N335J - From the Archives

[Victor Archer]

[SCEPTER]

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very nice Victor

do you have any good pics of that red one behind N335J? It's my favorite.

[Mike51]

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Very nice Victor.

Got any of my own personal favourite, N6340T 'Candyman' (Race #7) please?

Raced at Reno in 1974 and 1975, I believe.

[T. Adams]

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Now that is a cool picture.

[Peashooter]

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And yet another rarity in that pic -- a Tri-Champ off the nose of 335J! Good idea, make the Champ heavier and slower!

Hey Victor, was the original shot a large format slide? And/or how did you scan it? It's an amazingly sharp repro. (Or is it secrect alien tech? )

[BellCobraIV]

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Victor,
Around the time the original picture was taken Lyle Shelton flew the Red "STP Special" airplane in Ellis's funeral flight. Lyle used to have a pretty good picture of that event that has gotten away from his collection. Do you happen to have any pictures of that event? feel free to PM if you wish.

[KB Adkins]

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Okay, I don't recognize the red Mustang in the background, must have been before my first Reno in 1979. Whose plane, still flying, etc??? Thanks!

[speeddemon]

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Okay, I don't recognize the red Mustang in the background, must have been before my first Reno in 1979. Whose plane, still flying, etc??? Thanks!

That's E.D. Weiner's cross country racer. It was Bardahl II in 1968, but picked up STP as the sponsor for '69 (hence the red, Andy Granitelli paint scheme). Unfortunately, E.D. was having some serious health problems around Reno time, and he withdrew from the Trans-con race that year, so it never raced in that configuration. During the first heat race at Reno that week, he had a heart attack and pulled out. Died the following week in a Reno hospital.

[Apteryx]

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BTW- Pictures of the red Mustang can be found in the Bardahl thread on Goss's second link (for N335).

[KB Adkins]

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Thanks for the info. guys, that plane sure looked sharp with the red paint and cut canopy

[RandyGoss75]

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John, I have a picture of N335J with the camera mounted on the nose for the memorial flight.......

I believe Clay Lacy flew the #49 airplane and Fred Koehler released Ellis's ashes?

Interesting in the pictures of #14 with the STP paint scheme- you can still see the checkerboard paint scheme thru the red! RG

http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/survivors/pages/44-72902.shtml

[jarrodeu]

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Superb photos Victor, thanks for posting them.

Jarrod

[T J Johansen]

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Without doubt the yellow/black is my favourite P-51 race scheme. Thanks for posting. I visited Frederick Kohler's hangar in Mesa back in 1993 when the N335 (in the white/black checkerboard colors) lay dismantled inside. On a shelf next to it was the old cut down canopy, still in the red STP colors. Wish I could have seen the pair fly!

T J

[Victor Archer]

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Victor,
Around the time the original picture was taken Lyle Shelton flew the Red "STP Special" airplane in Ellis's funeral flight. Lyle used to have a pretty good picture of that event that has gotten away from his collection. Do you happen to have any pictures of that event? feel free to PM if you wish.

John, These are just random slides from a private collection. I don't think he has any pictures from that event but I'll ask.

[BellCobraIV]

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John, These are just random slides from a private collection. I don't think he has any pictures from that event but I'll ask.

Victor,
Thank you, Just trying to chase a couple of images down for the "wall"