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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Pictures of Above Post
« on: May 26, 2016, 10:19:54 AM »
Thanks for all the positive comments.  Really pleased with how its turning out.  Can't wait to take it to Bowling Green.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Pictures of Above Post
« on: May 24, 2016, 09:48:19 AM »
Ricardo the chassis was built by Boogie Scott in 1972.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Introduction
« on: May 24, 2016, 09:46:41 AM »
Roo:  I will probably see Boogie tomorrow.  I will tell him you said Hi.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Pictures of Above Post
« on: May 23, 2016, 04:17:06 PM »
Here's the picture that I could not post earlier

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Introduction
« on: May 22, 2016, 07:38:22 PM »
Hi:  My name is Ken Thibodeaux and I live in Baton Rouge, La. I have been in and around drag racing since the early 60's when I was in high school and worked as the flagman at the old Biloxi Drag strip in Mississippi. Last year I purchased my current ride, a Boogie Scott FED rolling chassis. Had Boogie Scott build a new body and do some updates to the chassis. Plan to go back to my roots and do the nostalgia thing. Not much nostalgia racing here in south Louisiana but plan to foot brake race locally and do some racing with the Southwest Heritage Racing Assn. (NE3?) and the Southern Gassers/ Made a few T&T passes recently with it. Basic mild 355"sbc/pg with carb on gas.  Results  5'67 121mph and 9.17 145mph. Just took off the carb and installed a Hilborn stack injector an alky. Will T&T this coming weekend. Plan to run the HRR in Bowling Green next month. Hope to meet some of you.Thanks for the site. Great source of information.   Trying to post a picture but keep getting an error message. Will try to post picture as soon as I figure it out.


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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Intro
« on: January 06, 2016, 10:23:55 AM »
Hi Gang:  Just wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself.  My name is Ken Thibodeaux and I live in Baton Rouge. La.  I went to my  1st. Drag Race as a 9th. grader (1960).  In 1962 I started working as the Flagman at the Biloxi (Mississippi) Drag Strip.  Bought & raced my first car in 1975 (B/ED FED).  Continued to race a  varity of dragsters until my last car, a blown/injected  RED Top Dragster until I stopped racing in 2011.  In Dec. 2014 I "Got the Bug" to go back racing a FED and purchased a 185" Boogie Scott car.  Long story short, rather than putting an engine in it and going racing,  I decided to have Boogie build me a new, full body.  He said it should take 4-6 weeks.  A few updates to the chassis and 10 months later I picked the car up.  (Craftsmanship takes time, lol) and he is a Craftsman.  I have everything to put it back together once I get the chassis back from powdercoating.  Hoping early next week.  Will be running an injected SBC w/ powerglide.  (Wanted something unique,lol)  Will try to post pics of progress if I can figure out how.  Hope to be up and running in 3-6 weeks.   That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!!    Ken 

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: FED to Norway
« on: July 06, 2015, 11:35:23 AM »
My car has a similar pigtail design.  If there is a better way I would like to try it.  Not sure I understand.  Do you have a pic?  Thamks

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