Dana Chevrolet

[Jon Mello]

Here's a shot of Dale Armstrong with the '68 Dana Camaro drag race car. It looks like the photo was taken in the esses at Riverside Raceway.

[Jon Mello]

February 21, 1968 issue of National Speed Sport News reports that Peyton Cramer has sold his half of
Dana Chevrolet and gone back to work for Shelby. I believe this left Paul Dombrowski with complete
ownership. (Jon Mello Collection)

[Jon Mello]

Here's a September '68 CARS magazine article on Dale Armstrong's '68 Dana drag car. (Jon Mello Collection)

[Pickle]

This is why I love this site...Great stuff!

[Jon Mello]

Thanks! I thought I might get some flak for an article on a big block drag car.

[Jon Mello]

Not a Dana car but neat photo nonetheless. Dick Guldstrand piloting a Nascar Chevy at Riverside.

[oldtransamdriver]

Dale Armstrong was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1995.

Robet Barg

[Jon Mello]

Here's a road test of a 1967 Dana 427 Camaro as found in "Camaro", a one-off special edition magazine
done by Cycle World, owned by Joe Parkhurst Publishing Company. (Jon Mello Collection)

[cook_dw]

Here's a September '68 CARS magazine article on Dale Armstrong's '68 Dana drag car. (Jon Mello Collection)

Is this car still around?

[Jon Mello]

If it is, I don't know about it.

[ko-lek-tor]

Wow! Jon Mello posting big block tech?...I love it! Thanks, Jon...and anything from BITD is OK with me. Maybe I'll try those pipe cleaners in the P. rods?!

[69Z28-RS]

Up to five pipe cleaners in a pushrod?   ... *S*   I don't recall hearing that one before...   It was interesting reading about the engine mods.. and use of the CrankShaft Co.  I had a '67 302 build by Hank the Crank and the CSC..  using the DynaRev crankshaft (probably similarly prepped to the 'Thermo-Rev BB crank mentioned in the article,  and also the 'step lock' top rings.. in fact, I  have a brand new set of those 'Step Lock' rings in the Crankshaft Co box (never used since I got them in '71)...   for a 30 over 302 (4.030 block)...   Is anyone interested in them?   They are great for an all out high rpm race engine...

[vtfb68]

Jon,
Thank you for posting this, I am currently at work and blocked, but will be all over it when I get home.
    VT

[BULLITT65]

I noticed the half size battery in the engine compartment, was it allowed/when did guys start relocating the battery to the trunk for weight transfer?

Also the impala NASCAR pic was intriguing, i was surprised that a Chevelle body wouldn't have been preferred, a little lighter, and more race oriented I thought back then?

[Jon Mello]

You're welcome, VT. I hope you enjoy it.

That pipe cleaner idea is a strange one. Has to be hard enough putting one in there, let alone five!

It indicates sometimes Dale runs with a full trunk including a spare tire, jack and a battery so it must have been legal. As such, I wonder why it wasn't in the back under all circumstances.