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Title: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: bugnut68 on January 20, 2011, 04:10:50 am
Whatever happened to the old DDA Pro Stocker that Dean Lowry drove in the early '90s, was crashed by Douchebag Don Cossey in '94 and then was rebuilt and later crashed again at Irwindale?  I've read the account of what happened and why it crashed, but was curious as to the status of the car now.  I was watching the video footage of the first Drag Day held at Irwindale back in 2001 or 2002, saw the crash and I was just wondering what was happening with the car after that unfortunate crash.


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: Fritter on January 20, 2011, 06:03:56 am
I saw that crash 8 or so years ago in person, pretty scarey, I remember the motor separating from the car and rolling down the track.  I thought that the owner (Mark Reilly?) was slowly rebuilding it....but I believe he passed away a few years back also. 


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: Neil Davies on January 20, 2011, 10:14:55 am
IIRC, it's now in Norway, with a Ghia shell slowly being added to it. I'll have a better look later.


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: Zach Gomulka on January 20, 2011, 16:45:04 pm
I saw it at Irwindale, too. Had to be 2002. Wicked wreck.


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: Jøran Larssen on January 20, 2011, 17:15:30 pm
Here it is  ;)


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: Fritter on January 20, 2011, 19:09:49 pm
Oh yes Neil....I remember the complaining from a few years ago about the Ghia body plans....


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: ugly duckling on January 22, 2011, 15:50:57 pm
would like to see it back the way it was. cossey made it look pretty but that was it. funcionabilty WAS LONG GONE.  :'( :'( >:(. UD.


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: Chris Andrews - The Mailman on February 18, 2011, 01:55:46 am
Oh yes Neil....I remember the complaining from a few years ago about the Ghia body plans....

Please Note:  Stop with any complaints about the addition of a Karmann Ghia body to Dean Lowry's Pro-Stock Super Beetle. Originally, it was Dean's intention to run a Ghia body in Pro-Stock, before the roof height rules came into affect (lame  ::)). Don't believe me? Look closely at the roll bar height and note that it fits a Karmann Ghia body perfectly. Need more verification? PM or E-Mail Marla Lowry.

Chris Andrews - The Mailman


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: alex d on April 05, 2017, 14:15:10 pm
Found these in an ancient post at STF, guess we're talking about the same car :)

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc281/perrib/Project30.jpg)

(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h226/Mag001776/scan0008.jpg)


Title: Re: DDS chop-top Pro Stocker... where is it now?
Post by: alex d on April 05, 2017, 14:16:41 pm
guess this topic could be merged to http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2851.0.html  :P