NORRA 1000 James Garner 442 race car restoration in progress

[hickeyracing]

Hello all at Race Dezert.com, Iam Ron Johnson the owner of Hickey Racing, I own a rare collection of Vintage race cars and trucks, For the up coming NORRA 1000 event i will be bringing back my Vic Hickey built James Garner driven 1970 Olds 442 better known as the GOODYEAR GRABBER OLDS, The car has been in my collection for a few years waiting for the right time and with the NORRA 1000 around the corner now is the time, The car is going threw a 100% correct restoration, It will be in 1969 Baja 1000 race condition as seen in some of my photos, We plan on running this car and my 1969 Vic Hickey C-10 4X4 truck that has 14.000 original miles and the original driver Cliff Coleman who drove it at the 1968 Baja 1000 will be behind the wheel again, I hope we can get a lot of cars and drivers fron Race-Dezert to attend this event, Also the cut off year has been changed to 1989 to get more people and cars to attend,

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[BajaFand]

VERY VERY COOL!!! I have to give you some props because if I owned any of those cars it would be hard for me to race them knowing the risk of wrecking or damaging them.

[hickeyracing]

Its not going to be a all out race, Its a 3 day Rally with speed limits so i hope to bring it home in good condition, Thanks

[burro8]

Ron,

Do you also have the "Banshee"? It was on ebay a couple months back and the man who owned it at that time lives down in the Paso Robles CA area.

Steve
Vinatge Burro buggy owner, Tiny Thompsons and Les Choats.

[Marty Fiolka]

Nope...the Banshee was purchased by the Swift family. From what I understand, they may also be trying to bring that car to the NORRA event.

[Vtr_Racing]

Wow, that is very cool. Does anybody know if the old "Baja Boot" by Mickey thompson is still around and who owns it?

[trenchless]

Are you going to be posting photos of the progress like you are with the Blazer on the class 3 site?

[hickeyracing]

I would have liked to get the Banshee but i did not have the $$ to buy it, The 1970 442 is going to be done in 12 weeks from now, I can post photos of the process, The Baja Boot was owned by a friend named Bob Law but he sold it about 6 months ago, 195K over my budget again, It was sold to a guy in Texas thats all i know And Marty can you give me a call i would like to talk to you about doung a story on the 442 in Dirt sports ,And i liked the photo of my truck with KJ Howes last month, Thanks, Ron Johnson 253-592-2577

[WickedGravityVideo]

That 442 is sooo badazz! I am glad to see someone with it that is going to restore and run it. Please post photos of restoration progress on RDC. I can't wait for the Mexican 1000.

[Random Thoughts Racing]

Wow, that is very cool. Does anybody know if the old "Baja Boot" by Mickey thompson is still around and who owns it?

This one? I had it in the booth at the 2008 Mint contingency and even got to drive it a bit, I cant remember the owners name off the top of my head but he did take it on the Mint prerun!