TMCP #437: Byron Burnham’s 1976 Chevy “IMSA” Vega….Driven By Santa Claus – Pro-Touring Update, With Larry Callahan?

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🗓️ 17 July 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This weeks interview with Mr Byron Burnham, a well rounded individual with a very jolly disposition and a penchant for Chevy Vegas! His "IMSA" inspired '76 Vega is a standout at every event..but that's only a part of Byron's M.O. By summers, he's a race car driver with a fast sled that's the only one of it's kind. By winters....same story, but a different sled!

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0:00.0	The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 437.
0:04.2	This week, at long last, it's the discussion about the Chevy Vega you've always been waiting for.
0:11.0	Really?
0:11.9	Our guest is Byron Burnham.
0:13.9	He has built and drives an almost MS-like version of the Vega, if there ever was one.
0:19.2	He races it.
0:20.1	It's awesome. It's an all steel
0:22.4	wide body with an LS, an Art Morrison rear clip, basically a tube chassis now, 315s all around.
0:28.3	But the reason he did this is because for him, the Vega is his favorite car. He knows them inside
0:34.4	out. He's owned some very rare ones. He's had them for years.
0:38.0	In fact, I think he's had pretty much all of them.
0:40.4	Well, I've had 71, 72, 73.
0:44.4	I don't think I ever had a 74, but 75, 76, and then 77.
0:50.7	Many different ones.
0:52.1	Oh, Byron was also a stunt man in an earlier life.
0:54.9	And now he plays Santa Claus at malls in the winter.
0:57.5	Or, wait, maybe he's Santa Claus and someone else plays at the malls in the winter.
1:01.9	One of those.
1:07.1	This is the Muscle Car Place, weekly online podcast.
1:11.2	Brought to you by National Parks Depot. This is the Muscle Car Place, weekly online podcast. Brought to you by National Parks Depot.
1:13.9	This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars.
1:19.8	Whether you're buying them, selling, restoring, or even racing them, this is the place for you.
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