Comments for Talladega and Spoiler Registry

Comment on Registered Production Talladega VINs by Richard

Richard — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:35:05 +0000

Yes, I remember and have added your comment to your Registration. I have also added a link to the Article we did on your car. http://www.talladegaspoilerregistry.com/2011/06/01/leeroy-yarborough-1969-ford-talladega-tribute-car/

Comment on Registered Production Talladega VINs by Richard Hille

Richard Hille — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:46:37 +0000

Richard,

I just noted that my Talladega is item number 631 on your list. As you may recall mine is done up as a Boss 429 (Holman Moody) number 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough replica down to the smallest details.

Richard Hille
7 Time Member MKM 200 MPH Club

Comment on Team Membership Welcome by Barry Miller

Barry Miller — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:52:15 +0000

Richard,I looked at the pictures of the cale spoiler for sale at the meacum auction and question weather it is a spoiler as there are several things not right.The wood grain is wrong on the dash, the exterior mirror is not right,there should be two racing mirrors, there shouldn’t be a badge in the middle of the hood and there are no hood pins.It does look like a nice 428 car.

Comment on Sample: Team Member VIN Information by Rick Manley

Rick Manley — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:51:10 +0000

Richard, awesome set of Cyclones, I do have Spoiler envy! My dad owned one of the ’69 Cyclone Spoilers he bought at Tom Yancey Lincoln Mercury in 1969. They had two vehcies there, a “W” nose Cale car (3514V, automatic) and a blue and white Gurney car which I recall had a 428 in it. A gal over in Gate City, VA bought that one, I’d see her cruising Broad St in Kingsport. Our Cale car met an untimely end when I put it over a 35 foot embankment and hit a couple of trees. I was on the way to work in Sullivan Gardens one Monday morning and that mess happened. We bought the wreck back for $500 and then dad resold the carcass to a guy who we understood put the engine in a Ranchero. I have no idea where the pieces are, would be a nice find since the left front end was trashed and there was a nice “V” on the top right down on the seat where I had been sitting (without a seatbelt) before I was thrown out of the passenger side door. Yes, I have a few less than my nine lives left now that I’m 59 years old! Thanks for the work you do on this forum. I’m selling what appears to be a color code car to get the 71 Spoiler my dad has in his garage now up in Kingsport. Love to hear from you if you have the time.
Regards

Rick

Comment on Become a Team Member by Ted Miller

Ted Miller — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:33:54 +0000

I have a pair of front fenders and front and rear bumpers for a torino talledega. Call me at 956-457-6979 if interested.

Comment on First Production Talladega by Chick Schiesser

Chick Schiesser — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:08:03 +0000

The white Talladega shown in the photo that is said to be out of Baltimore, Maryland could be the one I test road back
in the middle 70s on the west side of Baltimore City. It was
located in the N.W. Park Heights section of Balto. city. It
had snow tires on the front and smoked pretty bad but still
ran great doing over a hundred on Park heights Ave. with 2
crazy people in it. It was only a test ride. The care was
solid but run down and did not purchase the car. I have not
seen any Talladegas in Baltimore since I sold my “pilot unit” which Rick Ochs owns now. My Spoiler II went to Smyrna, Delaware and have no idea who owns it now. Just
saw a 32 Ford street rod around Christmas time with a 427
cammer in it and I was the one who located the intake and
exhaust valves in it some 35 years ago. The engine was just built after all those years of locating parts.
Chick Schiesser jr.
formerly Speedway Fords Auto Club

Comment on Forum by Mike Hendricks

Mike Hendricks — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:37:00 +0000

Richard, the orginial T, where I got the front end, was Royal Maroon. I do not have the orginal VIN. The city is Fort Wayne, Indiana. I remember seeing the T at a local Ford dealer in New Haven, Indiana. The dealer at that time was Delagrange Ford in New Haven. They sold the car new in, if I remember right, late 1969, around September, or October.The car was around Ft. Wayne for a couple years, and the orginal ownerof the car decided to quit driving it, because the water pump was getting noisy, if I remember right. It sat behind a local bowling alley for quiet a long time. I tried to buy it, and he was not sure if he wanted to sell. I checked with him for several months, to no avail. I stopped in one night, bought him a beer, and he said to see him tomorrow. I went to hopefully buy the car, and he sold it to a customer of mine. Not sure why, but it was gone. The guy who bought it was only 16, maybe 17. I knew what was going to happen, and it did. First a deer, then after he repaired it, he lost controll and crashed it for the final time. The insurance co. totaled it, they halled it off, and sold it for junk would be my guess. He did not know where it went, and I did not persue it. Coulda, shoulda, wooda?? The price we had talked about was $2500. at the time. I lost track of him over the years. The last time I saw him he had another 428 Cobra, 69 Torino. But this has been 74-75, so it has been long gone.
I have, and will look again for any I D on the parts. The only numbers/letters are date codes on some parts.
I can send pictures of the orginal fender, in it orginal color, with white stripe. Any other parts and the entire car I could send pix also.
I will register my car as a clone in the registry, so it cannot be declaired a factory T. I will look foreward to joining you in future events, and reunions. Any other info I can think of I will supply. Any other items you would like to know, just ask.
Thank you,

Mike

Comment on Forum by Richard

Richard — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:48:35 +0000

Mke, thank you for your comments. Interesting story on the Talladega front end. By chance do you know the VIN of the Talladega that got the Torino nose? What city as it in and what color was it?

As for your car I encourage you to Register it in our Talladega Registry as a Clone. We already have one clone Spoiler II registered. It hels insure the no one in the future will try to sell the car s the real deal. I also want to thank you for becoming a Team Member and invite you to bring your car to any of our Talladega Family Reunion events or other activities.

Comment on Forum by Mike Hendricks

Mike Hendricks — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:06:21 +0000

I have a 69 Torino GT I converted to a Talladega back in 1975. I bought the car in 1975. I had a customer of mine who owned who had an orginal T, and wrecked it by a deer running in front of him. He removed the front end, and put a Torino front end on it. He gave me the front end for free. The only piece I had to replace was the left front fender. I went to my local Ford dealer, and bought one. They ordered it from Ford. It has H/M stamped on the fender lip. I believe it cost around $250.00 at the time.
I still have the orginal fender which was not all that bad. Back them, it was cheaper to buy a new fender, than to repair.
I still own the car, and deive it in the summers. I have the car apart noe, and am repainting it with Whimbleton white. I put in it an AOD transmission for better fuel. The engine is a 351, which rebuilt in the 80′s. It is in excellant shape, as I always garaged it. I repersent it as a clone, not as a real T. 99% of people do not know of a Talladega, never heard of them.
Ihave owner Talladega’s over the years, and have sold them, all except for my clone. It was always less expensive to drive. I enjoy it.

Comment on Forum by Richard

Richard — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:19:46 +0000

Terrific, send along some photos when you get them!