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In September 2003, I took Dallas to the Monster Mopar Weekend. I owned the Texas Big Bird at the time -- and it was being run as Exhibition. I ran the Big Red Red back then -- but is was a much different car. On the way back from St. Louis -- Dallas asked me if we could build him a car to race. He was 15 and not doing well in school so I made him a deal that I'd do that but take it away if he didn't get his grades up.
A couple of days later I bought a 72 Demon that had been a race car all of its life -- and was being converted to drive on the street. It still had its 1972 Texas State Inspection sticker on the windshield. I made the deal and we brought it home.
Dallas sanded the floor and trunk pans to bare metal, holes were welded up, the car was set out for a Chrome Moly Cage, the 360 engine and transmission freshened up, and the cage/floor/trunk painted with POR15 Black.
Car is finished, cleaned, and raced for a year. FIrst event out was the Ford FE Nats -- which had all makes for NMC -- and he won NMC against all of the Cougars and Mustangs and the quickest RT .002. -- and the 2004 Texas Outsider's Championship.
Building the Demon
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