I sold my Chevelle to Playland track champion Dave Kaut
on 2-5-05. A verified Playland veteran. I bought it from Jim Foote.
It was his Roy Foote's (his Dad's) car. Last raced 28 plus years
ago at Playland and Sunset. Jim dragged it from it's
resting place on Lime Kiln Road, north of Council Bluffs, Ia. It has no
motor or trans but most of the car is there. It has a Franklin 3/4 ton
truck rear and 1960 Chevy 3/4 ton front spindles on a 55 Chevy frame.
It has tubular upper "A" arms and double shocks with rear leaf
springs. Jim made all the
wheels for this car. The Footes bought it from Mike Tyson. Mike
raced it as a 55 Chevy at Playland. It has a long way to go! It is one of
the very few survivors. In fact, so far it's the first bronco/hobby
stock survivor I have physically seen. Dave plans to rebuild the
chevelle for Vintage open racing. Good luck with the car Dave!!
Click here to
see the rebuild of the Chevelle!
 The
Eddie Morris chevy #78 has been found!! It doesn't look as good as
it did here, but you can still see some of the purple paint!! Kim
Elder and I visited the #78 and it's new owner who dragged it from it's
resting spot. You'll find the pics on Ed Morris' drivers page.
There are two Playland coupes
in the picture below. The #47 car was built and raced by Don Ronk
at Playland. The #95 car was raced by Ernie Bonney Sr. at Playland and
Sunset. Jeremy Franks now owns the 47 car. All of these cars are
still racing. 
The
#81 car was raced by Rich Ferguson at Playland in the sixties and is
still raced today with GOTRA. Rich recently replaced the aging
powerplant with a fresh chevy v8. 
Jeremy
Franks' 11m car (soon to be #66) was raced by Don Ronk (as #34) at Playland in the
1967 season and is
still raced today with GOTRA.. Don sold it to Rex Baller. It was
subsequently owned by John
Ferguson, Jerry Bonney and Rocky Fagen. It has come full circle to
this website 35+ years later. 
Ed Morris's Chevelle. Raced at Harlan, and Playland.....
Tim Cooney owns it? Will
it be restored Tim?
Is this Glenn Robey's first Playland
car?
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