"Pretty" Top Fuel cars..

This car is sitting in my shop right now. I am about half way through getting the body back how it should be. It is the Stephens and Venables ride out of Texas and Venables (Senior) himself came by during the US nats to check it out. His kid is in my shop quite often as we do quite a bit of work for the Pedregon brothers. This is also the car that Rahn Tobler started his career with.

Roo Man

 

Late 60's through the early 70's were the height of the beautiful and functional Top Fuelers and Funnys. Chrome, polished aluminum and magnesium, and anodizing everywhere. Ever wonder why so many cars had gold painted halibrands?? Just try keeping those things polished week after week. They were a bitch!
Look at the shitty looking things they race now. Very functional but nothing to look at. Even the paint jobs on the pro cars suck. I ain't into vinyl wrap.. Bring back the 60's style. LOL Mike

 

Nothing says drag racing like a slingshot...nothing. Tom hannas car is beyond words.

 

Ain't that the truth............schwing !!

 

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Personally, I'd love to see some pics of the surfers car, or any links to any good info on them

 

http://www.drag-city.com/surfersupdate.htm

 

bowlinggreen a fiew years ago

 

Also- http://www.wediditforlove.com/ but ya got to pay to see the Surfers stuff Great behind the scene pics and recollections though.

 

I like the Hawaiian that Prudhomme drove.

 

The last Surfers car...unfuckinbelievable.

 

fun

 

smoke em if ya got em

 

Fellow HAMBer Tim Conder's ride

 

Heres a few Colorado rails of the 60s-70s. Alan Bockla was the man to beat around here at that time and ran out of Denvers F-M speed shop. Of course the last pic isn't a rail or even a drag car. The Peek bros. out of Denver who were main-stays of Colo. dragracing in those days built this roadster to run at Bonneville. I figure those reading this thread would appreciate the simplistic beauty of this car. One of my all time favorites.

 

another one

 

Colorado pix's are great , I sold John Abbots 1963 Pontiac powered T/F car about a year ago .

 

J. Abbot-1965- Continental Divide Raceway

 

As far as I know, Gordon Tatum still has this car exactly as pictured. He only had it out a short time and put it away. I know he had some kind of financial or tax problems a few years ago and sold a lot of stuff, but not the car. It's beautiful in person. This thing is tits! Mike

 

Somone needs to invite the Surfers to the HAMB drags.

 

Hang it out in a front motored digger. Now that's what I'm talk'in 'bout!!!

 

If this thread doesn't give ya a woodie, I don't know what could.

 

pretty

 

As in Gilmore? HAH! Here's another with, I believe, a Hanna body.

 

A few more of early Colo. rails from Continental Divide Raceway

 

Awesome thread you guys! I think we all wish drag racing could be like was 38 or so years ago.

 

My taste tends to the austere, short-bodied cars with bare tubes out front, but the sleekest car I ever saw was the Smirnoff Special. Gorgeous. I think probably my all time favorite was the Adams-Enriquez Double Eagle. A pair of injected hemis.... stroked 354s if my memory serves me correctly. What a sound.

 

Hey, you nicked that pic off my website!

Cool!

I took it at the Smithsonian while we were there on our honeymoon. I think it was the Smithsonian, either there or the NHRA Museum in Pomona.



Here's another one I took when I was at the Fuel & Gas Finals (2000) earlier in the trip.

 

Man the Dragmaster is right on.

 

I'd love to hear this thing run.