Todco and McConnell Racing, Canadian Trans-Am racers

[Jon Mello]

Here are a few more photos from the Dwight Brainerd Collection.

This is the first '69 Todco Camaro.






This is the second '69 Todco Camaro






Dwight's small photo collage pays tribute to some fun, memorable years.

[VINCE Z28]

Ken has anyone told you Tommy Lechlider of NASCAR could be your brother?

[kgu]

HA-HA I love it. I don't think it's genetic, the probable answer is that he has the same taste in eyewear as Craig Fisher and I, but I am still waiting for a definitive answer from my mom.

[Jon Mello]

I got this photo from Ken Ulrich today and it clarifies some information about the last Trans-Am car built by Todco. It is one of the original ignition keys along with a tag giving some vital details on the original configuration of the car. The car that was silver with the rainbow stripe in '71 and then dark blue with Sunoco sponsorship in '72, began life as a yellow Z28 and was built at Norwood, OH.

Thank you Ken for sharing this with us.


Ken Ulrich photo

[Oldtimer]

Here's a brief 1970 Todco press release, courtesy of Ken Ulrich.


 Ken Ulrich Collection

Newcomer here, and probably late to the party, but I have this black and white picture from a Press Kit I got at the 1970 Trans Am race at Dallas International Motor Speedway.  The press release is also in the kit.



Can anyone confirm for me that the Firebird as painted blue, like the 1969 #7 shown in some of the other pictures in this thread?

I am building an 1/18 scale diecast model of the Todco Firebird, and wanted to make sure I got the paint color correct.  Here's a couple of pictures of the model in progress.





And if anyone has a better picture of the Firebird, that would be appreciated.

Thanks, in advance!

[group/7]

OK ! now that I have my head on straight, here is a photo I have in my files of the Firebird at Laguna Seca 1970.

Jon will confirm if I have correct this time.

Mike

[Oldtimer]

OK ! now that I have my head on straight, here is a photo I have in my files of the Firebird at Laguna Seca 1970.

Jon will confirm if I have correct this time.

Mike

Excellent!

Thanks so very much!

Jim

[group/7]

In my haste to correct an error in my earlier post, I erased it 

here is a photo of the Todco Camaro at Sears Point in 1969. If it's been posted before I will remove it.

[Trans Åm]

In my haste to correct an error in my earlier post, I erased it 

here is a photo of the Todco Camaro at Sears Point in 1969. If it's been posted before I will remove it.

Would you be able to get a larger or higher resolution version of this shot? Thank you very much, love this car.

[group/7]

Hello Nick, here is a link to where I found that photo of the Craig Fisher Firebird at Sears point. scroll down the page, the image is near the bottom.
If you click on the posters profile, there is an e-mail there, if he and the e-mail are still good you might be able to contact him and see if he would be willing to provide you with a better image.
He might have some other photos as well, maybe he isn't aware of this forum and would post his pics here.

http://cs.scaleautomag.com/sca/modeling_subjects/f/31/t/113979.aspx?page=2

Mike (group/7) in Canada

[Trans Åm]

I'll make sure to mention this forum to him, thanks so much Mike! Greatly appreciated.

[VINCE Z28]

Hey Ken is that you in the white shirt?

[VINCE Z28]

The pictures were taken in May 1969 at Mont-Tremblant, with Derek Johnson driving.

[Trans Åm]

Did you take those, Vince? Fantastic photos, thanks a lot!

[VINCE Z28]

 Nick, I got them off the net. Lots of pictures on autocourse.ca