Tragic debut

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

a rare pic of talamadge princes daytona at his 1st and last race in nascar(ex-hilton car), looks like he was keepin up with glotzbach(glotzbach won the race),he died a few laps after the 1st pic was taken, as from mcg he was killed instantly by the hit to his door so i believe he was dead when this 2nd pic was taken(can see its talamadge prince car as he ran 78 while hylton prior 2 selling it ran 48)
apparently this car still exists, personally i couldnt own a car someone died in-MATT

[tan top]

i have read about that  fatal accident  a few times over the years ( tragic)  but never saw any pitcures of his daytona .  thats intresting the daytona still exists ,  any one know were its at   

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

apparently carolina bought by an annonymous person

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

yea kinda strange knowing the person is dead in the 2nd pic

[Ghoste]

It is strange (to understate).  I have heard something about the car still existing as well.
Would you want to own it?  I'm not sure I would.

[69_500]

I would definatley want to own it. Its a Daytona,

[hemigeno]

Here's the pic of Tab Prince that I bought from the NASCAR Archives several years ago:

[Ghoste]

I think the idea that somebody was killed tragically in the car would creep me out.  Does anyone know if it's being restored or left in it's as last raced condition?

[nascarxx29]

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

id think id get it for being a daytona but restore it and sell it , im with ghost it would just creep me out that princes last moments on the earth were in this car-MATT

[FastbackJon]

Makes me wonder what happened to the car that Earndhart Sr. was i n when hedied...

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

That is horrible .

69.242.44.136

[Shakey]

That is horrible .

69.242.44.136

What does this mean Chris?

[Troy]

That is horrible .

69.242.44.136

What does this mean Chris?

That's an IP address (the id of a computer on the internet). It means someone is posting under two user names to mask their identity. Of course, anyone with the right permissions can spot it easily.

Troy

[Shakey]

That's what I thought!

So....who is it?

[LilRedDave]

Makes me wonder what happened to the car that Earndhart Sr. was in when he died...

I believe it is sealed up in a NASCAR facility probably never to see the light of day again.

[Ghoste]

That's what I thought!

So....who is it?

And why?

[Blown70]

Why on the hood of the 99 car does it read 429?  Someone screw up the 6?

[Ghoste]

Overbore?

[Blown70]

Overbore?

Ok sure.  Just never saw it before.   

[Shakey]

That's what I thought!

So....who is it?

And why?

Curiosity

[BigBlockSam]

 

[hemigeno]

The ACCUS/FIA engine displacement limitation that NASCAR went by back then was 7 liters (or is that litres??).  Roughly 429cid.

Ray Nichels (car owner of the #99) I guess didn't like the insinuation that the Ford guys had any kind of an advantage over the Chrysler Hemi, so he changed his car's hood ID to 429cid.  It wasn't much of an overbore to take a 426 displacement engine out to 429 anyway, so it was a common practice with some teams even if it didn't show up on the hood.

NASCAR did routinely check the CID of the engines back then too, so they weren't normally able to get away with an illegal engine.

[Ghoste]

That's what I thought!

So....who is it?

And why?

Curiosity

No, I meant why would someone want to go to the bother of doing that?

[Charger_Fan]

I wouldn't mind owning that car. It's not the car's fault that it wasn't able to keep it's occupant alive.
Cool pics.

That's what I thought!

So....who is it?

And why?

Curiosity

No, I meant why would someone want to go to the bother of doing that?

Well, it's not me, so everyone can relax now.