My name is Ashton Hudson M.D. I have posted several times on the board about various topics. I would like to give you guys some history of the car. My dad bought the car, as a race car, the year I was born, 1973. It is a 70 model and was original with straight six and standard on the column. It has 40,000 original miles. He bought the car from someone in Alabama. We lived in Louisiana. He ran the car in NHRA modified production, H/MP to be exact. The class was for inline sixes. He ran 305 CI and the car weighed in at 3200 pounds. He was quite innovative for his time. He built his own manifolds, ported his own heads, and attached holley float bowls to weber carbs. He ran 3 webers. Initially he ran with a four speed and then a doug nash five speed. He did all the rear suspension work himself. He built the ladder bars, moved the leaf spring inboard and attached a 9 inch rear. As you can see from how the car leaves, it worked. The older pictures are from the Winternationals in 1978. He towed the car with a pickup truck and home built open trailer from Louisiana to California and back with wife and 3 kids. Once NHRA dropped Modified as a class the car was incorporated in Super Stock, G modified. He ran the class for several more years mostly in the south. He did get as far north as Bowling Green, KY for the Sportsnationals, as far east as Gainesville, FL for the Gatornationals, and West to Dallas for the Cheif nationals. The combination became non competitive and he began serious head porting as a side business. He placed a 302 in the car for bracket racing, the yellow picture. He is semi-retired now and the car was sitting around. I had reached a point where I wanted to start building my own car. We decided to renovate the Maverick for NHRA SS racing again. I'll have more later on the renovation. Ashton
That is some super history. Not that I"m telling you what to do, but if he still has some of those 6 cyl goodies, thats the way I'd go. Keep us updated, please.
Performance I forgot to mention the performance! With the 300 inline six at 3200 pounds with the five speed the car ran a best of 11.11 in the quarter. With the 302 which was a mild motor, cast crank, mexican block, steel rods, trw pistons, dart sr. heads, 2 660 holleys and 1 5/8 headers the car ran a best of 10.29 in the quarter.
Emergency Medicine The MD is the reason it has taken me so long to get started. 8 years of school and 3 years of residency. I now practice Emergency Medicine at 2 hospitals in and around Louisville. I have always wanted to race but I wanted a neat job too. Flying is NOT for me. One of our physician assistant's has an airplane, he has been trying to get me to go with him. I would rather go fast on the ground.
FINALLY! I have been trying to get the Doc to post this info for quite SOMETIME now I have known Ashton by phone and in person for a couple years now. For the first year or so Ward thought that Ashton was my imaginary friend Ashton was at the drag racing(round-up) in New Castle this year. He and his family where in the area that day(trailer shopping) and stopped by the track to hang-out. I have seen some old video of that car........pulling the front wheels doing a "dry-hop" Its a car with a lot of history and Ashton is doing a great job of resurrecting! Truly a terrific person! see Ward....I told you he was real :bananaman
Now thats some history! Cool story indeed. I vote to stick the I6 back in there and surprise some people at the track AC
Bottom of the elevens with a 300 six? Sweet! I'd love to see some pics of the engine (both the six and the eight) and the custom suspension your dad built. Great post thanks!
