Vehicle Description
This vehicle is being sold as Lot No. S135.1.
- The 'Nazy Crate' 1964 Thunderbolt
- 56th Thunderbolt built out of 100
- 427 high riser engine with two 4V induction with air box and intake hoses
- Doug Nash top loader transmission
- Detroit Locker 5.13 rear end
- Rear traction lift bars and cross member
- Original fiberglass fenders, hood, aluminum front bumper, plexiglass side windows, radio, heater and sealer delete
- Larger tires permitted by NHRA in Super Stock if original sheet metal remained
- Rear frame rails removed, repositioned and narrowed the original trunk floor and gas tank to meet NHRA qualification standards and retains original sheet metal
- Comprehensive restoration by Randy DeLisio of Lyons, New York in 2007
- Featured in Cars Magazine December 1974 and 6-page spread in Hemmings Muscle Machine Magazine August 2008
- Mattel Corp. selected the car for its Drag Strip Demons series which was released in 2012
- Three Nazy Crate Hot Wheels cars are included with the sale
- Comprehensive restoration photos
- Photos of first build and of Howie Nisgor applying the same graphics he did 32 years prior during the 2007 restoration
- Detailed ownership history
- Purchased new at Wayne Jones Ford in Leakesville, North Carolina by Lloyd Quisenbury
- Raced by Gene Lunsford, a mechanic at the dealership
- Second owner was a Mr. Luckadoo
- Third owner was Jonny Allen Winnegar from Salem, Va.
- Fourth owner was Tom Caldara, who owned the car from 1974-2006
- Raced by Ford fanatic Nate Cohen
- Purchased by Randy DeLisio in 2006
- Extensive receipts and paperwork
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