Carspotting: From Real Cars To Funny Cars – And Back Again!
After FoMoCo returned its focus from fiberglass floppers (1966 SOHC Comets) to lower-class doorslammers that better represented showroom inventory, Hubert Platt (left) was among the few Funny Car pioneers still on the payroll. The Georgia Shaker’s 1968 deal provided a deluxe ramp truck for his four-speed, Cobra Jet-powered Torino — a class-legal Super Stocker remembered… The post Carspotting: From Real Cars To Funny Cars – And Back Again! appeared first on The Online Automotive Marketplace.
After FoMoCo returned its focus from fiberglass floppers (1966 SOHC Comets) to lower-class doorslammers that better represented showroom inventory, Hubert Platt (left) was among the few Funny Car pioneers still on the payroll. The Georgia Shaker’s 1968 deal provided a deluxe ramp truck for his four-speed, Cobra Jet-powered Torino — a class-legal Super Stocker remembered for being black on this side, white on the passenger side. The dude dressed like a car salesman is believed to be Chuck Foulger, whose SoCal dealership funneled cars, trucks, parts and cash from Dearborn to factory favorites.
Date: 1968
Photographer: Unknown
Location: Foulger Ford; Monrovia, California
Source: Wallace Family Archive
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