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**regan wilson** · 02-09-2010, 10:14 AM

Well after getting spanked for going too fast they still let me run low elevens and I raced a little here and there . I went back to just street driving it until later that year when I sold my motor to a buddy and bought a 502 unassembled . Thats when I decided to try and make it legal for the racetrack . My buddy Spenser that bought the motor came over one day and after I took a few pics we pulled the motor and he took it with him . This was a begining of a hibernation for the truck that would last seven years . Here is a pic from that sad day ..........

**regan wilson** · 02-09-2010, 10:20 AM

Well after I pulled the motor I completly dissasembled the front boot and hung it all on the walls in that little garage apartment . Another friend came over with an air chisel and we cut the firewall out . Well thats all that happened for a long time I had gotten married again . (that one didnt last either) I also had moved but I went by to check on the truck here and there . When you dont have the money its hard to get motivated . The story will pick back up in 1997 . As soon as I have time to scan more pics I will post some more .

djracer · 02-09-2010, 12:27 PM

Hibernation Sux. Mine has been down almost two years and it killing me. For once in my life I have a job with good hours and retirement but the pocket book is suffering bad.

1FAST68 · 02-09-2010, 12:33 PM

I might have some pics of your truck back in the day at hallsville. I even have a video somewhere of me and you running. I was in my S10, but I think the pics are when I had my 70 camaro.

DragHammer · 02-09-2010, 02:28 PM

7 YEARS!!!!!

oldblue1968chevy · 02-11-2010, 06:33 PM

now what?..cool truck

Jim_PA · 02-12-2010, 12:47 AM

custom72c20 · 02-12-2010, 03:37 AM

this is such an awesome thread!!!!

**regan wilson** · 02-13-2010, 09:59 AM

Well anyone that knows me also knows everthing I do tends to snowball . I decided that a 502 would not be enough . So I got rid of all the 502 rotating assembly and bought a 4.25 stroke Lunati crank used from a friend . I also sent the heads(Chevy Bowtie Pro Stock) and a Dart Intake to Kenneth Abbot for a workover . When I got them back in 95 they were really state of the art for the time . They were angle milled 125 welded up in a buch of places and filled with epoxy . When I said they were state of the art they were . You couldnt just go buy a set of heads that would flow 413 @ 800 lift . Anyway that stuff just sat in my closet for a few more years . I still didnt have the means to do much else , but when it eventually came together it ended up being a 950 hp 15 to 1 565 !

**regan wilson** · 02-13-2010, 10:11 AM

Not much else happened till 97 when I took the truck to my old friend Tony Smith . Tony is a meticulous fabricator who is also a skilled machinist (which makes him a little slow but the work turns out nice ). We got the ladder bars , tubs , motor plates , wheelie bars ,and the cage done . then it was back to my shop for awhile . Here is a pic from Tonys in 97 that is Kenneth Herring (from Pinks & Pass Time) standing behind the truck . (I believe he was asking why are you doing this)

**regan wilson** · 02-13-2010, 10:25 AM

Back at my shop I built my 5 lug front end and added rack & pinion steering . I was talking to a friend of mine Jeremy Cooper about fixing the bad spots in the paint since the rest of it still looked good even though it was painted in 84 . He volunteered to paint for free if I just bought the materials . The truck had been painted four times so we decided to soda blast it and get it down to bare metal . So I loaded it up and took it to a guy named Lawrence Harper and stripped it down .

aggie91 · 03-11-2010, 11:08 PM

Look at the picture in post #52. That is Kenny in the white shirt behind the truck.

butternut1972 · 03-11-2010, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by aggie91

Look at the picture in post #52. That is Kenny in the white shirt behind the truck.

