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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Boyce, Doug, author.
Title: Dyno Don : the cars and career of Dyno Don Nicholson / Doug Boyce.
Description: Forest Lake, MN : CarTech Books, [2018] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017055510 | ISBN 9781613254059
Subjects: LCSH: Nicholson, Don, 1927-2006. | Automobile racing drivers--United States--Biography. | LCGFT: Biographies.
Classification: LCC GV1032.N534 B68 2018 | DDC 796.72092 [B] --dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017055510
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Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Chapter 1 | Birth of a Legend (1927–1961) |
| Chapter 2 | A Bevy of Chevys (1961–1963) |
| Chapter 3 | Mercury Rising (1964–1965) |
| Chapter 4 | Dyno Soars (1966–1968) |
| Chapter 5 | Heads Up (1969–1973) |
| Chapter 6 | Mustang Country (1974–1977) |
| Chapter 7 | Foxy Bodies (1978–1981) |
| Chapter 8 | It’s In the Blood (1983–2001) |
| Chapter 9 | The Legend Lives |
| In Memoriam | |
| Appendix | |
| Index |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Without a doubt, first and foremost on the list of acknowledgements is the Nicholson family. Specifically I’d like to give a big thanks to Don’s daughter Cindy, his granddaughter and probably his biggest fan Candace, his nephew Richard, and Richard’s son, Don. They each contributed in numerous ways and their input added immensely to the finished work. I was able to spend some quality time with the Nicholsons and I have to say, they truly are special people. They’re