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Jim Ratto
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« on: May 27, 2009, 19:48:23 pm »

here is a pic of an old friend's white '65 sedan, taken in about 1996 or so. I met Bryan @ BH and at junior college. When we met he was driving a clean, all orig white '66 that was later rolled in a nasty accident near Las Positas College, Livermore.
He replaced the car with the car pictured below. The picture was taken @ Sacramento just before he went 14.71 on Dunlop radials. Engine was 88 x 69, Web Cam 110, 8.4:1, stock heads (semi hemi) and 40IDFs. Bryan later brought the car to Classic in 1998 then running a 88 x 74 with Web 86B, 40 x 35 Heads Up Perf heads and 48IDAS (thanks to Bates). Always one of my favorite cars in our club.
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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2009, 20:21:53 pm »

He still drives the car today. Same 1904cc engine just with 44 IDFs instead of IDAs but he says it has over 100,000 miles on it.
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John Bates
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« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2009, 20:31:06 pm »

I was checking out the cool hacksaw convertible in front of it  Cool
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« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2009, 20:45:40 pm »

I was checking out the cool hacksaw convertible in front of it  Cool
That has been a Sacramento icon for years. It runs an auto trans and is very consistent low 12s.
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John Bates
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« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2009, 20:51:30 pm »

That's a cool shot.  Lose the Jetta in the right corner and it could be any time from the mid-70s on.  The '65 looks very cool, also.
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« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2009, 21:06:21 pm »

Cool picture. That is a good looking car. I actually raced against that red car this past weekend and lost in the second round of eliminations. It was dialed in at 14.4 and a woman was driving; shes good too.
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« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2009, 21:14:42 pm »

Once Bryan put the 74mm crank in his car it became sickly fast. I rememer taking his 1800cc on a jetting pass out at the Lab and it was unreal how hard it pulled, yet how smooth it drove too.
One day in 2001 I was driving my race gas prima donna 2332 and Bryan was in his car, w/ 1904, and I couldn't shake him.
He built good stuff and drove the piss out of it. Never forget the tranny weekend @ Sac with him and McNulty.
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« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2009, 21:28:21 pm »

few more pics from that era. I think I have posted them before here. Sorry if this is a repost


1. same car white '65 street racing Larry McKenzie's red '67... both 1900cc IDF motors, Bryan won

2. my '67 parked just before taking off for Sac bug a rama 1995

3. Kelly Park 1995


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« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2009, 22:36:27 pm »

A few more from the same era. I think I stole all these from Derek too.  Grin
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« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2009, 00:45:35 am »

Good stuff.
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