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DeKon Chassis 1004

 

Second owner Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

 IMSA Camel GT - Road Atlanta

Braselton, GA - April 17, 1977

Photo by Fred Lewis

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

IMSA Camel GT - Road Atlanta I

Braselton, GA - April 17, 1977

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

 IMSA Camel GT - Laguna Seca I

Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977

 

 

 

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

 IMSA Camel GT - Laguna Seca I

Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977

Photo by Brent Martin

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

 IMSA Camel GT - Laguna Seca I

Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977

Photo by Brent Martin

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

IMSA Camel GT - unknown event

location and date unknown

 

 

 

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

 IMSA Camel GT - Lime Rock Park 100 mile

Lakeville, CT - May 30, 1977

Joe Huffaker with hand in engine

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

 IMSA Camel GT - Lime Rock Park 100 mile

Lakeville, CT - May 30, 1977

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

 IMSA Camel GT - Lime Rock Park 100 mile ?

Lakeville, CT - May 30, 1977

Photo by Bill Oursler

     

Tom Frank #24 DeKon (c/n 1004)

IMSA Camel GT - Mid-Ohio 100 mile

Lexington, OH - June 5, 1977

Photo by Mark Windecker

Tom Frank #24 DeKon (c/n 1004)

IMSA Camel GT - Mid-Ohio 100 mile

Lexington, OH - June 5, 1977

Photo by Mark Windecker

Tom Frank #24 DeKon (c/n 1004)

IMSA Camel GT - Mid-Ohio 100 mile ?

Lexington, OH - June 5, 1977 

     

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004) Phase-5

IMSA Camel GT - Mid-Ohio 3 Hours

Lexington, OH - August 28, 1977

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

IMSA Camel GT - Mid-Ohio 3 Hours

Lexington, OH - August 28, 1977

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

IMSA Camel GT - Road Atlanta II

Braselton, GA - September 5, 1977

Photo by Paul Woodbury

     

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

 IMSA Camel GT - Laguna Seca II

Monterey, CA - October 9, 1977

The Huffaker's Joe Jr. and Sr., of Huffaker Engineering, prepared Tom Frank's racecar and engines.

Tom Frank #24 (DeKon c/n 1004)

IMSA Winston GT - Riverside 6 Hours

Riverside, CA - April 22, 1979

 

 

Results for Tom Frank

Date

Race

No.

Chassis

Driver(s)

Entrant

Result

Oct 03, 1976

100 mile Laguna Seca II

25

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

8th

Nov 28, 1976

250 mile Daytona Finale

25

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

7th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 17, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Road Atlanta I

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

5th

May 01, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Laguna Seca I

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

5th

May 15, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Mid-America

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

16th

May 30, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Lime Rock

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

32nd

Jun 05, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Mid-Ohio

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

4th

Jun 19, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Brainerd

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

26th

Jul 04, 1977

IMSA 250 mile Daytona Paul Revere

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

44th

Aug 14, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Pocono

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

2nd

Aug 28, 1977

IMSA 3 h Mid-Ohio

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

30th

Sep 05, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Road Atlanta II

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

8th

Oct 09, 1977

IMSA 100 mile Laguna Seca II

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

16th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 21, 1978

SCCA Trans-Am Sears Point

-

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

DNS

Aug 13, 1978

SCCA Trans-Am Brainerd

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

28th

Aug 19, 1978

SCCA Trans-Am Mosport

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

6th

Sep 04, 1978

SCCA Trans-Am Road America

24

DeKon 1004

Tom Frank

Executive Industries

26th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 22, 1979

SCCA IMSA 6 h Riverside

24

DeKon 1004

Frank/Kent-Cooke

Tom Frank

17th

 

 

David France

Owner DeKon c/n 1004

 

Third? owner David France #14 (DeKon c/n 1004)

Supercuts livery - btw. 1982 - 1984

David France #44 (DeKon c/n 1004)

SCCA Regional - Sears Point Raceway (Infineon)

Sonoma, CA - btw. 1982 - 1984

   

David France, a California investment counselor, purchased DeKon 1004 from Tom Frank around 1982. He reworked the Monza to attain status for a regional only class in SCCA club racing. SPO class (Super Production Over) was for moderately to heavily modified cars with an engine displacement over 2500 cc. These Monzas were also fit to run in SCCA's GT-1 class.

