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Long Roof is Long

March 24, 2009 By Mike Bumbeck

wagons_of_steelFrom the flagship of the fleet department comes the finest in American family wagons. Why? Because we really don’t know of anyone else who tears into the absolute largest of fusty old Mopar station wagons and transforms them into ridiculously fast drag machines at a more alarming rate than Gaffo Jones from Wagons of Steel. Mr. Jones has been up to this sort of mayhem for a while – from the original Mighty Josephine in the mid-nineties up to a NHRA Division 6 Plymouth Belvedere long roof currently on nationwide tour. For more of exactly what it takes to get heavies like this monster moving down the quarter mile in the 10-second range head on over to Wagons of Steel, or read on Gaffo’s ramblings over at Mopar Max.

Filed Under: Feature, Odd Rod, Performance Tagged With: drag racing, long roof, Mopar, station wagon

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