1968 "The First '9' To Get The BO29"

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69 Cuda 440 said:
Gino

Some Of The BO29 Cars You Asked About.

* BO29 M8B 299110 . Ronnie Sox & Buddy Martin >{Burlington, NC}
* BO29 M8B 299111 . Jack Werst > {Morrisville, Pennsylvania}

* BO29 M8B 299114 . Arlen Vanke > {Akron, Ohio}

* BO29 M8B 299119 . Dave Wren > {Missoula, Montana}

* BO29 M8B 299126 . Wilkes Motor Sales > {Zainesville, Ohio}
* BO29 M8B 299127 . Tom Myl > {Coraopolis, Pennsylvania}
* BO29 M8B 299128 . Harold Dutton > {Morrow, Georgia}

* BO29 M8B 299135 . Jim Hale > {Fort Smith, Arkansas}
* BO29 M8B 299136 . Ronnie Sox & Buddy Martin >{Burlington, NC}

* BO29 M8B 299142 . Don McCallum > {Oakville, Ontario, Canada}

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* BO29 M8B 390659 . Billy Vanwey > {Dayton, Ohio}

* BO29 M8B 390663 . Alfred Cerrone > {Providence, Rhode Island}

* BO29 M8B 390673 . Jim O'Halloran > {Chicago, Illinois}

* BO29 M8B 390676 . Ron McDowell & Jerry Taylor {Meridian, Idaho}
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Like most of the racers listed here, Jack Werst is a terrific person. He was always eager to help a "little guy". I knew him only a few days when he invited me over to his house and sold me some parts (more like gave them). I've met all these guys and they were never to busy to talk to a fan.
 
lucky68 said:
Like most of the racers listed here, Jack Werst is a terrific person. He was always eager to help a "little guy". I knew him only a few days when he invited me over to his house and sold me some parts (more like gave them). I've met all these guys and they were never to busy to talk to a fan.
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I saw Jack Werst running his SS/BA at the Indy Nationals in 1968.

Jack had the 'fastest' SS/BA car during Class Eliminations. But in the SS/BA
Class Championship against Chuck Ostrich's {purple} SS/BA Barracuda, Jack had to 'tank it' and let Chuck beat him.

Jack was under 'orders' by the Chrysler Racing Group to purposely lose.

Jack held the SS/BA 'National Record' for a period in the late-Summer of 1968.

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69 cuda 440 said:
here it is,

the 1st bo29's had steering problems. When going thru the traps at
'high-speeds', the cars would over-steer.

As per jack werst {'mr. 5 & 50'}

"front-end trajectory"

the cars did not come through without problems. The front-end geometry
was not 'square' as we say. And there were problems with the handling/suspension.

With the 'shim-plates' installed between the k-frame and body-frame, the
body was now higher. This put more pressure on the lower-control arm,
and there was an alignment problem with the 'straight-plane' of the steering
control-arm.

There was also increased pressure on the ball-joint due to the odd-angle,
and on 'some' cars the pressure even forced the ball-joint to fall out.

In the 1st-week of april 1968, we tested the bo29 at englishtown, new jersey.
Man that barracuda was all over the place once we hit 120 mph.

Once the weight came off the front-end, the barracuda would over-steer.

Chrysler shipped us new 'control-arms', and these units had an angled-arm so
the front-end geometry was square.

They also shipped out 'new' front-spindle assemblies with the proper angle.

After those units were replaced, the steering was close to 'tight-as-nuts'.

http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/prodimages/moog/k787_lg.gif
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