Johnny Dark Restoration Book - The Black Woodill Wildfire

46 Summary: So … what do we “ know ” about the famous Johnny Dark racecar? Let ’ s review: • It was an early Series 2 body with an early serial number - a number that can be verified as shown in Howard Miller ’ s serial number registry • All evidence points to the use of a Willys drivetrain – confirmed by the business partner (Chuck Tatum) of the person who drove the car during the movie (Andy Botto) • The chassis is either a Mameco or more likely the newly designed Wildfire chassis. This is best revealed by the car turned on its side during race 1 of the movie. • The dashboard configuration is rare – even for a Wildfire. It shows four main large gauges and some auxiliary functions/dials too. • The racing windshield was replaced with a Corvette wrap - around windshield before being sold by Woodill. However, evidence of the holes/mounting brackets of the original racing windshield should re- main on the body for further verification. So if the car is out there, it should match the criteria established above to allow confidence that that car might be the elusive, often sought after, missing for 60+ years....Johnny Dark Wildfire. And what's that I hear??? You want to know about the other two Wildfires in the film? More about that in a future story here at Undiscovered Classics.