I had an interview with Vince @ Paxton when they were still in SaMo, not long before they moved up north. Quite a contrast between him and Andy.
I take it you are talking about brother Vince and not Andy's son Vince. I met Vince briefly at the same time, but he had zero impact on me then. He simply wasn't the Indy/STP Granatelli, even though I think he was running the Paxton shop in SM at the time. In comparison to what I was seeing that day, Vince was waaaay down the list. :happy:
The main thing I remember was seeing the bare chassis for the turbine car sitting on a granite jig table, with a mock up "jet engine" in it, and knowing the guy that was building it lived a block down the street. If the name Jim Lytle doesn't ring any bells, he was the guy that stuck Allisons virtually anything, and drove most of them, including a chopped 34 Ford that is now in the Garlits Museum. A stop off at Jim's shop was a daily thing just see we could "help" out.
But seeing that "jet engine" Indy car was over the top compared to anything he ever did in his garage. It left a big impression a young kid.
Seeing aircraft V12s stuffed in 34 Fords and White dump trucks was one thing, but a JET engine in an Indy was something else.
One of the things that Jim was least known for, but is one of the reasons the car is in Garlits museum is that the 34 Sedan was the very first car to have a one piece lift off fiberglass body at least 5-6 years before Ford did it on the 67 Comets. Ford got the idea from Tom McEwen who was very good friend of Jim's
That's Bills dad ( my uncle) in the sun glasses lifting the right rear of the body. And CJ "Pappy" Hart of Lions on the hood of the Caddy push car.
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EDIT!! I just realized that Hot Rod is dated May 1967. That means I saw the chassis sometime is 66. Damn, I was younger than I thought.
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