72 Fighting Irish Car

[Tim Jones]

Here's mine, The 72 satilite Fighting Irish Car ,, well aleast the body is the original, the chassis is from the same time, I got it because It was one of the cars I watched run when I was a kid, I'll more than likey do it as just a display car, unless I hit that darn lottery, even trying to get the right motor parts is a pricey undertakeing,,,,, Still cool to have, but until then I'll keep working on the Comp Coupe,,  Tim Jones

[GlennLever]

I like GREEN!

[Tim Jones]

Thanks Glenn, I figured you'd like the green,, It kinda grows on ya,, Tim Jones

[Mr Froggy]

Ive seen that body before..............Wait, ive seen that garage before

Gitter Done Tim!!

[Tim Jones]

No Problem  All it takes is time and money, Well I got lots of time aleast, Got to finish the comp coupe first,   stop by again,  Tim Jones

[Flyingdutchmanfc]

Now being a display car will this be a running car or an engine that looks like it will run ? I know a guy that's got a couple Hemi blocks, aftermarket blocks used in a funny car in the 70's that have sleeves. But I am just not sure how good the condition is on the blocks.

[Tim Jones]

Right at the moment I'm just storing it til the comp coupe is done, I would rather have a running engine in it, but money will decide that, Most Alum blocks can be repaired, the KB in the pic above has had alot of windows fixed in it, an early KB  block would be nice to have , My KB is a stage 6 and it has billet heads, the heads I need for the car are an old set of water heads but there pretty pricey , even the junk ones! But talk to your buddy and see what he has,  Thanks Tim Jones

[Tim Jones]

 Nothing really new, still collecting parts here and there for the funny car, Moved both race cars to another barn , We can put the funny car, the comp coupe and the hauler altogether in this one ,plus more secure,  a thief has to get through a pack of large sled dogs to get to the race cars,  The single dog is my head of securty "Lakota", plus some of the other dogs,,     Tim Jones

[denverflatheader]

Tim - nice job tidying up, looking organized and ready to do some business out there.  And I agree, running engine always a step up, static display or not : )  Alan

[Nightmare AA/FA]

Is this the same body you have?

http://www.ww2racing.com/smith-sattelite.html

[Tim Jones]

that's the one, the guy I got it from got it from dale after he made the mold for Jim's Car,,   Still has some of the green on it,  Tim Jones

[Tim Jones]

Tim - nice job tidying up, looking organized and ready to do some business out there.  And I agree, running engine always a step up, static display or not : )  Alan

Putting the race cars down there gave me more room to do side work to pay for this addiction,,  Tim Jones

[coupemerc]

Tim, I remember seeing the Fighting Irish funny cars in the Car Craft and Hot Rod magazines from the early seventies. I think the Satellite body was one of the best looking. You have a really cool car there.

[Nightmare AA/FA]

That's a cool project right there.  Lots of history, not only as the Fighting Irish but also the Holy Smokes funny car. 

West Coast hitter Jim Murphy.

[Tim Jones]

Tim, I remember seeing the Fighting Irish funny cars in the Car Craft and Hot Rod magazines from the early seventies. I think the Satellite body was one of the best looking. You have a really cool car there.

Thanks , I still find articals and pics on the net, always looking, Tim Jones