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From John EvaDAVE Gale was an Australian Drrag
Racer from the mid-‘60s to the earrrrrrly
‘80s,most famous for his Model
A Cabriolet with Weber-carbed
smallblock Ford engine which ran
10-second ets. This was in the early
‘70s! Dave even shipped the caar rrto
New Zealand a couplee of titmes to
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eqeeqeqeqe ually asshhilarioouuuusu.....Armchair Drag Racing; Chalky Tegg goes up against
Del Turnbull, with Maude Fairbairn as Del’s crew, 2018.Mark Gale, 2000.NZHRM cover, April 1974, Dave
Gale’s 10 second Model A.