looking for pics of Jim wemitt's "WOMBAT" 77-78 ve

Big Erik · Postby **Big Erik** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:23 pm

My dad owned this car in 80-81 ran as a bracket car, he bought it from Jim wemett and it was called the WOMBAT.anyone have any pics of it??.......ERIK

Dennis Doubleday · Postby **Dennis Doubleday** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:23 pm

Here are a few. Dennis Doubleday

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YouTube · Postby **draglist** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:46 pm

Those are great shots. We just had a George Johnson join the board. Is this the same George that used to drive the Wemett car? Welcome either way, George! bp

Big Erik · Postby **Big Erik** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:48 pm

cool pics the top one is no the same car??.........but the bottom two are the one dad had!!.........ERIK

Bret Kepner · Postby **Bret Kepner** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:07 am

Top shot is northwesterner Joe Clement. Bottom shots are Jim Wemett. Bear in mind that this Wemett 'Vette was nearly totalled in a two-car crash with Roy Harris' Trans Am at Darlington in '79.

Big Erik · Postby **Big Erik** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:54 am

bret this explains alot, my dad got the car from Jim and bracket raced it here art Cordova under the name "CARLSON&HEPNER" called the Country Corvette......he said the body had been repaired a bunch of times and was really heavy for an F/C body he also said he had a pic out of a hot rod mag of the car exploding the blower with the blower hanging over the hood.he said you could see where they hastily repaired it and spray bombed around the hole......they redid the body and repainted it white again with no stripes......dad hated the car..as he said you could not see out of it, and they never had very much motor in it so it was a handful with the solid suspension!!.they were gonna put a t body on it but never did he said it went to kentucky......as a funny side note the car dad had before this was an opel GT.dad is as big as me(6'5" 270) and he built the opel he had the throttle on the pass floor and he had to lean over to drive it.....he had the trans lock up in the lights and he went on his lid and back on the wheels.......when they bought the funnycar they ran it in primer first and had it lettered upside down!!.........long story but thought you'd like it.or maybe not??

ERIK

jim sanders · Postby **jim sanders** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:58 am

great reading !!

YouTube · Postby **draglist** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:12 pm

Man, how did I look at those photos 20 times and see the same car (Clement and Wemett). Sheesh. bp

Dennis Doubleday · Postby **Dennis Doubleday** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:52 pm

Sorry,I threw that one in there without looking.It was in my Wemmet file,not my Clement file. Dennis Doubleday

sal cimino · Postby **sal cimino** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:32 pm

HEY DENNIS, WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY AOTHER PICTURES OF JIM'S FUNNY CARS? I KNEW BACK AROUND '75........ THANKS, SAL

looking for pics of Jim wemitt's "WOMBAT" 77-78 ve

looking for pics of Jim wemitt's "WOMBAT" 77-78 ve

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