Roy did the stunt work along with Richard Petty, Cale and Tiny Lund in this very amusing Elvis movie from 1968 (note Roy drives the 1966 Impala in this movie not my 1965 car)

Just got the chassis, rear-end and other misc. parts back from the media blaster/powder coater. Its amazing what they were able to do. Many of the parts look brand-new! Nex step, body goes to be stripped, primed and painted!

Notice the rebar welded onto the a-Arms, pretty cool!

I was able to get my hands on the 1965 October issue of Car Life — I scanned all the photos at a higher resolution then what is online now — The magazine a great piece of history talking about Roy’s car as well as how to build a NASCAR spec 427 (BTW we plan to use this as a basis for our engine build).

If you look closely in the above photo, you’ll see the “NASCAR” painted on the rear-license plate – see below for how it looks today

Per request, some more photos from today of the rear-end

shaun

A true “Frame-off” restoration. Today we removed the frame from the body, and disassembled the chassis to be media blasted tomorrow. Should have a clean frame back tomorrow night!

Found some really cool things about the car: 1) There were a TON of reinforcements made to the stock 65 Impala chassis. They welded in re-bar to strengthen the a-arms and other parts of the chassis. There was also lots of plate steel welded into key areas for strength. 2) This car probably has one of the earliest examples of a stock car with a 3-4link rear end. Looks like they had a few different setups they ran with, notice the large bolt welded to the top of the pumpkin?

The rear-end appears to be from a large chevy truck (can anyone confirm?). I’m told this suspension is from Rex White’s 1963 Impala. I need to confirm the exact details with Tom Hunter the team owner.

My hard working crew!

Ready to go to the media blasters! Body’s going to body shop soon… probably going to have to replace a few panels with new ones (way too much rust to repair) we’ll see…

Rex White’s 1963 Impala — notice the 6 lug bolt wheels. This is what our suspension, and brakes came from (to be confirmed).

Photos from day 2 tear-down. We got pretty far along… our little friend must have got away, he was no where to be seen!

Cool fill valve

Notice the rubber hose used to reduce vibration under the stock gas tank!

1965 Version of a Fuel Cell! (Stock gas tank, inside a square galvanized steel box!)

Not too bad for day 2…

Well she finally arrived today! She had a little stow-away though. A 2′ jet-black Georgian RAT SNAKE! After a 2000 mile trek it was a little upset — I wasn’t able to catch it on film but after about two hours of trying to persuade it out (w/ an air hose, even a torch!) we weren’t able to get her to come out from behind the dash/floorboard.

Tomorrow we are going to take the entire body off the frame, I’m going to be ready with a camera and an old coffee can to catch our friend! More photos then…

If you look closely on the left side of the firewall you can see this car is a heater-delete optioned car. Pretty rare I’m told and usually only ordered this way when they were turned into race cars! The story Wayne told me is Tom Hunter took this car straight from the show room floor and into the shop to be turned into a race car never turning a mile on the road.

She even has the SS interior panels still in! (Going to replace these with brand new ones)

Cool brackets used to hold the door closed welded right onto the stock door (which still opens!)

Need to fix/replace most of the floor boards unfortunately.

Notice the BRAND NEW paint still under the trunk lid… shinny and smooth to the touch like the day she was made.

They used electrical wire to attach the hood and trunk pins to! kinda neat to see this still attached.

Firewall VIN Plate still attached. See decoded version of it below — Black Vinyl and Evening Orchid paint!

Inside driver door VIN 166375 A 146513 — she didn’t stray far from home! Born in Atlanta Georgia 1965!

Hi guys, just a quick update on the car. Its delayed in Colorado for the 4th of July. Should get here sometime late next week. We are itching to get started but still confident we can finish her for this years Monterey Historics August 14, 15, 16th —

In other news our friends over at the NASCAR Legends website have put up a page talking about Roy Mayne’s life. http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Roy_Mayne.htm — There is also another website which has been a huge help already with the restoration, Racers Reunion; they have put up a page to support my restoration project of this car helping to gather information about the car and Roy. Thanks guys!  http://racersreunion.ning.com/group/roymaynerestorationprojectsupporters

shaun

Photos from Wayne this morning as she is leaving Royston GA.  Its on a roll-back but will be loaded into an enclosed carrier for its trip to California. Should be here early next week!

1965, 1966 and 1967 racing results for this Roy Mayne 1965 Impala courtesy of http://racing-reference.info

Roy Mayne

1965 NASCAR Grand National Results

1966 NASCAR Grand National Results

1967 NASCAR Grand National Results

Below are some pictures of the car as it is today at Wayne Smith’s in Royston, GA. As you can see its complete and even has some of the original patina on it still!