LantanaTX
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Some of you may have noticed that we are selling our Funco because of my Facebook post and ad in the Race_Dezert classifieds. I have been asked by many why we are selling it. Well on Saturday Dave Tilton and I completed the purchase of a Chenowth 1000 that was 30 minutes from my home here in Texas. Anyone recognize it? Here is what I know. The car was purchased new from Chenowth by a guy in Oklahoma (not sure when). It was a desert racer. It was then sold to short course racer Jud Cowley in the early '80's and raced the Mickey Thompson series as a Pro 1600. His engines were all built by Lyle Cherry who recently passed away. I found a great Hot VW's article about Lyle Cherry. Some considered Lyle the Smokey Yunick of VW engines. After racing most of the '80's it was then sold to one of Jud's best friends, Joe Nelson, who short course raced it in Sportsman 1600 (single port engine). After about 3 races, Jud re-acquired the car and it has now been sitting in his shop since the early '90's.
Jud Cowley was a motocross racer and rode for Suzuki. He then moved into short course as a hired gun for the Hitachi Tools sponsored car. Anyone have a picture or remember this car? Jud then moved on to drive for a Sprint car team before returning to short course in his own car which is the Chenowth pictured below. In recent years Jud raced the 2007 Baja 1000 ironman on a bike. He is hoping to come to NORRA with one of his KTM's but is open to sharing a 4 wheel ride with anyone who is interested.
The Chenowth is a true time capsule and has never been stored outdoors. Not sure of the actual age of the car, but the pedals are all Neal, and the beam and whole front end is Wright with Summers Brothers hubs and vintage looking Wilwood calipers all the way around. The shocks are all Fox. The car also has secondary torsions with its own pair of shocks. Jud said it is set up to land from 10-15' in the air.
Now if someone buys our Funco, we will be able to afford to ship it to CA so Dave can get busy on it!
Jud Cowley was a motocross racer and rode for Suzuki. He then moved into short course as a hired gun for the Hitachi Tools sponsored car. Anyone have a picture or remember this car? Jud then moved on to drive for a Sprint car team before returning to short course in his own car which is the Chenowth pictured below. In recent years Jud raced the 2007 Baja 1000 ironman on a bike. He is hoping to come to NORRA with one of his KTM's but is open to sharing a 4 wheel ride with anyone who is interested.
The Chenowth is a true time capsule and has never been stored outdoors. Not sure of the actual age of the car, but the pedals are all Neal, and the beam and whole front end is Wright with Summers Brothers hubs and vintage looking Wilwood calipers all the way around. The shocks are all Fox. The car also has secondary torsions with its own pair of shocks. Jud said it is set up to land from 10-15' in the air.
Now if someone buys our Funco, we will be able to afford to ship it to CA so Dave can get busy on it!









