History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

I'd guess 1960-62. Maybe earlier.

 

Nice little set there Gary!

 

Don Hampton at Bako, 1959

 

Another cool long gone class, comp roadsters

 

This is Tom Bryant's "Tom Thumb Special". Tom was in the Road Runners in the 60's. He ran this roadster at 1/4 and 1/2 mile drags, and El Mirage.

 

Jim Rini

 

I guess Pro/Mods have kind of taken their place. They're pretty hairy but somehow not quite the same.

 

Rini Brothers

 

Mid to late 50's & very early 60's. It was about this time that Weiand came out with cast aluminum top mount blower manifolds. Before that, top mount blowers sat on home fabricated manifolds. A lot of the B-ville and Lakes cars stayed with the front mount for awhile. A little extra streamlining.

 

Mickey Thompson's Harvey Aluminium Special in England, Allard Dragon 4 cylinder in background

 

Mickey running FE ford power.

 

Someone asked a few pages back about what kind of engine? It's an Allison.

 

"Altereds" aren't dead, Fuel Altereds may be dead in modern, NHRA racing, but most National NHRA events have at least a couple Altereds in Comp. Eliminator.

Mike

 

Actually if the car had the front wheels on the ground the "dump" would be more obvious. It is Gary Cochran's Mr C big block Ford powered car.

Read about it here: http://www.draglist.com/artman2/pub...s/The_Racing_Career_of_Gary_Cochran_271.shtml

Roo

 

Pictures from the weekends Dragstalgia at Santa Pod, only a few, enjoy.

 

I did not know that this was Don Hampton....Todd "Doc" Raleigh in the other car.

 

and the restoration of it here.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...rans-competition-dragster-restoration.660644/