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13/10/2023 3:11 am
Here is a picture from Dodge Public Relations that was in my Dad's files showing a 1964 Dodge employing a quick-stop assist package. 
13/10/2023 12:01 pm
Now I know what "black lights" are.
Yes black lights are actually ULTRA VIOLET.
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13/10/2023 5:02 pm
Lol ! I had also heard that these were used at some point as intakes for carburetor air, perhaps somewhat along the lines of the later GM Oldsmobile 442.
14/10/2023 8:40 am
Sure, why not. These cars were highly modified and needed all the help they could get to increase their stopping power. And of course, the fans loved it.
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14/10/2023 1:04 pm
................. And of course, the fans loved it.
It would look great ! What crowd-pleasing stopping power. 
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16/10/2023 5:51 am
I wonder if it stops better than two smaller chutes??
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16/10/2023 9:38 am
And of course, the fans loved it.
This has always been the thing with U.S. motorsport: the spectacle! Not just going round and round like a hamster in a wheel; there's the carnival too. Indy 500; Drag Racing; Demolition Derby, all so exciting.
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16/10/2023 3:13 pm
This has always been the thing with U.S. motorsport: the spectacle! Not just going round and round like a hamster in a wheel; there's the carnival too. Indy 500; Drag Racing; Demolition Derby, all so exciting.
Absolutely, Charles !
I wonder if it stops better than two smaller chutes??
Hmmmm, that could well be true, Tony ! Perhaps the single giant parachute just involved a more dramatic/crowd pleasing spectacle.
16/10/2023 3:22 pm
This has always been the thing with U.S. motorsport: the spectacle! Not just going round and round like a hamster in a wheel; there's the carnival too. Indy 500; Drag Racing; Demolition Derby, all so exciting.
Absolutely, Charles !
I wonder if it stops better than two smaller chutes??
Hmmmm, that could well be true, Tony ! Perhaps the single giant parachute just involved a more dramatic/crowd pleasing spectacle.
I'll bet you're right; that makes sense!
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16/10/2023 5:42 pm
And drag racing most certainly involved crowd-pleasing spectacles ...... which everyone enjoyed!
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