<< Is he still alive?  We had one of his 7/8 sized Chevelles down in Midland
 back in the 60's. I don't believe everything he said came from his
admittedly fertile mind. A lot of what he knew came directly from Chevy R&D :-).

I don't know. I hope so. He had more time at the dyno than any other human.
I like to see the young engineers discovering today what Smokey was doing
in the 50s, like abrasive flowing manifolds and heads (on reverse rotation
Hudson Hornets) and insulating the water passages on aluminum heads to limit
heat absorption. Everything old is new again.
Lynn E Hanover

 
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