Found in early Super Stock cars, 1968 Hemi A-bodies, and many of Petty’s passenger-side floorboards, the Prestolite box was unique in its aluminum housing with high-rise heat sinks protruding upwards. And since we’re a sucker for vintage speed equipment, we couldn’t help but notice a pair of Prestolite ignition boxes for $395 each. For $500 apiece, they would have required an expert machinist’s touch to be anything but a conversation starter. More obscure pieces included a trio of raw cast Hemi blocks that were labeled as having lineage stemming from famed racer Chet Herbert. For the guy that’s gotta play the numbers game, details like box-stock brake cables can make or break a restoration. Closer to the ground and more affordable were a selection of NOS parking brake cables in the $100 to $150 price range. A 1971 Dodge Challenger grille claiming NOS notoriety was perched atop a vendor’s trailer, probably to match its sky-high price that we, again, didn’t need to ask about. Incredibly, never-installed Chrysler goodies are still coming out of the woodwork some fifty-plus years later. No doubt, it’s buyer beware in these situations as the paper trails are usually paper thin.Īlso on the upper end of the expense echelon were a surprising show of new old stock (NOS) items. Purported as being made by the Petty brothers, it could have been had for a cool $800. Down the aisle was what looked to be an expertly-crafted bathtub intake manifold. We safely guessed that if we had to ask, it was out of our price range. The keynote items were headlined by a partial 1970 426 Hemi without a listed price. Per usual, the swap meet tables were slammed with a wide assortment of literature, trinkets, and memorabilia, while a few treasures stood out here and there.
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