Thanks. I missed that.

djracer · 02-13-2010, 11:53 AM

I can't wait for the day mine has paint.

nomrlz · 02-13-2010, 12:34 PM

love the wheels up launch pic

**regan wilson** · 02-14-2010, 10:04 AM

Well in 99 Donnel Gaines at G&G machine in Stephenville Tx put the 565 together for me and like I said before it dynoed at 950 hp . My longtime friend David Hale and I built my th400 and I finally got the truck together . By that time all the tracks were closed except for an old outlaw track down by Waco Tx . I had valvetrain issues and kept breaking lashcaps . That combined with a less than marginal racetrack all the old truck could muster was a dissapointing 10 flat . Here is one pic I found from that day......

**regan wilson** · 02-14-2010, 10:20 AM

After that with no more racing till next year I had plenty of time to sort out the problems . I fixed a few bent valves and got the rest of the valve train sorted out . I started the 2000 season at Hallsville and the truck did alot better then . It ran 9.60 @ 138 with a best 60 ft of 1.31 (it still hasnt had a better 60 ft than that ) . I raced all year and at the last race before the bracket finals the 565 gave up . It was late at night on a poorly lit track and it windmilled two rods going through the traps . I still had no hood so when it grenaded the front of the block and virtually cut the oilpan in half the windshield was completely cover in oil , sparks were flying becuase the alternator was destroyed in the process . Hallsville had a short downhill shutdown and I couldnt see a thing (I thought it was going to be real bad) but I got it stopped and off the track . It took all winter to clean up the mess. There was not an inch of the truck that wasnt coated in oil . Here is a pic of the block and the pan .....

kennyd · 02-17-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by regan wilson

After that with no more racing till next year I had plenty of time to sort out the problems . I fixed a few bent valves and got the rest of the valve train sorted out . I started the 2000 season at Hallsville and the truck did alot better then . It ran 9.60 @ 138 with a best 60 ft of 1.31 (it still hasnt had a better 60 ft than that ) . I raced all year and at the last race before the bracket finals the 565 gave up . It was late at night on a poorly lit track and it windmilled two rods going through the traps . I still had no hood so when it grenaded the front of the block and virtually cut the oilpan in half the windshield was completely cover in oil , sparks were flying becuase the alternator was destroyed in the process . Hallsville had a short downhill shutdown and I couldnt see a thing (I thought it was going to be real bad) but I got it stopped and off the track . It took all winter to clean up the mess. There was not an inch of the truck that wasnt coated in oil . Here is a pic of the block and the pan .....

this is about the time the phrase "it could have been worse" started getting used around the shop

Chlsnk · 02-14-2010, 12:11 PM

Dang its always hard to hear about having a engine grenade. Can't wait to see what happens next.

william-theglassman · 02-14-2010, 07:08 PM

i am realy liking this thread . thanks regan. you were always the badest around to me.cant wait to see it in action in person again.

tomtuna1978 · 02-14-2010, 07:13 PM

OUCH !!!!!!!

jgh64pkup · 02-18-2010, 08:24 PM

wow this is an awesome story and not too far from me

hotrod 80 · 02-18-2010, 10:41 PM

Following right along with you guys . Cool story , i am enjoying it .

drag_72 · 02-19-2010, 12:27 AM

ur truck looks similair to mine except the year and cage lol and obviously the heart lol

butternut1972 · 02-19-2010, 01:18 AM

Cool story! keep em coming. I would have loved to see the face of the driver of the mustangs after they get their -$$ handed to them by a chevy truck.

02-09-2010, 10:14 AM	#1
regan wilson Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tyler texas Posts: 1,532	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Well after getting spanked for going too fast they still let me run low elevens and I raced a little here and there . I went back to just street driving it until later that year when I sold my motor to a buddy and bought a 502 unassembled . Thats when I decided to try and make it legal for the racetrack . My buddy Spenser that bought the motor came over one day and after I took a few pics we pulled the motor and he took it with him . This was a begining of a hibernation for the truck that would last seven years . Here is a pic from that sad day .......... __________________ NHRA Super Street 469C It only runs 10.90 at 156 mph

