History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Green Valley Raceway....1970 AHRA National Event....AA/FA out of K.C., MO.

 

Hi Applecrate that Pontiac Funny Car of Jess Tyree was the first Funny to come to Australia it had a Canadian Pontiac engine in it, a big block Chev. When Jess did his first burn out, he stopped after the burn out and the crowd began to boo him. They all thought the car had broken, it was the first burn out most of the crowd had seen,they all started to cheer when he backed it up to the start line to do the run. I spoke to Jess many years later about it (around1994) and he said "Hell is that so, I wondered at the time why they were booing me". He put on a great show when he toured here, a nice guy as well.

 

Here you go Applecrate.

 

Kenneth- Thanks! I obviously have some learnin' to do to get some pics on this board. They seem to load different than other boards for some reason.

bobhoneybrook- Yes, by this stage he had switched to chevy power ( I would boo that too ).
This is actually a 68 Bird Funny that was somewhat converted to resemble a 69 and got a new paint job too. In early '68, it was 421 Pontiac powered ( blown on nitro ). To the best of my knowledge, it is the last surviving funny to be Real Pontiac powered. The only other possibility is Dan Gays 68/9 GTO ( whereabouts unknown ). Gay later switched to a KB 426.


Steve Barcak www.pontiacheaven.org

 

Beautiful machine!Your next mission Keith,should you choose to accept it:Keith Harvie left England to start PAW Racing parts Stateside.He used to race an awesome Camaro,"Firebrewed" which would bounce all over the track,go get him!! p.s the Swedish vette Frighten Chicken wasn.t too shabby either

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That took 3 days...

worth every second!

 

You've got to love South Mountain. It's like going back to the 60's when you pull into that place.

 

A life time of surfing the net would not even get you close to seeing all the bitchin pics that have been put in this thread. THANK YOU to all who shared. Bryan

 

Thank Ryan for putting up with us!!!

 

Thinking of Pat Foster.......not my picture but man is it awesome.

 

Shot of the PS I used to crew on. Slightly different picture fom our home track. This was taken during a closed track test session. Crashed the car next time out. Happy Easter everyone

 

Here's a start

 

Just thought i'd add this beautiful 5 window,built by Bob MacDonald from Langley,BC.

 

Your scaring meThanks mate,quick service!!!
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Here is an unusual twist. A sand drag car in motion. This is beyond rare. What you are looking at is a M/T HEMI Pontiac powered sand rail in 1967. Blown, injected on fuel! I currently own this engine. It is one of 2 or 3 complete Pontiac HEMIS ever sold out of Mickey shop in 1963. I am the second owner. Engine will be on display here in Phoenix April 5 and 6. More info- www.pontiacheaven.org

Steve Barcak

 

is that bent Thunderbolt from doing a very large wheel stand?

 

To be in motion.

 

33HEMI, That Levec and Gouker T-Altered is quite an engineering fiasco. I know it's an "OLD" photo, but can you see it in tech today? Let's see; homemade coil over front shocks, using muffler clamps to keep the springs in tension, bolted on locator bar, the square tube, or is it angle iron, chassis, the front wheels reversed for clearence, and that helmet! The roll bar is period so can't fault that. What kind of times/speed was it capable of? And to think these guys on the HAMB can't get their HR dragsters through tech.

 

Ohio Gassers..........RULERS!!

 

The late Willie Borsch

 

TV Tommy Ivo

 

RIP Al Hofman Picture is from Draglist