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Offline racer4755

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older fed chassis
« on: May 13, 2015, 07:15:11 PM »
Hello all, I've recently acquired a chassis I've been after for 15 years, from my research its a late 60s to early 70s car. But that's why I'm on here, I don't know for sure how old it is or who built it. Was told by previous owner it came from bobby Langley, and he thought it was scorpion VI. I don't think that's the case from the pics I've seen of scorpion VI. Was also told by another racer that knew the car that he thought it was a Langley built bracket chassis, this I might believe. But I want to find out, so I'm here to ask for guidance, who can I ask?
Btw I'm new to this site and to feds, so please forgive me for being green...

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/1w002hoblj34rra/AAA3ywLD152UVGhoEbakNIKYa
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Offline hotrod316

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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2015, 04:22:36 AM »
sweat have fun
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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2015, 04:50:47 AM »
Your best bet is to contact Don Ross as he has a lot of knowledge regarding Bobby Langley's cars. He is in Garland, TX and his phone is: 214 327 7312.   Web is: http://www.donrossfab.com 

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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2015, 10:20:21 AM »
Thanks Roo, I'll let you know what comes of it.
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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2015, 07:02:21 PM »
Send me the pictures we talked about today and I will take a look at them. As far as I know Bobby never built a tube chassis car. Scorpion 1 thru 4 were aluminum channel , he did build an aluminum channel car for a mail man but it was never finished. The Scorpion V was built by Conny Swingel at Garlit's shop as a Garlits chassis. Scorpion VI was built by Henry(Moose) Schroder of T Bar chassis.
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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2015, 02:34:23 PM »
I emailed them earlier today, going to put the Dropbox link here for anyone else that would like to see.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/k1kghab3qx5q2bl/AAAdRrtFwKrylIM9-ZhoSKiza

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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2015, 03:42:46 PM »
This is the VI car of Bobby Langley.
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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2015, 05:32:18 PM »
A lot of the pre-made tabs and such are from SPE,
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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2015, 11:16:23 AM »
After talking to Don Ross and sending pictures, it does appear to be scorpion vi.. It's kind of a bitter sweet deal since it won't ever make another lap down the 1/4 mile... Thanks for your help Don and Roo.
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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2015, 02:13:13 PM »
Are you going to restore the car??
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Re: older fed chassis
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2015, 06:58:51 PM »
I don't own it, I've talked to the owner and if he doesn't  decide to restore it I'm sure it will end up in the right hands.
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