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This is an early (64 is the latest car I noticed) '60's video of Union Grove Draw-Away. My old home track. I did not start going until '69. But the unique thing about this video is, it shows two shots of a '61 Pontiac Royalty/Blue?? Ventura/Catalina racing. This is quite possibly the car that I almost bought around 1970. The owner at that time needed to sell it because of college. I met the owner and we talked and settled on a price. I had the money in his hand and he needed to give me the title, then he backed out, gave me back the money, and took off. I was devistated. It was the blue with tri colored blue interior, 425 389 tri-power, 4 speed and 4:10 gears.
The reason I think that the car in the video (and it is a stretch) is that car because, the Katzman family living in my little town of Waterford WI had that '61 Ventura and used it to pull a '61 2 door sedan with (if my memory serves me correctly) a SD 421. They used to race the first '61 when it was new before racing the 2 door sedan. If the car in the video is not the same car then it is very close and it's probably highly unlikely that is the same car. But it sure would be fun to think it was. This is the video and the first time it shows is at 1:22 and again at 2:09.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=NlsT9Zc7ca0&feature=endscreen
I just thought it would be a great coincidence if it were really it.
A side note to almost buying the car.
Later in Dec. 1974 the union in the company I worked for went on strike. We were out until May of 1975. During that strike time I got a job at a local gas station. The mechanic there turned out to be Jack Stoner, the guy that almost sold me that '61 then backed out. I didn't realize it at first until I got talking to him. Then whe I finally realized it I asked him what he did with that car, because I never saw it again. He told me that he just could not sell that car because he liked it so much. So he took it with him to college. But the 4:10s used so much gas that he could no longer afford it so he did sell it. For less than I had handed him for it.
If you watch the video also watch for the EL BOL'Airo '62 bubble top Chevy. It's designated as a B/Gas class car.
Mark L
The reason I think that the car in the video (and it is a stretch) is that car because, the Katzman family living in my little town of Waterford WI had that '61 Ventura and used it to pull a '61 2 door sedan with (if my memory serves me correctly) a SD 421. They used to race the first '61 when it was new before racing the 2 door sedan. If the car in the video is not the same car then it is very close and it's probably highly unlikely that is the same car. But it sure would be fun to think it was. This is the video and the first time it shows is at 1:22 and again at 2:09.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=NlsT9Zc7ca0&feature=endscreen
I just thought it would be a great coincidence if it were really it.
A side note to almost buying the car.
Later in Dec. 1974 the union in the company I worked for went on strike. We were out until May of 1975. During that strike time I got a job at a local gas station. The mechanic there turned out to be Jack Stoner, the guy that almost sold me that '61 then backed out. I didn't realize it at first until I got talking to him. Then whe I finally realized it I asked him what he did with that car, because I never saw it again. He told me that he just could not sell that car because he liked it so much. So he took it with him to college. But the 4:10s used so much gas that he could no longer afford it so he did sell it. For less than I had handed him for it.
If you watch the video also watch for the EL BOL'Airo '62 bubble top Chevy. It's designated as a B/Gas class car.
Mark L
