History Drag Roadsters............picture thread

loudbang, you come up with the greatest pics.

 

good that is what I try to do bring back good memories for our members.

 

Burkholder Bros



At Green Valley Drag Strip



Let It Fly Nailhead

 

From Arizona

 

Monkey Motion



Ron Ellis Trick T at Tricity Dragway

 

In Arizona

 

posted by Bomb in the vintage thread

Rice Copters

 

Early Tony Nancy



Die Hard

 

Now I'm curious about what was rice copters? I see a helicopter cartoon above it so..?

 

Google (our friend) show that a Rice Aircraft Services was involved in a somewhat dubious transaction involving sourcing ex US military Huey choppers for the government in the Philippines.

Roo

 

I think I posted one before and somebody maybe Dean Lowe knew the story.

 

I know about rice, but not helicopters.

 

posted by Jet96 in here:https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...s-picture-thread.968936/page-16#post-12179654

 

Six cylinder Aston Martin engine. The Jersey Jimmy name on the car is in reference to its original configuration when it ran a GMC six. It also ran with a Jaguar 6, a Nash, a Buick straight 8 and a 292 Chevy six at various times.
Read about it here: https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/mus/2008/12/The-Jersey-Jimmy/1736401.html

Roo

 

Magic Muffler ??

 

Gary Burgin vs KS Tiger Pittman

 

click on it to get bigger to read it

 

Gary Cochran's car for sale




''I (not me) would say that this is during tech inspection at Indy before the 1961 U.S. Nationals. This was a very famous car, the 22 JR. Ford roadster of Tony Nancy. The engine is a blown Buick, as Tony was a really big nailhead fan.

 

Bob Leverich with no shirt to the right of the driver is checking out a dragster looking for ideas to build his first car

 

That's 3 hours I'll never get back! Totally worth it! Thanks to everyone for sharing their pics and knowledge.

One question:
Seems that some of the real early double duty (streetable) roadsters ran a bolt-in roll bar. There appears to be some kind of clamp? that holds the forward or rear facing strut bar to the main hoop. (see 33 roadster in post 630, 30-31 model a in post 782-pic 5, and also the rpu in post 803). Was this some kind of kit? Anyone have details or a close up of how this connection was made? Thinking my cabrio might need a bolt in bar...for fun, of course..and maybe a little function....

 

Mine was removable so I could put the top on for street. Just a fabricated 2 bolt Dutchman clamp.

 

Dean's still my favorite. Friend sent me pics of a really neat old B/SR yesterday on my phone--don't know how to get them on here.
Got em on here finally-know nothing about this rpu--was at a friends shop.

 

I have not been able to identify this roadster...anyone know?


Carl Stone at Caddo Mills, 1956, still flathead powered...Carl won numerous street roadster titles over a very long career.

 

Thanks Dean! That helps a bunch!

 

SR class is just that... Street Roadster

 

And it could have been every bit as exciting and competitive as gas classes had others decided to go after Hugh Tucker's soft records. Without competition, Hugh never ran the car to it's full potential, preferring to keep the ET slower than the supercharged gas classes and gain the advantage on the tree in eliminator run offs, and forcing the gassers to break out trying to run him down.

 

Opus One