"The yellow is a stock 74 SPRINT photographed at Hot Wheels "Need for Speed" event in Speed, Kansas. It was the only other Ventura there besides mine. It was all original with new paint (I believe), it had the stock 350 in it still.
"The blue Ventura is a 74, that is from Great Bend Kansas. The picture was taken at the famous SRCA dragstrip there in Great Bend. Not for sure much about it, other than its a hatchback and is a strong competitor in its class."
'74 No More...
If you're a Hot Rod Magazine
subscriber, you probably saw the recent feature spread on a horrific (but
thankfully not fatal) crash of Eddie Timal's awesome twin-turbo 7-second '74
Ventura. Here is a link to the video of the crash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z67xpO-SWM&mode=related&search= If for
some reason the link doesn't work just do a search for Eddie Timal on
youtube.com. The car absolutely disintegrates. I hope he took his roll
cage fabricator out for a free beer or two! Contributor Rico found some
great 'before' shots of his car at http://autoworxperformance.com/projects-1.htm
where the car is mistakenly identified as a "1975 GTO".
AMAZING GARAGE
FIND!
"...what's in your neighborhood?"
"My son and I were looking for something a little older
that we could work on together for his first car. We weren't looking for a
1974 Ventura, but look what we stumbled into. It belonged to a little old
lady named Imogene in Oklahoma and had been parked in the garage since the
early 80's. Original paint (except for the top), with a 350 that was leaking
oil out of very hole.
We've pulled the engine and are awaiting the return of our block and heads
from the machine shop.
"My son was able to drive the car a few times on his temporary permit before
we knocked her in the head. By the time we get it running this summer he'll
be ready to drive. If you could post this on your site he would really love
it. I can send more when we get the engine in and the new tires and wheels
on it ... Scott & Weston Roberts" (
ScottRoberts@freightliner.com )
