| Photo ID # | 03.26.03_001_CAR_ALL_0065_1 |
| Car #: | #1 |
| Driver (s) : | Rags Carter |
| Location: | Allentown, PA |
| Date: | 1965 |
| Photographer: | John Fahey |
| Photo provided by: | John Fahey |
| Comments: | Rags Carter was a big winner in the 60's and 70's and this picture taken in 1965 at the Allentown, PA Fairgrounds was provided from Vault contributor John Fahey. I understand that Rag's grandson Tim Carter has been turning a lot of heads as he follows the family tradition.... |
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| Date: | Visitor's Name: | Comment: |
| 03/27/03 | Todd L | Yes and Tim even has a pictorial tribute to his Grandfather Rags on the rear of his racecar (I believe that Tim was in AARN with the tribute) |
| 10/09/03 | FCobrajet428 | Was this a Ford powered car? Can't see the engine.. Maybe a 427 like the 76? |
| 10/09/03 | 3-Wide | All I see is F-O-R-D |
| 11/25/05 | Barry Pursell | Yes indeed it was a big block ford. The car was out of the Harold Cope stables in Easton PA. He was my idol when I was a kid. |
| 08/24/06 | PM | Yes, it was an Interceptor style engine. 427 Today they call them "FE"s, but haven't a clue why! |
| 11/15/07 | fltlnjok | That may be Ford powered, but that is NOT a Ford body. |
| 10.27.13 | PRR | Ford corporation introduced several
brand-related engine series in the 1950s. MEL is Mercury/Edsel/Lincoln,
4.9" bore spacing 383, 410, 430, 462 MEL. FE is Ford/Edsel, 4.63" bore
spacing. 332, 352, 360, 390, 406, 410, 427, 428 FE FT is the same FE design aimed at Ford Truck 330, 361, 391 FT |
| 03.11.15 | Scott Hartman | MOTORS 352CI IN 1958 THRU 1972 1NCLUDE 390,406,410,427 & 428 WERE NICK NAMED "FE" WHICH IS THE LETTERS ON THE PERIOD CHART FOR IRON. THEY WERE IRON UNBREAKABLE CAST IRON MOTORS |