Wanted: Vintage photographs, programs, information, etc...

[68camaro]

I am new to vintage racing, 68 Camaro in A-Sedan or TA class, with about ten races under my belt.  I am looking for information relating to historical tire size.  SVRA allows for Hoosier 10 inch tires for the AP corvettes, my club CVAR allows them generally if you can make them fit!  Is there any information regarding whether or not any first gen TA racers used 10 inch front tires back in the day?  Actually front or back the ability to run the 10/25.5 versus 9.5/26.5 in the back allows for some effective gearing options as well.  SVRA tire grid allows the 10 inch tires for the second gen Camaro and it seems reasonable to me that there would have been overlap in the model years and perhaps some tire utilization overlap as well.  Thanks. 

[Bruce302]

T/G racing, Jerry Titus and Terry Godsall, ran some "rear tires" on the front of their Firebirds according to some reports.
My guess is that they used 7.00 x 15 but couldn't be sure. Perhaps a search of photos and period articles would uncover some specifics.

[crossboss]

FWIW,
When we interviewed Rick Titus (son of Jerry), back in the early 1990s for a TV/video on Trans-Am cars, he had some great incite to what his father had accomplished. I can try and find the master tapes and re-view them for the complete conversations.

[Andrew Predoehl]

I am looking for help determining the history of the #27 Camaro shown in the photos.  I purchased the car from a friend that was an amateur racer in Nebraska, and determined the car was owned by David Phelan from Prineville OR, and raced by Russ Harness and Lew Florence at the Kent 300 race in October, 1967.  It was painted metiallic green with "hippie style" AS lettering on the side for the Kent 300.  It had a very unique tall fuel filler sticking out of the trunk.  This car caused Jerry Titus to wreck in qualifying for the Kent 300.  Does anyone have contact information for David Phelan?

The car was Marina Blue w/White stripes non-Z28 when purchased new from Bellwood Chevrolet in Bell, CA.  The production date was March of 1967.  It may have been raced as Marina Blue/White earlier in '67.  Bell, CA is very close to the location of Dick Gulstrand's shop, and many of the parts on the car lead me to believe there may be a connection.  It also had a Traco motor.

The car was later sold to Thomas A Bruce in Aspen, CO.  My friend Leonard Janke purchased the car from Tom Bruce in 1971.  I have pictures of the car from 1971 that show it painted yellow with #56.

The car has been stored for about 50 years,and is currently blue.  I have many of the original racing parts from the car.  The car was updated with a lot of good parts in 1968, which leads me to believe it was being raced in Trans-am in 1968.  I have sanded parts of the body to reveal the previous colors.
Any info on this car would be appreciated.

How do I know this is my car?  Check out the 3rd photo of the rear deck lid.  The car has been repainted blue, but I removed the rear spoiler and the original livery is still there!  You can see the "hippie" style AS and the bottom of the numbers.