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Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

As some of you may know I work for Herb McCandless. For those of you who dont know who that is.....here is a quick bio.

Herb started his racing career in 1965, when he became involved with Chrysler’s race program. In 1968, racing became so much a part of his life, that when his then full-time job at a printing company got in the way of racing, he quit—the job. He raced Hemi cars from 1965 until 1974. During the last four years of his career, he drove for venerable team of Sox & Martin, driving their Pro Stock car. In 1974, he started McCandless Performance, and did a lot of the W2 small block test work for Chrysler. He ran McCandless Performance for 22 years and was one of Chrysler’s largest Direct Connection and Mopar Performance dealers.

February 5, 2008 He was inducted into the NC Drag Racing hall of fame.

Enough of that. Todd Warner owns the 72 Demon now and has done an amazing job of restoring it. It is in and out of the shop alot for shows and stuff and this time it was here I decided to snap some pictures because it is going back to Florida for a while and I'm not sure when it will be back through.

There is a surprise at the end of these pictures so look at them all....

(photos removed by request)


And for the finale! Yes Herb McCandless drove a Mustang! He will not admit it in person but I have the proof. lol



Hope you guys enjoy the pictures. Never know when the car will be back so I figured I would snap as many as possible. You get goosebumps sitting in that car.

Here it is in action, one of the most famous pictures in drag racing history.
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #1 –
Wow , thanks for sharing ,that thing is awesome :)
Fox-less at the moment

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #2 –
Awesome !!! I grew up watching Ronnie Sox tear it up at the tracks,and Richard Petty win on the ovals. They just don't have those kind of racers anymore. ALL pretty boy stuff these days.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #3 –
Sweet. Ever heard of Raymond Hauser. He raced for Oldsmobile back then. I beleave they know each other. He was inducted in the Drag Racing Hall of Fame this year. His son races the same car that he raced from 68 till the 90s. The Ram Rod II.
88 Cougar LS 5.0 .030 over, ported E7s with GT40 valves & trickflow springs, Proform roller rockers, HO cam, removed air silencer, K&N filter, smog pump delete, 2.25" dual flowmasters, Pacestter H-pipe & headers, HO computer, 65mm TB, Explorer intake, 19# injecters, 3.45s, rebuilt posi, and TCI shift kit.

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #4 –
Too sweet!!
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #5 –
Is that a '61 300 I see in the background?
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon-  '81 Granada GL 2dr

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #6 –
Sweet!  As a reformed Mopar guy, I really appreciate those pics.
41 Dodge Luxury Liner Sedan
78 F-100 2wd flareside
84Turbo Coupe
84 Thunderbird Élan
85 Thunderbird 3.8
88 Turbo Coupe
88 Mustang GT
90 Stang LX 5.0 5spd
93 F-150 4x4 ext cab
96 Mustang GT
98 Mustang GT
99 SVT Cobra
06 Fusion SEL
14 Fusion Sport

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #7 –
there's a sox and martin duster around here.. i forget what the guy's name is that owns it, but he's deathly afraid to stand it up.. he officially makes the car look bad the once or twice a year he actually runs it lol

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #8 –
gotta love etown lol

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #9 –
Quote from: Chuck W;345268
Is that a '61 300 I see in the background?

Your good! That car has a 5.7 Hemi in it. We finished that up last year
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #10 –
Quote from: turbo_88_XR7;345271
there's a sox and martin duster around here.. i forget what the guy's name is that owns it, but he's deathly afraid to stand it up.. he officially makes the car look bad the once or twice a year he actually runs it lol

Snap a picture next time you see it. I think I know who it is.
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #11 –
Quote from: Live Fast;345293
Your good! That car has a 5.7 Hemi in it. We finished that up last year

 
I was wondering why it has sixteen sparkplugs.
88 Cougar LS 5.0 .030 over, ported E7s with GT40 valves & trickflow springs, Proform roller rockers, HO cam, removed air silencer, K&N filter, smog pump delete, 2.25" dual flowmasters, Pacestter H-pipe & headers, HO computer, 65mm TB, Explorer intake, 19# injecters, 3.45s, rebuilt posi, and TCI shift kit.

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #12 –
"Hemi" Fred Ristagno! took me a while to remember his name.. he lives in sewell, which is only about 20 minutes from my front door

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #13 –
Quote from: Bruce M;345305
I was wondering why it has sixteen sparkplugs.

I'm guessing your talking about the demon?
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport

Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon (lots of pics)

Reply #14 –
Quote from: turbo_88_XR7;345306
"Hemi" Fred Ristagno! took me a while to remember his name.. he lives in sewell, which is only about 20 minutes from my front door


Yes we know him, he is umm...different? lol Not really sure how to describe him haha
The car he has is one of Ronnie's old cars. When is the last time he run it up there?
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport