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Hello,

It was now 1964 and for the last several years, the drag racing scene was changing over to more modifications allowed for the street legal classes. The muffler and exhaust pipes were still required, but now parachutes and super wide racing slick tires… for a street legal class? The Anglia in the photo was from Westminster, CA and was one of the first smaller lighter weight cars used for the street legal Gas Coupe and Sedan classes.

J&S Speed Center, Westminster, CA
1964 Lions Dragstrip All Gas Coupe and Sedan Meet

From the late 50’s to the early 60’s the top racers seemed to all have 1940-41 Willys coupes. There were very few Fords and Chevy cars that were in the Gas Coupe and Sedan classes. But, within the next three years, the explosion of the hunt for lightweight (+lighter weight) coupes and sedans became prominent.
They got so fast that a parachute was necessary to stop within the last 1/2 mile.

Some went to short pickup beds in the 40 Willys, the smaller 33-35 Willys coupes, while others went looking for smaller bodied coupes and sedans. These Anglia sedans and sedan delivery cars had big motors, big slicks and most now had stick hydramatic transmissions. They laid to rest, their larger coupes and sedans and picked a smaller Anglia or Austin cars for their lightweight stature.

Jnaki

At Lions Dragstrip during the 1963-64 season, this little red Anglia sedan had the "gasser" look, being sponsored by a popular , local (Orange County) speed shop. It was one of the first Anglia sedans in the Gas Coupe and Sedan Class at Lions. Within the next several years, they multiplied like bunnies on a Spring Break.


Anglia sedan 60 inches wide... Willy coupe 70 inches wide… It is a little crowded inside those Anglia sedans. Anglia weight 1600 lbs. vs Willys Coupe weight 2300 lbs. on average: 700 lbs. weight difference.

Willys 170 inches... Anglia sedan 152 inches... 18 inches shorter.

The next "gen" Gas Coupes and Sedan Class race car... then they moved on to the wider body Austin sedans for more stability, before the whole class grouping disappeared... YRMV

 

Connecticut Drag-Way.

 

Al Bergler in the Austin-Bantam coupe.

 

Austin-Bantam panel truck body.

 

Geee...your-hair-smells-terrific !
6sally6

 

Fixing your car on the side of the road is like playing solitaire. It doesn't matter where you are, as soon as you start. there will be someone looking over your shoulder and telling you you're doing it wrong.

 

Heres two more 1960s pics of Aussie Jim Reed in his Anglia,

 

Steve Bovan's Nova ?

 

Is,,,https://www.motortrend.com/features/1808-steve-bovan-blair-speed-shop-blown-1965-chevy-ii/