History Caddy Flathead Powered F.E.D.(The HillBilly)

What can anybody tell me about this cadillac powered dragster.

 

Front track looks narrow. Maybe Anglia front suspension?

 

The guys that built and drove them were innovators, and had balls!

 

Looks like Great Britain. So the Anglia front end seems right. Looks like a stock fladhead Cad. Probably not really all that fast.

 

is that a stock head on that thing? Mine does not say Cadillac on it.

 

Yours might be the earlier 332 ci this is probably a 346.

 

The cars don't look American. You can see a White Vaxhall maybe? in the background.( behind barrels)

 

No, mine is the 346, the smaller motor went in the LaSalle. Mine is a '37 and the later heads had a rib or two running across like the one in this car ( the older ones were just flat) but I don't think they said Cadillac Motor or had the cylinder number cast into it. I'm thinking they are some type of high performance head.

 

Pretty cool.

 

I see my avatar in the background . I believe thats mid 1960s at Riverside dragstrip, Fishermans Bend. Victoria, Australia.

 

kool

 

Top of second photo says Voda NZ as in Vodafone New Zealand

Matamata racing club is a horse racing club in New Zealand

Car is likely from same area

 

Yep, the Kiwi,s had Holdens and 44 gallon drums as well.

 

Yep, your right @Paul I didn't see that.

 

Kiwiville........the white car with the guy sitting on its front wing, mudguard or fender behind the barrels is an early 60's 105E Anglia.........

 

Anglia is obvious with it,s rear window. Think he means this one. More visible on a PC . 1965 HD model Holden. Grlle emblem is visible.

 

Matamata is a small town not far from Hamilton in New Zealand, spent a couple of years there. Lots of folks with Benzin in the blood there


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A quick google suggests they are industrial heads

 

This is a 1960s New Zealand dragster.I think the track surface was made of ashes located in Wiri near Auckland.I don't know of much more on the finer details on this dragster other than ready recognising the hillbilly name and seeing photos of this in early publications which I no longer have in my posession.Time for some of the NZ kiwis to fill in the finer details

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The heads look like the ones from a tank motor,there were lots of them left after WW2,the tanks had 2 in them.The motors were plentiful after the war,they are still popping up for sale Harvey

 

Jim Drysdale's flathead Cadillac powered 'Hillbilly'
http://www.theroaringseason.com/archive/index.php/t-2030.html
A link to Allan Porters photo archive .

 

Awsome website @Kiwi 4d Thanks for the link.

 

The old simple laid back kiwi way of racing in the 60s , we tend to forget how relaxed it really was. Ahh what memories are made of.

 

Car still exists. I'm a little embarr***ed I cant tell you more about this iconic Kiwi dragster. I'm sure another Kiwi Hamber will be along soon enough.

 

DSCF4263 by Gofannon posted Sep 7, 2019 at 11:01 PM