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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #30 on: October 02, 2013, 01:11:57 PM »
Jeff can you send me the latest pictures you have and a paragraph of info regarding what you know of the history,(location of the car past owner,s)
I will pass it along to my senior friends and see what we can find.
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I like the past paint job.

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #31 on: October 03, 2013, 08:34:38 AM »
The art work sure is a unique. 

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #32 on: October 03, 2013, 10:13:30 AM »
Death Dealer is an iconic 1973 fantasy painting by Frank Frazetta. It depicts a menacing armor-clad warrior with a horned helmet, whose facial features are obscured by shadow, atop a horse, holding a bloody axe and shield. Wikipedia

The car went by the name death dealer before the guy I bought it from.  I'm trying to find out who owned it in the 70's. then they can tell me who they got it from. 

Is a slow proses, and I want to thank the guys on this site for helping to find its history.
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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #33 on: October 03, 2013, 05:56:17 PM »
Supercat did you get pics??

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #34 on: October 03, 2013, 09:32:52 PM »
Any I'd on the chassis builder?

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #35 on: October 03, 2013, 09:59:38 PM »
Jeff yes I did. I am working on getting all the photos together and I should be able to relay 1 email with all the pictures and info to a good group of Historians tomorrow or Saturday AM.
I am just about done with our Fed. We should be able to fire on Saturday and possibly go to Las Vegas on Sunday.
We'll have the car in Bowling Green in 11 days, can't wait.......

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #36 on: October 04, 2013, 04:45:14 AM »
John good luck with that fine looking dragster this weekend.  And thanks for your help.

Any I'd on the chassis builder?

i haven't found any tags on the chassis I'm stripping the paint off it now hopping to find any stamping on it. Someone spent some time painting the frame, gold base coat with candy red for final coat.

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #37 on: October 09, 2013, 11:23:50 AM »
Trying to find names on body work by wet sanding. Found the name of the car..


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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #38 on: October 09, 2013, 11:26:11 AM »
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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #39 on: October 09, 2013, 01:17:45 PM »
no Death Dealer here      http://wdifl.com/carnames.html

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #40 on: October 09, 2013, 01:46:40 PM »
I think it was a local bracket type dragster name.  I wish I could find a persons name.  The name Mack is painted on the inside of a side panel.

I hope a local photographer named Bill Truby has a pic of it. He has a lot of old photos from keystone dragway and another old drag strip in bridgeville pa.

 

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #41 on: October 11, 2013, 08:43:28 AM »
Is there any other paint under the "Death Dealer" stuff? 

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #42 on: October 11, 2013, 11:12:35 AM »
That's my next step.  From the look of the paint it has a candy red with I imagine is a really nice gold base. I can't figure out the color that the  name and the horse are painted on.

The gold base would have looked good all by its self.

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #43 on: October 11, 2013, 09:48:24 PM »
Woody or SPE car?

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Re: Pics of FED I'm picking up Sunday
« Reply #44 on: October 11, 2013, 10:21:43 PM »
That's what I'm trying to find out.