Chris Kulp's Super-Gas Plymouth Arrow

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This go-fast 1978 Plymouth Arrow belongs to Chris Kulp from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Chris grew up behind a Chrysler Plymouth dealership where his father bought a brand new 1969 Plymouth Road Runner, it was only natural that he got hooked on drag racing.

Chris’s first car was a 1971 Dodge Challenger that he swapped in a hot 340 CID small block. He also owned two 1963 Dodge Polara 500’s before he acquired this red hot Arrow.
 

 

 The Arrow is equipped with an RB Wedge engine stroked to 451 C.I. The Super-Gas style engine was built by Chuck Szylagi. It's fueled by a big Holley carburetor mounted on an Indy Cylinder Heads manifold. The racing fuel is squeezed to the tune of 13.6:1 compression.

 

 


 Backing up this torque monster is a GM Power- glide transmission. It’s not Chris’s fault because the car was already built when he acquired it.

Since the Arrow’s debut in 2023 it's been to 3 final rounds, Chriswon the Hemmings Musclepalooza in April 2024 in the 9-second class, he lost in the Mopar final round at Island Dragway in 2023 and had a bye run into the final round at Geezers at the Grove in 2023, then the race got shut down for a noise curfew.

 

 Some of his favorite tracks include Maple Grove, Cecil County, South Mountain, and a few others.
 

Chris races mostly in the Pro-Eliminator class, the Arrow’s best time is an 8.91 @155 MPH. The car was built with a Jegster chassis built by Rick Nelson from Ohio, Chick DeNino reworked the car when the second owner had it, Lynn Kinzey. One day Chris has hopes of winning a track championship or Division 1 championship. There’s also some big money races that he would like to win as well.

 


 Chris thanks his wife for all her support and the Staubs for all their help. Chris also thanks Chuck Szylagi for the great power plant, Mike Moore for all his help with swapping parts when needed, and Bobbi Shumaker for all his help putting the car together when he first got it.

 

                                   Chris at the 2024 Dragfest indoor car show in Lebanon,Pa.  photo CR. Mike Salemme (2024)

 

 

The Arrow is not a show car, but for the last two years Chis had the car on display at the Dragfest show in Lebanon,PA and it always draws a crowd around it. It’s a great promotional tool as Chris owns Dick’s Radiator Repair in Pottstown, P.A. He specializes in designing and fabricating high-performance cooling systems and he also builds high-quality radiators for museums.




 
                                                                                                                      Photo by, Mike Salemme (2024)

                                                                                            

 

 

                                                                         Photo by,Mike Salemme (2024)

 

 

 


                                                           Custom work by Chris at Dick's Radiator.

 

 


 


 


Photos by Mike Salemme & Chris Kulp (2024)

 

 

 

 

 

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