Last week Mike Pinto sent us an email saying he had found the coolest thing in Centralia, Washington and that he had pictures and info he thought we could use. Whether it’s the coolest thing in Centralia is up to the residents there, we aren’t going to judge, but I will tell you it’s pretty damn cool. This old Plymouth Satellite (Or Roadrunner) funny car body is up the air at the recently defunct Gold Street Auto Repair and Muffler and is painted with the name Muffler Hut down the side. It’s ultra bitchin with the Super Tricks on it and exhaust pipe injector stacks. From what Mike could get out of workers cleaning out the building, the car was originally raced out of Seattle International Raceway, now Pacific Raceway, but has been a sign for 30 years. The owner of the building owns the car, but we have no idea how to get in touch with him. We called the number on the sign and it just rings busy all the time. We’ll see if we can find out more info, or put our Northwest Gumshoe Ronnie Mankins on it, and see what he can come up with. According to the workers there the owner does want to sell it. We dig it and want it for our backyard, but it would have to be ultra super duper cheap.
We will keep you posted if we find out more info, but until then take a look at these photos from Mike. Big thanks to Mike for the tip and info. This is the kind of thing we love getting from BangShifters!
It almost looks like it could be one of Twig Zieglers Pizza Haven cars. MAybe???
It’s a Satellite.
Yeah, that’s a Satellite, and not the kind that normally flies in the air.
Or maybe you could say it’s a Road Runner…
You guys are right. My dumb mistake. Not paying enough attention cause I was so excited!
I fixed it.
Chad I even told you it was a Road Runner in the submission. 🙂
Thanks for running it! If anybody is actually interested in the car, I can go back and get the property owner’s information.
I found an old pic of the Muffler Hut car!
http://www.draglist.com/artman/uploads/daily_pictures/muffler_hut.jpg
It ran in AA/FC was driven by Larry Palmer.
guys,i’ve been to centralia,and i can tell you that without a doubt,this is the coolest thing there!
I would trade my Vega bracket car for it…….I love the car..only thing is im on the other side of the country….lol
Hey I did a street view of the address there is a used car dealership next door LUQUE Autosales & their phone # is 360-736-0514
not sure if this link I pasted will work
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belongs to frank willis, he cannot be reached.
http://www.lewiscountysirens.com/?p=2165
http://www.chronline.com/news/article_f5627b92-d272-11df-acbf-001cc4c03286.html
http://classicfunnycarboard.com/CFB/index.php/topic,6454.0/wap2.html
Well the funny car body has a new owner as of 10/17/ 2013 . we removed the car with out to much trouble . body still in great shape no sags fiberglass looks really good the right front tire was still holding air after close to 30 years . the new owner is going to restore the body and put back in to racing .if any one has history on car please let us know thanks .