TT1124 - Jim & Alison Lee "Great Expectations" AA/FD

As the old saying goes, “Behind every good man there’s a good woman.” Or in this case, you just might say that, “Behind every good woman there’s a good man.” Better yet, why not just say that over the course of their great careers, Jim and Alison Lee always stood side by side, and together they pioneered their way into the hearts of everyone in the sport as well as re-writing the record books.

While this famous husband and wife team is most noted for their string of beautiful race cars and record-setting performances in the late 1960’s and early ‘70’s, they were part of the drag racing and hot rod scene long before that. At the start of drag racing’s first full decade, the couple built and raced an A/Altered that was as competitive as any car of its kind. When they started making too much power with that car they did what so many of their contemporaries did, they built a dragster. Their first foray into the sport’s elite class was a 96-inch wheelbase car that featured a 461 cubic inch Oldsmobile engine, a supercharger and Jim Lee as the driver. Alison, as much of a car fanatic as Jim, and maybe more, tuned it to times in the low 9-second range at speeds over 168 miles per hour.

As the years went on, Jim decided to get out of the driver’s seat and that would open up one of the most coveted rides in the sport for a variety of drivers over the next few years, and by far the most successful were Hank Westmoreland and Tom Raley. Together they took the car to numerous national records and a number of divisional championships. For his part, Westmoreland’s biggest claim to fame was the fact that he made the quickest run in the history of the sport, a stunning 6.88 at York Dragway in 1967. Ironically, the car was heavier than it needed to be and the record was actually established in the BB/FD class.

Tom Raley would be next in line and he would take the car and the team to even greater heights. A series of national records in 1969 and 1970 included an amazing pass of 6.53 that earned the team the number one qualifying spot at the 1970 World Finals in Dallas and another national record. And all the while, Jim and Alison Lee were tuning the car as a team, and they were as good a team as there was in the sport…then or now. For their prowess with the wrenches, Jim and Alison Lee were honored by Car Craft Magazine as the “Fuel Crew Chiefs of the Year” in 1971, the first duo to be so honored. And later, after they retired to the farm in Virginia, this great pair was inducted into the Drag Racing Hall of Fame, a fitting tribute for any good man or woman.

Bob Frey

The Great Expectations dragster includes such details as:
- Aerodynamic die-cast 184-inch wheelbase design
- Removable Hanna upper body panel exposes detailed interior -
- 392 Chrysler hemi engine that's fully wired with ignition wires and flexible fuel lines
- Hollow simulated M&H slicks on five spoke Halibrand mag wheels
- Detailed tubular framework and fuel tank detail
- Fabric seat belts and shoulder harness with photoetched buckles
- Color scheme detailed from actual vintage racing pictures and reference data from Jim and Alison Lee and   WDIFL.com.

	Only 1500 of this car were produced.

ONLY 1500 were produced! (each car individually numbered 1 to 1500)

$59.95 ea. (Mail-in Form)  Mail-In ORDER HERE

To pay by credit card online go to: Credit Card Order Here

Clear Plastic Display Cases for the 1320INC diecast cars.
Credit Card              Mail-In Order