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Photo ID # I12.07.12_021_NEA_UNK_0070_1
Car #: #21
Driver (s) : Ray Neary
Location: Flemington Speedway (I think...)
Date: 1970's
Photographer: Unknown
Photo provided by: Michael Clissold
Comments: Comment:  Cool looking car that according to Ray Neary and Fred Menschner just never handled very well.  In 1970, Ray and Fred teamed up and won some races including the decade opener at Harmony in the silver #21 coupe, but they were not able to follow up the success with this sedan.  The following year (I think) Fred went back to the coupe which I believe still was the body from a #39 Piscopo car that Tas ran at Trenton back in the 60's...  I'm pretty sure that is when Oliver Butler became the driver. 
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12.10.12 Fred Menschner.

Ray and I had a lot of fun building this 36 Chevy sedan in our Fulton Street garage in Trenton, NJ..  We decided to build this one with square tubing for roll bars…

This garage was large enough that Roy Shillings (he is checking the right front tire in the picture) built a sportsmen car in the next bay..

We built this car for the 1971 racing season and the first race was at Harmony speedway. As I remember Ray was leading the race  and a suspension part broke. We changed back and forth between carb and injectors and changed suspension and still could not get the tire bite we desired. 

This car was sold to a sportsmen driver by the name of Harry Matchet.  Don’t know what happen to the car after that…

12.10.12 3-Wide Fred - Did you still have the coupe and if so did you run that in '72, or was that a new coupe (different than the one that Ray ran in '70?)
12.14.15

George Jr.

I would imagine that when Harmony Speedway closed, Ray Neary was probably as distraught about it as Carl Van Horn was.  Ray was pretty much the King of Harmony as he won a lot features there during those days.
George Jr. - Frederick, MD

12.31.12 Fred Menschner

Joe, I still had the well used coupe we built in 1969/70 that Ray drove and Wally Marks helped us with. Built a new coupe in 1972 out of the parts from that coupe …Used the rear, body and built a new cage, frame, front end and engine…When the car was finished late in the 72 season,  Ray drove it in a few races. Then in early 1973, rebuilt this coupe again adding power steering and injectors and started the season with Oliver Bulter.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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