 

David France and Frank Emmett campaigned the car in SCCA regional racing. Emmett was President and co-founder of Supercuts. It first raced in the Supercuts livery of black, with orange, yellow and red stripes. Then was changed to Scuederia France livery of blue-yellow. The car was raced at Laguna Seca and Sears Point, resulting in many first place finishes. France placed the car in storage at the end of the 1984 racing season. The car was still maintained during this time by Huffaker Engineering.

 

John Malone bought the car in the 1990's,repainted to red and gold the livery with car no. 4, and drove vintage races in Florida and Georgia.

 
Results for David France

Date

Race

No.

Chassis

Driver(s)

Result

Mar 28, 1982

Sears Point - Season Opener

44

DeKon 1004

David France

6th

May 23, 1982

Laguna Seca - Laguna Spring Regional

44

DeKon 1004

David France

3rd

Jun 06, 1982

Sears Point - Sonoma June Regional

44

DeKon 1004

David France

3rd

Aug 08, 1982

Sears Point - Sonoma Summer Regional

44

DeKon 1004

David France

11th

Sep 12, 1882

Laguna Seca - Laguna Summer Regional

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

Aug 28, 1982

Sears Point - SCCA Summer Regional

44

DeKon 1004

David France

14th

Oct 02, 1982

Sears Point - PCRRC

44

DeKon 1004

David France

DNF

Oct 09, 1982

Laguna Seca - SCCA October Regional

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

Nov 07, 1982

Sears Point - 23rd RDC 4 hr Enduro

44

DeKon 1004

David France

4th

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 10, 1983

Sears Point - Spring Regional

44

DeKon 1004

David France

2nd

May 22, 1983

Laguna Seca - Laguna Spring

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

Jun 19, 1983

Laguna Seca - End-of-Spring

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

Jul 31, 1983

Laguna Seca - Double Points Regional

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

Sep 17, 1983

Sears Point - Supercuts Pacific Coast

44

DeKon 1004

David France

15th

Nov 05, 1983

Sears Point - Regional Championship

44

DeKon 1004

David France

2nd

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 08, 1984

Sears Point - SCCA Regional Road Races

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

Mar 25, 1984

Sears Point - Season Opener

44

DeKon 1004

David France

2nd

May 13, 1984

Sears Point - Golden Poppy Springs

44

DeKon 1004

David France

5th

Jun 03, 1984

Sears Point - Trans-Am

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

Aug 12, 1984

Laguna Seca - Full Moon Sprints

44

DeKon 1004

David France

5th

Sep 03, 1984

Laguna Seca - Quarter Moon Sprints

44

DeKon 1004

David France

3rd

Sep 16, 1984

Sears Point - Supercuts Pacific Coast

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

Oct 28, 1984

Laguna Seca - Double Points Weekend

44

DeKon 1004

David France

1st

 

 

Phil Gallant

Fourth owner DeKon c/n 1004

 

Tom Frank's old DeKon Monza - 30 years later. (BELOW)  Phil Gallant purchased the car from John Malone in 2005, and ran it in vintage. In 2006, the original fuel injection system was rebuilt ,and engine backdated to original 1976 setup. Gallant's last successful vintage race with the DeKon was at Laguna Seca in August 2009, where he finished 8th.

 

 

Fourth owner, Phil Gallant #04 - DeKon c/n 1004

Rolex Vintage Festival - Lime Rock Park

Lakeville, CT - September 1-3, 2007

Monzas in the paddock

 DeKon 1004 (#04), and 1012 (#20)

Rolex Vintage Festival - Lime Rock Park

Lakeville, CT - September 1-3, 2007

Phil Gallant #04 - DeKon c/n 1004

Rolex Vintage Festival - Lime Rock Park

Lakeville, CT - September 1-3, 2007

     

Phil Gallant #04 - DeKon c/n 1004
36th MHAR - Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, CA - August 15, 2009

Photo by Chris Campbell
 

Vintage Racing

 

Organization

HMSA

..................

Historic Motor Sports Association

HSR

..............................

Historic Sportscar Racing

SVRA

..............

Sportscar Vintage Racing Association

VSCCA

..............

Vintage Sports Car Club of America

Event

MHAR

..............

Monterey Historic Automobile Races

MMR

......................

Monterey Motorsports Reunion

SHMF

............

Sonoma Historical Motorsports Festival

WCCVCR

......

Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races

Phil Gallant #04 - DeKon c/n 1004

36th MHAR - Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Monterey, CA - August 16, 2009

 

 

Results for Phil Gallant

Date

Race

No.