02-09-2010, 10:20 AM	#2
regan wilson Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tyler texas Posts: 1,532	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Well after I pulled the motor I completly dissasembled the front boot and hung it all on the walls in that little garage apartment . Another friend came over with an air chisel and we cut the firewall out . Well thats all that happened for a long time I had gotten married again . (that one didnt last either) I also had moved but I went by to check on the truck here and there . When you dont have the money its hard to get motivated . The story will pick back up in 1997 . As soon as I have time to scan more pics I will post some more . __________________ NHRA Super Street 469C It only runs 10.90 at 156 mph

02-09-2010, 12:27 PM	#3
djracer Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Wetumpka, Al, U.S. Posts: 8,891	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Hibernation Sux. Mine has been down almost two years and it killing me. For once in my life I have a job with good hours and retirement but the pocket book is suffering bad. __________________ Kevin Special Thanks to All who have helped on the TRUCK! My Pass Time Show http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Chapter1-0.mp4 So Far my best Times are: Motor only: 6.44 1/8 @ 104.13 10.39 1/4 @ 125.83 Nitrous Times: 5.785 1/8 @ 118.65 with a 1.336 60ft 9.168 1/4 @ 142.58 with a 250 shot dead out of the hole!

02-09-2010, 12:33 PM	#4
1FAST68 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: east, tx Posts: 149	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime I might have some pics of your truck back in the day at hallsville. I even have a video somewhere of me and you running. I was in my S10, but I think the pics are when I had my 70 camaro. __________________ 68 chevy truck ls3, 418ci, pump gas 10.81@121.8 all motor. 1.47 60ft 70 suburban 350 tbi swap, 700r4, work in progress

02-11-2010, 06:33 PM	#6
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02-09-2010, 02:28 PM	#5
DragHammer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: austin tx Posts: 14	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime 7 YEARS!!!!!

02-12-2010, 12:47 AM	#7
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02-12-2010, 03:37 AM	#8
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02-13-2010, 09:59 AM	#9
regan wilson Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tyler texas Posts: 1,532	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Well anyone that knows me also knows everthing I do tends to snowball . I decided that a 502 would not be enough . So I got rid of all the 502 rotating assembly and bought a 4.25 stroke Lunati crank used from a friend . I also sent the heads(Chevy Bowtie Pro Stock) and a Dart Intake to Kenneth Abbot for a workover . When I got them back in 95 they were really state of the art for the time . They were angle milled 125 welded up in a buch of places and filled with epoxy . When I said they were state of the art they were . You couldnt just go buy a set of heads that would flow 413 @ 800 lift . Anyway that stuff just sat in my closet for a few more years . I still didnt have the means to do much else , but when it eventually came together it ended up being a 950 hp 15 to 1 565 ! __________________ NHRA Super Street 469C It only runs 10.90 at 156 mph

02-13-2010, 10:11 AM	#10
regan wilson Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tyler texas Posts: 1,532	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Not much else happened till 97 when I took the truck to my old friend Tony Smith . Tony is a meticulous fabricator who is also a skilled machinist (which makes him a little slow but the work turns out nice ). We got the ladder bars , tubs , motor plates , wheelie bars ,and the cage done . then it was back to my shop for awhile . Here is a pic from Tonys in 97 that is Kenneth Herring (from Pinks & Pass Time) standing behind the truck . (I believe he was asking why are you doing this) __________________ NHRA Super Street 469C It only runs 10.90 at 156 mph

02-13-2010, 10:25 AM	#11
regan wilson Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tyler texas Posts: 1,532	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Back at my shop I built my 5 lug front end and added rack & pinion steering . I was talking to a friend of mine Jeremy Cooper about fixing the bad spots in the paint since the rest of it still looked good even though it was painted in 84 . He volunteered to paint for free if I just bought the materials . The truck had been painted four times so we decided to soda blast it and get it down to bare metal . So I loaded it up and took it to a guy named Lawrence Harper and stripped it down . __________________ NHRA Super Street 469C It only runs 10.90 at 156 mph

