1978 Chevy

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The first two were posted by John Betts of Racers Reunion



Petty Enterprises bought their first Chevrolet from Cecil Gordon. The car was instantly competitive. Concerning the switch from a leaf spring rear suspension used with the Mopars to the rear trailing arm set up seen under GM cars at that time Dale Inman remarked that the car did not know the difference.

There were differences though. The leaf spring set up was more consistent as the trailing arm set up rolled through the turns better.

In the long run it worked out for Richard and the boys