Bill 'Maverick' Golden

Given a "parts deal" in 1960 to help support his '60 Dodge Phoenix, Maverick had done quite well in Southern California A/Stock competition. Powered by a 330-horse 383 sporting two Carter AFB 4-barrel carbs on a cross-ram intake manifold, the big black Dodge ran the quarter mile in 13.7 seconds at 103 mph. To show their appreciation for his efforts on their behalf, Chrysler representatives arranged for Maverick to try one of the factory's brand-new S/SA'62 Dodges with the more powerful 413 cubic inch Max Wedge V8 rated at 420 hp. It was in this car that Golden won the AHRA Winternationals at Fontana Drag City, the only Chrysler powered racecar to do so. Near the end of the '64 season, Maverick was invited to Detroit by Frank Wylie, Chrysler's chief of public relations. "We went out to Dick Branster's shop, home of the 'Color Me Gone' car, where I saw the first 'Little Red Wagon,' a Dodge truck with a big supercharged 426 Hemi sitting in the back.  Chrysler built the truck for A/Factory Experimental, and it did in fact break the record in an early outing. But then it was discovered that the truck had a propensity for picking up the front wheels at speed. When it continued to do so, much to the delight of the spectators, Wylie decided to exploit the exhibition potential of the wheelie truck, and the "Little Red Wagon" was born. The rest, as they say, is history. Bill "Maverick" Golden went from King of the Dodge Super/Stocks to King of the Wheelstanders.

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Given a "parts deal" in 1960 to help support his '60 Dodge Phoenix, Maverick had done quite well in Southern California A/Stock competition. Powered by a 330-horse 383 sporting two Carter AFB 4-barrel carbs on a cross-ram intake manifold, the big black Dodge ran the quarter mile in 13.7 seconds at 103 mph. To show their appreciation for his efforts on their behalf, Chrysler representatives arranged for Maverick to try one of the factory's brand-new S/SA'62 Dodges with the more powerful 413 cubic inch Max Wedge V8 rated at 420 hp. It was in this car that Golden won the AHRA Winternationals at Fontana Drag City, the only Chrysler powered racecar to do so. Near the end of the '64 season, Maverick was invited to Detroit by Frank Wylie, Chrysler's chief of public relations. "We went out to Dick Branster's shop, home of the 'Color Me Gone' car, where I saw the first 'Little Red Wagon,' a Dodge truck with a big supercharged 426 Hemi sitting in the back.  Chrysler built the truck for A/Factory Experimental, and it did in fact break the record in an early outing. But then it was discovered that the truck had a propensity for picking up the front wheels at speed. When it continued to do so, much to the delight of the spectators, Wylie decided to exploit the exhibition potential of the wheelie truck, and the "Little Red Wagon" was born. The rest, as they say, is history. Bill "Maverick" Golden went from King of the Dodge Super/Stocks to King of the Wheelstanders.

Subject ID: 12502

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