Hot Rods The Ultimate Willys Gasser Thread

High tech trailer and all.

 

I think the track is NY National.

Pat

 

It is. 66 or 67, miss those days. You should have seen my 49 Pontiac hearse with a straight axle running D/MP.

 

Ford powered.

 

Behind the C&A Speed Willys is the Speedwin Automotive Ply. They had a few cars of different iterations.

Pat

 

The plan was to run in gas class, NHRA had other ideas.



"Built in 1968 using the latest techniques, the F Troop 1933 Willys of Detroiters Tom Prock and Jay Howell was a latecomer to the gasser scene. Unfortunately, NHRA technical inspectors looked over its flip-top fiberglass body and semi-space frame (Howell was shop manager at Logghe Stamping, a leading funny car builder) and turned thumbs down. The pair then campaigned the Willys on the match racing circuit, running low 8-second times at 180+ mph on nitromethane. This photo shows F Troop in its early form with green paint and a big-block Chevy V8. Later, the WIllys sported a rainbow color scheme and a 426 Mopar hemi".