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Drag photos were taken by Todd Dziaosz at Beaver Springs Dragway and provided
by Frank Tankalavage. These photos are Copyright
Todd Dziadosz, the official BSD photographer, unless otherwise noted. Todd has great
pics of all the BSD regulars, as well as a dazzling display of Pro cars. If you are
interested in his photos, check out his website at www.tdspeedshotz.com
Thanks Todd!
Other pics were taken by Scott Runkle at Frackville's Cruise night and Denny
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Frank sent me some information on his smokin' ride. Looks like he
has himself a handful of ponies here.
This car is motivated by a jensen built 302 which was stroked out to a 349 cubic
in. powerplant. This engine dynoed at 645 hp in street trim on the engine alone.
This is also topped by a 2 stage Nitrous kit. The engine is backed by a powerglide
tranny, followed up by 3.73:1 ratio gears in an 8.8" Ford posi. Wit it's potential
at the track, Frank installed a 7.50 certified roll cage to keep him safe. The cars
runs in street classes and 10.5 inch tire classes. The car started out as a total
loss that Frank bought and rebuild at his shop (F&W Auto Body) located in Williamstown.
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GC member Frank
Tankalavage finally takes the top spot in the 2005 100
MPH club
at Beaver Springs with a Ford! (Pic above and below by Todd Dziadosz)
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Frank's latest magazine appearance is in "Hemmings
Muscle Machines". It's a very well written story about the father/daughter
team of Tiff and Frank Tankalavage. The coolest part is that
Hemmings editor, David Traver Adolphus, contacted us after coming accross this web
site. He took some contact information about club members, including Frank and Tiff's
for this article, and will be doing some more in the future. How cool is that?
Click on each page to see the entire article. Photography credit is to Frank Tankalavage
and the article was written by David Traver Adolphus. (Get to a newsstand and buy
a copy or better yet, buy the subscription!)
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Frank's car was also featured in "Muscle Mustangs &
Fast Fords" magazine a couple of years ago.
I hope to find out what year and issue. If you have it, please let me know!
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Congratulations to Frank as he was #3 in the 100
MPH Club for 2003 and #4 in 2004 & 2002. This was the build up for finally winning
the #1 spot in 2005.
Cool!
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Below: A couple more nice shots from the Jensen Mean Streets.
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This car sees quite a bit of street time! It is driven to all events except race
days!
Here it is at the 2006 Pottsville Cruise night. We had a large club turn out this
year!
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Below: Frackville Cruise Night.
As you can see in the two bottom pictures, he sees street time in this machine.
I am sure he sends quite a few wannabe hot rodders away with their tail between their
legs
I'll end this article with the view most people see of this car when it's in action.
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