Chassis

Drivers

Result

Jun 03, 2007

HMSA - Infineon Raceway WCCVCR/SHMF

04

DeKon 1004

Phil Gallant

9th

Aug 19, 2007

MHAR - Laguna Seca

04

DeKon 1004

Phil Gallant

6th

Sep 03, 2007

VSCCA - Lime Rock Vintage Festival

04

DeKon 1004

Phil Gallant

 

Aug 16, 2009

HMSA - Laguna Seca Monterey Motorsports

04

DeKon 1004

Phil Gallant

8th

Aug 14, 2010

HMSA - Laguna Seca Monterey Motorsports

04

DeKon 1004

Phil Gallant

DNS

 

 

Phil Gallant

DeKon c/n 1004 repaint

 

Starting in 2006, Gallant rebuilt and backdated the engine to the original 1976 specifications. The original livery of

Tom Frank's #24 white/green Monza also returned to the car in 2010.  The car was eventually sold in 2011.

 

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Monza repainted to original Tom Frank livery

Canepa Design, Scotts Valley, CA - March 5, 2011

Commemorative plate by DeKon Engineering LTD

owners ordered from DeKon as memento which

included chassis no. and series championship

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Monza repainted to original Tom Frank livery

Scotts Valley, CA - March 5, 2011

     

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Original DeKon interior

Scotts Valley, CA - March 5, 2011

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Original DeKon instrument panel

Canepa Design - Scotts Valley, CA - March 5, 2011

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Monza as restored to Tom Frank's original livery

Scotts Valley, CA - March 5, 2011

     

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Chevrolet small-block finjected V-8, 6.0L (361.7 cid)

(Photo by Canepa Design in Scotts Valley, CA - March 5, 2011)

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Scotts Valley, CA - March 5, 2011

The Kinsler Fuel Injection system was rebuilt by Tony Oddo in 2006.

Phil Gallant's #24 - DeKon c/n 1004 with

Chevrolet small-block finjected V-8, 6.0L (361.7 cid)

(Photo by Canepa Design in Scotts Valley, CA - March 5, 2011)

     

Engine Specifications

Bore:

........................................

4.155

Stroke:

.....................................

3.335

Displacement:

.....................

361.7 cu. in.

Comp. Ratio:

..........................

12.9 to 1

Timing:

..................

36° BTDC (White Line)

Plug Gap:

....................................

.035

Valve Lash:

................

.018 Cold /.022 Hot

Max. RPM:

............................

8500 RPM

Shift RPM:

.............................

7500 RPM

Peak HP:

......................

652 @ 6700 RPM

Peak Torque:

.................

556 @ 5500 RPM

(Source: Canepa)

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Monterey Motorsports Reunion - Laguna Seca

Monterey, CA - August 21, 2011

 

Phil Gallant #24 - DeKon c/n 1004

Monterey Motorsports Reunion - Laguna Seca

Monterey, CA - August 21, 2011

 

 

Ownership History

DeKon c/n 1004

 

Don't confuse the two names, it was Frank Thomas and/or Lee Mueller who was the first owner of DeKon 1004. The car that was given a pre-delivery shakedown by Horst Kwech at the TRC in 1975. Tom Frank, owner of Executive Motor Homes, was the second owner of c/n 1004 but in the white/green #24 livery shown above.

 

In Chevrolet's Friends magazine, Frank Thomas is named as the owner who, "...took delivery of his new Monza at the sprawling 8,100-acre Transportation Research Center of Ohio,", outside of Columbus. It was the site for the "pre-delivery wring-out" of his "jet black modified Monza," according to the article. David Girling writes, "The purchaser of this small Chevy racer was cattleman Frank Thomas of Boise, Idaho, who runs a stable of racers in various sedan series and shares his team's duties." This article also calls out , "...owner Frank Thomas."

 

Also Girling writes, "Racing driver Lee Mueller who co-drives with Thomas on the Thomas race team was next to pull on a helmet and put the Monza through some hot paces." 

 

Source: Girling, D. (1976, April). Horst Kwech and His Modified Monzas. Friends (Chevrolet).

 

However, Lee Mueller is mentioned as the first owner of DeKon 1004, in a November 1977 issue of R&T magazine.

 

Source: (1977, November). Road & Track, 29(3), 96, 98.

 

Entries For Camel G.T. Challenge

250-mile Championship Race - 1:30 P.M. Sun.

65 Laps Over 3.84-Mile Championship Course

Car No.

Driver/Hometown

Car

Entrant

Driver2

Driver3

Cat.

