Hurst "Hemi-Under-Glass" rear-engined Plymouth Barracuda wheelstanding exhibition car.
Bob Riggle of Mansfield, Ohio, demonstrated the car pulling a "wheelie" in the parking lot of Stouffer's Indianapolis Inn.
The Indianapolis Star, Wed 19 Jun 1968, Page 33
Note distinctive lettering.
1968: 99 competing teams from 50 states. Contest awards banquet: Windsor Room, Stouffer's Indianapolis Inn.
A Sox & Martin Performance Clinic was held at Stouffer's, Tuesday 18 June 1968.
Stouffer's Restaurant (offering cocktails? This is the Indianapolis Inn, 2820 North Meridian. Hotel where Elvis stayed; the building survives).
1962: First national contest, State Fair Grounds, Detroit, 26th June.
1966: National finals, Detroit.
1967: Michigan State Fair Grounds, Detroit.
National Plymouth Troubleshooting Contest was held in Indianapolis, 18-20 June 1968. Said to be 20th Annual event.
"It marks the first time in seven years the finals have been held outside the Detroit area."
(A statewide contest was held at Indy, 20 April 1968.)
Also Nationals at Indianapolis, 16-18 June 1969.
Indianapolis, 15-17 June 1970.
National Plymouth Troubleshooting Contest, Indianapolis, 14-16 June 1971, sponsored by Chrysler Corp.
Los Angeles, 19-21 June 1972.
Boston, MA, 25-27 June 1973.
"The contest was first created in 1949 in Los Angeles by George Cutler..."
What about Piehler Pontiac? Scoreboard with 'Down'? Connection to Rochester, NY?
Monroe County Fairgrounds?
RGDS RLT
Edited by Rupertlt1, 20 May 2024 - 10:16.