Reply #97: Great back in the day drag story about Lingenfelter [View All]

[DainBramaged]

I personally knew John. In the 70's when I was a semi-professional drag racer, he built lock-up torque converters for us. In fact the FIRST time we used one and won in 1974 running our SS/EA '68 Corvette at a points meet, we were tossed after winning because they hadn't been approved yet. And boy did they make a difference in ET and began the trend away from sticks. He also did our cylinder heads and motors for friends much richer than we. He also let you buy cars from him with JUST drive train mods and not including kidney-crunching suspensions.


I can still see him standing on the starting line at Raceway park in NJ watching our 'Vette run. It is a shame he is gone. His place lives on, but it isn't the same without him.

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