Chassis #

0

Lee Mueller, Lynwood, Calif.

Frank Thomas, Boise, Idaho

Monza

Thor-Fire Racing

Frank Thomas

-

GTO

-

Krejci, Martin. "Daytona Finale 250 Miles 1975, Official Race Programme." Racing Sports Cars. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Aug. 2013.

http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Daytona-1975-11-30e.jpg

 

IMSA History database for 1975 cars

#

Car

Team

Driver1

Driver2

Driver3

Cat.

Chassis #

0

Chevrolet Monza

Thor-Fire Racing

Lee Mueller

Frank Thomas

-

GTO

-

Gousseau, Alex. "Database 1975 Cars." IMSA History. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Aug. 2013.

http://www.imsahistory.com/Database/1975cars.html

 

Championship Finals, Daytona International Speedway

Daytona Beach on 30 November 1975

"Cars that did not start"

#

Car

Drivers

Cat.

0

Chevrolet Monza

Lee Mueller - Frank Thomas

GTO

Gousseau, Alex. "Championship Finals, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, 30 Nov 1975." IMSA History. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Aug. 2013

 http://www.imsahistory.com/Season1975/DaytonaFinale75.html

 

The second owner, Tom Frank had the car for about three seasons, between 1976 and 1977. Joe Huffaker, Sr. of Huffaker Engineering, prepared the car and built the engines. Frank campaigned the IMSA series in 1976 and '77, but then mostly entered SCCA Trans-Am races in the 1978 season.

 

On August 14, 1977 at the Pocono 100 IMSA Camel GT race in Long Pond, PA, Frank took a 2nd place finish which was a racing highlight for the remarkably built American racecar. According to Canepa Design, a contemporary and historic race car builder in California, "Frank had the car updated from a Dekon Phase 4 to a Phase 5 body that focused on a large “banana” style rear wing, larger front chin spoiler, and a hood with a long 3” bulge." Frank continued to race the car until 1979, after which Dekon c/n 1004 was retired from professional road racing. Sponsorship for his #24 white/green Monza was Executive Motor Homes and Huffaker Engineering.

 

David France, a California investment counselor, purchased Tom Frank's Dekon around 1982. He began modifying and prepping it to meet SCCA Super Production (SP) class rules. SCCA developed the class as an "optional - regional only class" for competitors to run at Regional level events, but excluded National level. Particularly, France prepared his car for SPO class, an engine displacement category, for Super Production Over 2500cc and above. The Monza was successfully campaigned in SCCA and driven by David France and Frank Emmett, then President of Supercuts. It raced in Supercuts livery (black with orange, yellow and red stripes) as car #44, then subsequently changed to the France scuderia blue-yellow livery. He raced at Laguna Seca and Sears Point, bringing home many first place finishes. David France placed the car in storage after the 1984 racing season ended. The car was still maintained during this time under the tutelage of Huffaker Engineering.

 

John Malone bought DeKon c/n 1004 in the 1990's and drove it as #4 in a red/gold livery at vintage/historic racing events in Florida and Georgia.

 

Then Phil Gallant purchased the car in 2005, and also ran the car in vintage racing. In October 2006, Tony Oddo of T.O.E. Inc. in Suisun City, CA rebuilt the original Kinsler fuel injection system, which had been taken out of the car during previous modifications. Additionally, Oddo backdated the 362 cu in V-8, 600 horsepower engine to original 1976 specifications.

 

In 2010, Gallant had the DeKon painted in its original '76 livery colors of white and green as adorned by Tom Frank, along with the car no. 24. The work was done by G.A. Coachworks in San Diego, CA. Gallant's last vintage racing event was around the same year.

 

The car was sold to Pat Hogan of Colorado in 2012. It raced in the Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing's Oktoberfest Enduro at High Plains Raceway, located near Deer Trail, CO. Tom Frank's old DeKon c/n 1004 is still thumping away, and finished second in it's group.

 
 

Owners of DeKon c/n 1004

 

Owner

Dates

Appearance

1.

Lee Mueller/Frank Thomas (US)

1975

#0 black

2.

Tom Frank (US)

1976

#24 white/green

3.

David France (US)

1982 ca.

#44 blue/yellow

4.

John Malone (US)

1990s

#4 red/gold

5.

Phil Gallant (US)

repainted

2005

2010

#04 red/gold, changed to

#24 white/green Frank livery

6.

Pat Hogan (US)

2012

#24 white/green