Photo ID # | I11.16.12_713_FIS_FLM_0080_1 |
Car #: | #713 |
Driver (s) : | Bob Fisher |
Location: | Flemington Speedway |
Date: | 1980's |
Photographer: | Lenny Swider |
Photo provided by: | Lenny Swider |
Comments: | Comment: Another really interesting creation built by builder/driver Bob Fisher. This car later became the orange and white #18 driven by George Hildebrandt. |
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Date: | Visitor's Name: | Comment: |
11.18.12 | Kevin Mc |
I'm thinking that's Dave Bodine's 69 Sportsman car barely visible in the back ground I wonder if I was there that night. Back when all was right in the world and we didn't even realize it Stupid progress! |
11.18.12 | 3Wide | Pretty sure that Dave's #69 was built by Bob Fisher. |
11.26.12 | George Jr. |
Looks to me like the builder of this modified took a
good long look at Kenny Weld's "Batmobile" from the 1980 season and
incorporated some of what Kenny used. The roof height is higher than
normal....the rake of the roof for a wing affect.....the side panels
including the "fin" like quarter panels.....and the rolled deck lid are just
some of the things that I think compare to how the Weld modified looked. |
11.26.12 | 3Wide | Hadn't noticed it before George, but now that you mention it, I see what you mean... Bob stops by The Vault once in a while so hopefully he'll let us know if he was thinking a little about the Batmobile when he made this one or not. |
11.30.12 | Mark Burd |
I could be wrong but it looks like there is no engine in the 713....... |
12.02.12 | Bob Burd |
After George Hildebrant bought the 713, my brothers and
I and a friend helped sponsor him. I asked him what it was supposed to be
and he said a Cadillac. That was cool because we were running a Cadillac
when everyone else was running a Gremlin lol. Maybe the batmobile was
supposed to be a cad also. |
12.02.12 | 3-Wide | Regarding the Batmobile, it was actually
called a "Lincoln Continental" and was claimed to be that because I am told
that the roof had to be the size of whatever the stock car it was named for
was. Since the Lincoln had the biggest roof that year, that's what the
team that built the #112 went with. Also, if you look at the back of
the #112, you'll see the "Continental Like" spare tire circle. |
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