Re: M & M Speed & Custom checking in

[paul-ceasrine]

Rich,
I knew I was close. It was nearly 30 years ago, when I talked to Tony. Do I get a A-.
I get some credit for literary license. I met Tony in 79′ or 80′ at his shop. Must have been after you left. As for Broadway Auto Parts, in Newburgh. Tony may have been doing some performance work their, or something to that affect. Now I know Broadway Auto Parts had a Crankshaft Grinder their, and Tony may have been interested in it, because Broadway wanted to sell it and buy a new one.
I was right about your location in Dutchess?. I don’t think I ever was at the Kingston shop,
but I did spend some time at Albany Avenue Auto Parts and the big diesel shop right off the thruway.
As for the Dart, I guess it was 70′ when you got it, not 69′. I remember Charlie Castaldo’s Dart
running at Dover in the fall of 69′, or maybe 70′ with a For Sale on the passenger side rear window $5500, I think. Then his Dart disappeared from Dover, and Tony was then campaigning one. We all thought Tony bought Charlie’s Dart, because Charlie was campaigning a 70 SS/DA Hemi Challenger at the same time Tony was running the Dart.
We never saw Charlie’s Dart and Tony’s Dart at Dover, at the same time.
Was right about the National Dragster info, and Ohio related area, or along the Ohio River.
After the Super Stock class, the Dart was in Pro/Stock for a period, and then into A/MP.
I remember with the weight/hp breaks in Pro/Stock, nobody was going to catch that
Camaro “MIMI”. And of course, T & K with that medium-blue El Camino in A/MP was no fun either.
What happened to that car? Did tony sell it or strip it.

Paul