Old Funny Car Pictures...Let's See Em!!!

The picture below was posted in the recent "Super Shops" thread.
Personaly, I love the look of the early to late 70's funny cars. You could actualy still tell what kind of car they were, but with a cartoonish bend on reality. My favorites were the Plymouth Cuda's and Plymouth Arrows driven by Don "The Snake" Prudohme.
Anyone else want to share some pictures?

 

Here is a shot of our AA/FC...........

 

www.70sfunnycars.com

 

i love funny cars

 

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my two all time favorites ,facing off.

 

I shot these at Orange County Int'l Raceway in 1970

 

What is that orange '65 Ford doing in there?
Got any info about it?

 

Gas Ronda began drag racing as a hobby. Ronda’s doctor told him to find something to do in his spare time. I don’t believe drag racing is what the doctor ordered. Ronda made his way through the Super Stock ranks until he got his first funny car in 1966. The Russ Davis Ford Mustang makes in our list in number nine. The famed shop of Holman-Moody built the first Russ Davis Ford. That car was replaced by a new West Coast built car in 1967, the one that makes our list.

Gas had a very professional approach to drag racing that made him popular with fans and the press alike. He won many races with the poppy red Mustang, including the ‘67 Manufacturers Race at Orange County. The car ran times of 7.90, 184.04 with an injected engine, despite the stock style body with removable front end and opening doors. By 1969, the car was outdated and was replaced by a newer Mustang.

 

Here is a Challenger Funny Car my Dad used to bracket race in the late 70's. This photo was taken in Edmonton AB. When they bought it they were told it was the old Diamond Jim Annin car shown above. It was sold to someone in Prince George BC.
Anyone know where it is now?

 

no, i don't know anything about it. i thought it was unique being a four door.

 

Damn !!!! Orange County was such a COOOOOL Dragstrip !!

I had was lucky enough to go there one time in 1981 and even just a saturday night bracket race was COOL at that track!!

 

the '65 ford galaxie was built by the owner of the service center speed shops, sheldon konblatt. his cars were always out of left field, but thats what made the '60's funny cars interesting. imho

 

of course, "jungle jim"

 

This might be a dumb question but, why do they cover the windshields?

 

It keeps the sun outta there eyes ! Especially at night

 

I have this body in my garage

 

Dew

 

My father grew up with 240 Gordie and crewed on a few of his cars

 

My all time favorite funny car pilot-he died way too soon

 

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Oh, boy, where do I begin?

Terry Ivey's travelling Maverick show.

 

A few years later, by the way, with Omar "The Tentmaker" Caruthers behind the butterfly. Odd front fender "blisters", though...

 

And of course my favorite all-time. We STILL want to find this body!

 

Sheldon Kornblatt got the body from Ford after they'd created it for a TV comercial. I think there's something about it on the 60s Funny Cars site.

This is from the "Wild World of Funny Cars" of Dec, 1966.

 

Hey Wannabe,
On your post #16 look closely at Lew Arington's Brutus F/C on the lower right corner of the pic. It looks like a glare but,the windshield is fogged up and you can't see through the side window opening.
At about half track the old goggles used to fog up also.
Have fun,Smokey

 

'70s cars, huh?

I'll get off the Flying Dutchman-fest shortly, but in the mean-time...

The Charger-III was rebodied as a Maverick after people complained about the "non-production" body, and Al went even faster with the new body! This would have been '71-'72.

 

Al's last two funny cars. He ran the big Mustang in '73 and '74. He only made a couple of passes in '75 in the Mustang II and caught fire, then decided that going fast on water was more safe! The Mustang II, by the way, was on eBay a couple of years ago and surfaced at the FCR as the "Boneshaker".