Dyno Don: The Cars and Career of Dyno Don Nicholson. Doug Boyce

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      © 2018 by Doug Boyce

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      Edit by Bob Wilson

      Layout by Hailey Samples

      ISBN 978-1-61325-405-9

      Item No. CT631

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Boyce, Doug, author.

      Title: Dyno Don : the cars and career of Dyno Don Nicholson / Doug Boyce.

      Description: Forest Lake, MN : CarTech Books, [2018] | Includes index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017055510 | ISBN 9781613254059

      Subjects: LCSH: Nicholson, Don, 1927-2006. | Automobile racing drivers--United States--Biography. | LCGFT: Biographies.

      Classification: LCC GV1032.N534 B68 2018 | DDC 796.72092 [B] --dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017055510

      Edited and designed in the U.S.A.

      Printed in China

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      In reporting history, the images required to tell the tale will vary greatly in quality, especially by modern photographic standards. While some images in this volume are not up to those digital standards, we have included them, as we feel they are an important element in telling the story.

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       Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Birth of a Legend (1927–1961)
Chapter 2 A Bevy of Chevys (1961–1963)
Chapter 3 Mercury Rising (1964–1965)
Chapter 4 Dyno Soars (1966–1968)
Chapter 5 Heads Up (1969–1973)
Chapter 6 Mustang Country (1974–1977)
Chapter 7 Foxy Bodies (1978–1981)
Chapter 8 It’s In the Blood (1983–2001)
Chapter 9 The Legend Lives
In Memoriam
Appendix
Index
Image

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      Without a doubt, first and foremost on the list of acknowledgements is the Nicholson family. Specifically I’d like to give a big thanks to Don’s daughter Cindy, his granddaughter and probably his biggest fan Candace, his nephew Richard, and Richard’s son, Don. They each contributed in numerous ways and their input added immensely to the finished work. I was able to spend some quality time with the Nicholsons and I have to say, they truly are special people. They’re


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