Back around 2004, I ran into an older gentleman at a local Starbucks. He had an old NHRA jacket on so I approached him, and we started talking about racing. As it turned out, he had a mid 70's Art Morrison fuel funny car with an 1975 Monza funny car body that he bought new. I followed him back to his shop to look at the car. Other than an engine, the funny car was complete and had never been finished or raced. I made him an offer, and I hauled it back to my shop. I built motor plates, installed my spare blown alcohol BBC and trans, and had it running the same day that I brought it home. I ended up selling the Monza body to Kenny Martin for the nostalgia fuel car that he was building and I installed a 23T altered body on my chassis. In order for the chassis to tech for advanced ET, I had to add one bar to each side of the chassis. If I remember correctly, the first time out, the car ran 7.62 but bent a few valves due to valve to guide issues. I installed a pair of Canfield heads and went 7.40's. After installing a 90" single wheelie bar and working on my high speed lean out, I got the car into the high 6's.
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