"Akron" Arlen Vanke was a working-man's drag racer. Competing and winning in the Stock, Super Stock and Pro Stock classes. He set records with Pontiacs and, later, Plymouths, earning multiple Stock Eliminator titles with both marques.

Through it all, he built the cars in a backyard garage and often drove his open ramp truck to the track and back. Chrysler hired Vanke to test their performance technology. In 1967, Arlen modified the RO23 Hemi intake manifold for racing. "NHRA rules allowed racers to modify the intake manifold, so I made the stock manifold into a plenum chamber manifold, " he said.

Lift off hood, detailed 426 Hemi cross-ram race motor, complete with spark plug wires, dual fuel filers, fuel lines, and even real metal brakes lines to the master cylinder. Features also include correct style hinges for the opening doors and opening trunk (battery in the trunk) a detailed interior with adjustable seats & real cloth seat belts, and underneath is a detailed chassis with open headers, rotating driveshaft with rear wheels, Fenton Mag wheels, and slicks.

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Serial Number in trunk.

*** Retail price is $139.95...our order incentive pricing is $127.95.