1965 Barracuda 'The Politician' ~ Ralph Costa

Ralph was a great guy. The first time I ran into him, he was showing his '56 Chevy Panel Delivery at a car show at I-696 and Van Dyke. I believe it was Rinke Pontiac at the time. It was refered to as "The Politician III". He told me that Ted had been working at KaTech (sp?) and that the D/Dart was still around. Was able to track the D/Dart down because of him.

After I got the car, he let my wife and I come over and look through his man-cave -- aka trophy room. He was kind enough to let me borrow all the time slips from "The Politician" and a couple of pictures that he had.

As we were leaving from that visit, he said here, and gave me half of the time slips.

I think he was know as The Politician" because of the way he handled situations at the track. That was a good thing back then. I saw the Panel Delivery for sale over on RacingJunk last year.

I'll see if I have any other stuff on him.