03-11-2010, 11:08 PM	#12
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02-13-2010, 11:53 AM	#14
djracer Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Wetumpka, Al, U.S. Posts: 8,891	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime I can't wait for the day mine has paint. __________________ Kevin Special Thanks to All who have helped on the TRUCK! My Pass Time Show http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Chapter1-0.mp4 So Far my best Times are: Motor only: 6.44 1/8 @ 104.13 10.39 1/4 @ 125.83 Nitrous Times: 5.785 1/8 @ 118.65 with a 1.336 60ft 9.168 1/4 @ 142.58 with a 250 shot dead out of the hole!

02-13-2010, 12:34 PM	#15
nomrlz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wataga,IL Posts: 666	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime love the wheels up launch pic

02-14-2010, 10:04 AM	#16
regan wilson Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tyler texas Posts: 1,532	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Well in 99 Donnel Gaines at G&G machine in Stephenville Tx put the 565 together for me and like I said before it dynoed at 950 hp . My longtime friend David Hale and I built my th400 and I finally got the truck together . By that time all the tracks were closed except for an old outlaw track down by Waco Tx . I had valvetrain issues and kept breaking lashcaps . That combined with a less than marginal racetrack all the old truck could muster was a dissapointing 10 flat . Here is one pic I found from that day...... __________________ NHRA Super Street 469C It only runs 10.90 at 156 mph



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02-14-2010, 10:20 AM	#17
regan wilson Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tyler texas Posts: 1,532	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime After that with no more racing till next year I had plenty of time to sort out the problems . I fixed a few bent valves and got the rest of the valve train sorted out . I started the 2000 season at Hallsville and the truck did alot better then . It ran 9.60 @ 138 with a best 60 ft of 1.31 (it still hasnt had a better 60 ft than that ) . I raced all year and at the last race before the bracket finals the 565 gave up . It was late at night on a poorly lit track and it windmilled two rods going through the traps . I still had no hood so when it grenaded the front of the block and virtually cut the oilpan in half the windshield was completely cover in oil , sparks were flying becuase the alternator was destroyed in the process . Hallsville had a short downhill shutdown and I couldnt see a thing (I thought it was going to be real bad) but I got it stopped and off the track . It took all winter to clean up the mess. There was not an inch of the truck that wasnt coated in oil . Here is a pic of the block and the pan ..... __________________ NHRA Super Street 469C It only runs 10.90 at 156 mph

02-14-2010, 12:11 PM	#19
Chlsnk Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas city Posts: 756	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Dang its always hard to hear about having a engine grenade. Can't wait to see what happens next. __________________ *My 84 short bed build up*** http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...68#post3481968

02-14-2010, 07:08 PM	#20
william-theglassman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: lake charles louisiana Posts: 94	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime i am realy liking this thread . thanks regan. you were always the badest around to me.cant wait to see it in action in person again.

02-14-2010, 07:13 PM	#21
tomtuna1978 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bend,Oregon Posts: 225	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime OUCH !!!!!!!

02-18-2010, 08:24 PM	#22
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02-18-2010, 10:41 PM	#23
hotrod 80 mini truck racer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Baytown , texas Posts: 3,010	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Following right along with you guys . Cool story , i am enjoying it . __________________ 1949 5-window 1969 Camaro 1976 Chevy Luv yellow 1978 Chevy Luv Blue 1976 Chevy Luv Black 1979 Firebird Flooded in Harvey 1999 F350 Dually 2005 GMC Sierra 4.8 RCSB 2014 Explorer (wifes) My build :http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399148 Build #2: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653583

02-19-2010, 12:27 AM	#24
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02-19-2010, 01:18 AM	#25
butternut1972 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: longview,wa Posts: 1,094	Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime Cool story! keep em coming. I would have loved to see the face of the driver of the mustangs after they get their -$$ handed to them by a chevy truck.

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