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1320 Notes – May 1976 Super Stock and Drag Illustrated

 

A rat motored Maverick? Hmmm…. See what the rules drove people to? This is rumored to have been a 427.

Agent 1320 spotted Gapp & Roush in a motel parking lot the day after Pomona and snapped this flick of the Ford boys putting an honest-to-goodness big block Chevy between the rails of their 4-door Maverick.

After track tests were delayed first by a water leak, then bent pushrods, and finally five straight days of rain (ending LA’s longest dry spell in 20 years), G & R decided to call it quits and returned home to ready their new Pinto for Florida. Gapp said they’d renew their rat motor wringout after the IHRA race in Miami.

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How to Build a 351c Pro Stock Pinto

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Can’t remember where I found this but…this is from a manual/book called ‘How to Build a 351c Pro Stock Pinto”.

There are two Gapp & Roush Pintos here.

On the left hand side second from the top is the original Glidden Pinto that he purchased from Gapp & Roush. Still in the original paint except for the removal of the name.

At the bottom on the left-hand side is the new Gapp and Roush pinto, the ’73 model. Unpainted on the West Coast at the Winternationals.

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Jim Halloran and The PBR Boss 429 Maverick

Now… this site is called ‘Gapp Online’. Why in the world would I put someone else’s car here?

Because I can.

Let’s start off with the fact that it’s a Boss 429 powered Maverick.

What’s it say on that fender….?

Oh yeah. “BOSS 429 by Gapp & Roush”. Good enough for me…

but wait..there’s more!

The car is the 2nd (Red) Gapp and Roush Maverick. It was sold to Jim Halloran and repainted in the PBR livery.

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1974 Denver NHRA WCS – The “all-conquering” Wayne Gapp

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Favorite image caption so far….

National Dragster, September 27, 1974

DENVER WCS, Denver, Colorado

…Moving on to Pro Stock, the first round opened with low qualifier Wayne Gapp taking a 9.7, 138.67 bye run with his Ford Mustang II, and Tom Haller’s Vega stopped Dick Schadle’s Chevy. Kelly Chadwick the pulled a hole-shot on Les Swearingin, and he needed every bit of it as he could muster only a troubled 10.88 to nip Swearingin’s losing 10.85. Lynne Harrison ended the round with a 10.05, 135.73 mph solo when his competition didn’t show.

Gapp opened round two with Low E.T. and Top Speed of the Meet as he drilled Haller’s Vega, 9.65, 139.31 to a respectable 9.87, 138.88. Harrison then wasted a find 9.98, 138.08 on Chadwick’s 10.83, 125.11, setting the stage for the final.

On that money run, Gapp went all the way with a 9.66, 134.18 as Chadwick recorded his best time of the day in the loss, a 9.92, 134.12.

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DENVER WCS, Denver, Colorado – The all-conquering Wayne Gapp streaked to yet another Pro Stock title as he defeated Kelly Chadwick’s Vega in the final with a 9.66, 134.18 to Chadwick’s losing 9.91, 134.12. The win put Gapp in an excellent position to win the overall Pro Points Standings championship.