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

Frank Rupert in his Black Plague at Irwindale in 1967.

 

Pre Funny Car Bob Sullivan

 

The Buzzard at Bakersfield

 

C.W.S. Speed Equip B/FD

 

TV Tommy Ivo in an absolutely classic header flame staging shot at Englishtown

 

More JOLLY GREEN GIANT Impala pics! Started out as a stocker, blew the AA/S record, NHRA said no no, so they put a blower on it and ran nitro!


Note the stock dash, driver location and it appears,....steering wheel. this car was very popular on the West Coast.

After the Impala was retired, they ran this Corvette.

 

A very large roll cage and high 'chute location! Unknown.

 

Dave Anderson 1965

 

Dragsters to the lanes! Ton Hooover's Cammer. must be 67 or 68?

 

Looks like Larry Sutton dousing a fire at LIONS!!

 

Tommy Dyer in the Ansen & Pink fueler at San Gabriel.

 

Magwinder at LIONS

 

Beach Boys at LIONS.

 

Roland Leong's Hawaiian.

 

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Holy Crap Gary you are right. That is a great site. Love the picture too.

 

Dave Thompson's "Glass Slipper" (1956)

 

Chester Andrews in his injected nitro Mustang circa 1965.

 

Canadian II topless Plymouth Barracuda circa 1966. This car actually ran as an Altered, not a funny car.

 

The late Marv Eldridge and his Fiberglass Trends Javelin.
Marv owned Fiberglass trends.I was always a fan, his 67 Corvette roadster was the beginning of a string of beautiful funny cars.he was killed in Hawaii driving a blown fuel Anglia.