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Ed Moore, after splitting away from Dave Hough, continued to campaign in the Fuel Altered ranks.
Here's his Friendly Chevrolet sponsored AA/FA, with Rat power, and a Turbo 400 trans.
Never was able to make the automatic trans work like he wanted, so he went to the altered standard, direct drive.

photographer unknown

Here's Ed Moore at Irwindale, getting ready to make a pass in the Friendly Chevrolet car...

David McFee Photo

The first MOB T, at Irwindale Raceway.

The initials MOB originally stood for "Moore, Oates, Bradley",
but the partners would change around as the years went by but the name stayed the same,
even when a partners name wouldn't fit. Why ruin a good name?

Bob Thompson photo

The MOB guys were a colorful bunch, that's for sure

Ed Moore in the first of the Mob cars at Bakersfield

Tom West photo

Ed Moore in the "MOB" AA/FA, and Alan Miller in the Injected version of Leon Fitzgerald's Pure Heaven II. Alan drove Leon's "Pure Heaven II".

Rod Hynes Collection

Ed Moore suited-up in the 'MOB'-staging lanes at OCIR.

Rod Hynes Collection

Bradford's Crank losing to the 'MOB' at Irwindale

Rod Hynes Collection

Ed Moore suited up and 'relaxing' prior to a run at the 'County'.

Rod Hynes Collection

Miller and Moore's "MOB" at Tucson, 1973.

Rod Hynes Collection

The MOB roadster FA at OCIR.

Rod Hynes Collection

Same as above-Ed Moore in purple shirt.

Rod Hynes Collection

Beautiful night shot at Orange County Raceway.

L & M Photo

How many paint jobs did this car have, anyway?

I have an answer...from Ed Moore...

"Jim! I haven't checked the page for quite awhile. The extra pictures from Rod look good.

Re: "How many paint jobs?"

Note the 12 spokes on front. If you will check the rear, you will see that this car is not the pickup body. It is the original "Friendly Chevrolet"/"MOB" body that was stretched to fit a new 125" chassis. We Called it the "Geremander Jet" because it was built in Jerry Campbell's garage at his house on Geremander St., in Rialto, CA. before he opened Race Car Productions.

We took ALL the fixtures, same front end, rear end, steering etc., off the old F.C./MOB chassis and used them on the Jet. Dave Hough told me the car would never work because of the Legal 25% setback on a 125" chassis. It didn't work the first race because Archie Arie (Remember him?) had redone our Scheiffer (Sp?) clutch with Velvetouch heat shields and we couldn't get it to slip enough. We put a Crowerglide in and set track record, 7.02 at Beeline, in Phoenix, Anyway, that car was an interim between the original and the "World's fastest pickup"."

I learn new stuff all the time!

The Mob roadster pickup with a set of headers that look like they're off of the Fiat...

No idea who took this...I knew I'd find out...Photo by Rick Shute

Rick Shute - Auto Imagery

Gotta be one of the Fuel Altered Nationals...Ed Moore going up against Johhny West in the "Plan A" car...

photo credit goes here....

Photo By Rick Shute

Rick Shute - AutoImagery

Well, it's the Fuel Altered Nationals in Tucson, 1976

Left to right; Bill Pillow (Ed Moore's neighbor), Bob Cliff (crewman when the MOB was in Tucson), Darrell Thompson (crew),
Jan Thompson, Trophy Girl (Minette?), Ed Moore, Devon Moore, Bob Huff (track owner), Barbara Miller, Phil Miller.

...and a cast of thousands...

is there a photo credit in the house?

There is now! Rick Shute Photo!

Rick Shute - AutoImagery

Here's the Mob T Pickup early on, before acquiring the cowl over the rollcage...

Pictured here, the MOB's front airfoil and between rounds maintenance at the 1973 Fuel Altered Nationals.

The Mob in the mid '70's...Note the stretch in the frame, the eyeball aero attempts with the front axle wing
, the enclosed roll cage, and the roll cage wing.

photographer unknown until now. The veil has been lifted, the secret revealed.

Photo by Rick Shute

Rick Shute - AutoImagery

And here's Ed Moore standing it up at the March Meet, 1976

Please disregard the credit on the pic...it's really Rick Shute, not Dave Kommel.
Sorry, Dave, Rick came out of hiding and claimed it!

Photo © 1999 Rick Shute-Auto Imagery

A color photo of the above car. The Mob guys had a penchant for changing paint jobs quite often,
which may have been related to their penchant for blowing things up fairly often.

John Shanks photo

Blurry, kinda out of focus...but man, does it look like Ed's haulin' ass!
I give this shot an "A" for atmosphere!

Randy Green Collection

Life does not look real rosy for Ed Moore right at this moment...and judging from the size of the slicks,
he's movin' at a pretty good clip here...in the lights at OCIR!

Ed Moore and the ever-exploding MOB roadster at one of the PDA meets in the 1970's, this was their last qualifying attempt...Lee LeBaron is in the other lane behind all that smoke,,,quite a sequence here...

...looks like it's going straight...

Uh-oh...getting a little sideways...

Well, now Ed's doing a little driving here...

Let's try the other two wheels...

And as Ed said when he sent me these..."That's All!"

...for this run...

By the way, Ed Moore sent me an e-mail after I posted this, and said "And we qualified on this run, too!"

Ron Lewis stepped and claimed credit for this sequence...so,
Photos © Ron Lewis Photography

Here's Ed getting ready for a run at OCIR, around 1973.

John Shanks Photo

The 'MOB' in left lane smoking the tires against Lee LeBaron in his 'Savage Jr.'

Just an FYI...this is the same exact run that Ron Lewis sequence above, with the "up on the left side, up on the right side, and a bit sideways"!

Rod Hynes Collection

I do believe that this is the first incarnation of the Fiat, at Orange County.
If I'm wrong, I know Ed or Phil will set me straight!

Randy Green Collection

I'll bet this shot is taken at Tucson...1977 Fuel Altered Nationals...

Photo by Rick Shute

Rick Shute - AutoImagery

Scratchy ol' photo of the MOB Fiat, at the 1977 Fuel Altered Nationals

Here's a case of two photographers standing right next to each other...check out this shot, note the photographer across the track?
Right between the blower and the windshield? Look at the photo below, same guy, but the car hadn't gotten to him yet.

John M. Ayriss photo

Here's the Fiat in color....

Jon Asher photo

Getting Ed Moore all strapped in...OCIR

Bob Thompson Photo

Yeah, you should see the negative, this is good!
Getting the Fiat fired up at OCIR.

Bob Thompson Photo

Ed settles into the hot seat, OCIR

Bob Thompson Photo

The Mob at the AHRA World Finals in Spokane...1986!
Ran a 5.87 to a shutting-off 212 mph.

no photo credit found, but, I'd guess it's a Rich Carlson Photo.

Nice head-on shot of the Mob Fiat

Paul Sadler Photo

The Mob at Riverside Raceways

Mark Hovespian photo © 1998

So, where are they now?

Ed Moore likes to fly from what I hear, he's an accomplished pilot from all reports.

Phil Miller is partners with John Lindsay on the "Impulse" AA/FC.

Larry and Carol Dana own the last MOB Fiat, and here's a shot from Sacramento Raceway
March, 1999

photo © 1999 Mike Boersma

The MOB Lives!

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