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A pair of chutes are required to stop the nearly 3000-lb beast. Also a pair of wheelie bars is in place just in case. We like the stock '62 Fury taillights.

The new Fury wagon is considerably different from the old one. The new car weighs 2730 lbs ready to race with the driver. The old Fury weighed 3570 lbs ready to race with the driver. The difference of 800 lbs of weight and a much more aerodynamic body increased the Fury wagon's performance by nearly six-tenths of a second and 14 mph. That alone makes the two years of working nights and weekends to build the new Fury worth the money.

Todd has to remove the rather large fender skirt in order to service the rear tire and suspension. Note the three-speed Lenco in front of a two-disc clutch. This version of the '62 wagon is definitely not a street machine.

The wagon has run a best of 6.661/212.16 in testing on the Route 66 strip near his shop, and it ran in the high sixes at over 200 mph at the World Street Nationals at Orlando.

Currently the car has a 526 cubic inch KB style Hemi with Brad Anderson billet heads and a PSI supercharger. For legal Pro Modified action all Todd has to do is take the PSI off and, depending on the IHRA Pro Mod rules for next year, he may have to remove the billet heads and replace them with a set of cast heads.

With the blades WFO Todd launches the wagon with the wheels in the air! Guess he needs those wheelie bars after all.

Todd's plan for the wagon is to run it as an Outlaw Pro Modified for a year just to get it dialed in and then try to run it as a legitimate Pro Modified. One thing is sure, though, Todd Shepherd has the quickest, fastest and certainly most entertaining Fury wagon in all of drag racing and we here at DRO can't wait to see what he is going to build next.