| Long story that I will try to make short- I do not have
access to any email address for a few days until a glitch is corrected. I
wanted to comment on the beautiful photo of the Alfrey #47 at Nazareth.
This is the original Mulligan built 47 complete with independent suspension
from 1974. This is the 3rd body that the car had. This car was not the
Carberry #4T7 although the 4T7 very closely resembled the original car.
This car was originally a Cranberry and Gold Gremlin that was competed by
Mike Grbac and Stan Ploski to numerous victories in 1974.
For the 1975 season the car was outfitted with a Mustang II body with the
colors remaining Cranberry and Gold. Tom Alfrey also competed in a Gremlin
bodied #7Jr. Sportsman racer with a similar Cranberry and Gold paint scheme
as the #47 had in 1974.
For the big end of season events of 1975 and the 1976 season the #47
received a fresh Gremlin body with a patriotic bicentennial Red, White and
Blue paint scheme (complete with the Bicentennial NJ License Plate seen on
the back bumper). Craig McCaughey drove this Red, White and Blue 47 as did
Fritz Epright and Tom Gilman (and possibly a few others). This car then
became the White and Maroon (Cranberry) 7Jr. that Tom Alfrey competed up
until his final year of competition in 1979. The previous 7Jr. that Tom had
competed became my first race car and competed at Flemington and Nazareth on
several occasions in 1979 and 1980 with Sug Byerley, Todd Neiheiser and
myself behind the wheel.
The original Mulligan built #47 was then sold after the 1979 season. |
