blanco]

What year was that?
& where & whos race was it?

[fj40]

Great, A land Cruiser!!

[retroblazer]

The year was 1975 The race was called the Run-A-Way in Oshkosh, WI the Cruiser was 71'.