Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

        Jay Willouhby was only 5-years old when his love for fast cars started. Like any kid growing up his obsession started when he played with Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.    One of Jay's earliest memories was when he moved into a house that had dragsters printed on the wallpaper in his room.  Jay's neighbor had a front engine dragster, he would fire it up and roast the tires down the street, how cool was that !     Jay's first car was a 1970 Buick GS Stage-1, while the local high-school kids had Camaros , Mustangs & Chevells. There was a lot of street racing in those days and Jay could beat these guys with ease, even with the A/C on.    He hasn't raced much, but recently Jay got back into it when Drag & Drives started. It interested him a great deal. He entered the Death Week by Sick Week but the car he had sold before the event, so the hunt was on for a car that he could enter the event. The car he found was an or...

  This is AMX S/S # 3 known as “Patriot-1”. The American Motors  factory transformed the sheet metal from a 1969 model to represent a 1970 model, as only 1 of 53 examples were ever produced by Hurst Performance, this is a rare car indeed.  There are more HEMI S/S Darts out there now then have ever been built by the factory, how many people can say they have an original?  This is the real deal, it was purchased new by Phillip Frisbie.       The  390 CI V-8 engine features an Edelbrock STR-11 cross-ram intake manifold. Fuel is mixed by dual Holley 4-barrel carburetors with velocity stacks that are sealed to hood with gaskets allowing it to gulp fresh air from the power bulge scoop.         The interior is typical 1960's, black carpet, black high-back bucket seats and of course a Hurst shifted 4-speed  manual transmission gets the job done.  The exterior is painted in AMC factory race team colors in Red, White and Blue. ...