The Runaway
Well Known Member
Hi guys. Just got back from the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. I regards to the hood scoop, I ran a Ford truck scoop like everyone else did at that time. We used to race quite often with Arnie Beswick and when the Passionate Poncho was new it had a Ford truck hood scoop on it. I'm pretty certain it came from the factory that way.Ray Bisig bought a couple of Beswick's cars,the '63 super duty amongst them,and it had the hood scoop still on it. Seltzer Pontiac on Irving Park Road,who I believe sponsored Beswick at the time,had a super duty on the floor and that car had a hood scoop on it.I'm pretty sure Hayden drove a Plymouth for the 63 season. I have some scans I did from the 63 - 64 Mid Atlantic Drag News so I looked for Pontiacs.
Ace Wilson had what looks to be the SD Scoop on his car.
A local to our area, Harold Ramsey didn't have it.
Arlen Vanke ran a Tempist in FX that year but the car didn't have a scoop in this picture.
I just heard toward the end of last week that Arlen had a stroke earlier in the week. Has anyone heard an update about him?