Not making any allusions or accusations, but please forgive for taking the opportunity to tell a tale about one of my early mechanical mentors, Randy Walls.
When I met him circa 1981 he owned a Texaco station in El Cajon. I knew just enough about taking things apart and putting them back together again, while pumping gas, that I lucked into working with him for a couple of years in an old school gas pumps and auto repairs environment.
He related a tale of wanting to build a funny car to further his drag racing endeavors, and when the early seventies Nova caught his eye he rented one for a couple of weeks, filled the gaps in the doors with modeling clay, and put a few coats of wax on it.
He and a friend then proceeded to build a fiberglass shell over the car, then remove the shell in as few pieces as possible. This was the origin of the Randy Walls Super Nova, first Chevy to do 200 and 210 mph in the quarter mile, which should give you some idea of the time frame. They're probably doing 300 mph now.
