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

what a bitchin shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

1966 nhra nationals in the staging lanes,gassers ready for action!!

 

Always LOVED the Cheetas.

 

Hemi Man, these are fuckin awesome! Slim

 

One of best looking A/GS 33 willys pick-ups

 

Hills Bros. Car in action

 

Hey Hemi Man,

Thanks for the great Willys and Anglia pictures!

Isn't the Hill and Hill Willys the Old Mazmanian Willys?

1940 Willys Coupe

 

More from down-under and a mixed bag this time.

Ash Marshall's Scorcher at Calder. This was after the ex Leland Kolb car was damaged early in its Aussie career. THe frame was lengthened during the rebuild but at this time it still does not have its new Dennis Braid built front body panels.



Jeff Burnett's blown six cylinder Holden powered early Holden gasser.



Hans Klemme's Y block Ford powered B/D at Riverside in Melbourne at what was supposed to be the first Victorian round of the USA tour in 1966. The federal government owned the old airstrip that was being used as the strip and were somewhat concerned with the advertising of 200 mph dragsters at what was up until then pretty much a club level track and put the kybosh on the tourists. They later ran an event on the front straight at Calder which up until then had been strictly a road course venue.



Desi Byrne at Calder in what was the second late hemi powered fueller in Australia. Eddie Thomas had the first when he replaced the wedge in his car with a marine 426.


Nelma Reed in the family altered at Calder. The Queensland based team started out with a Y block Ford powered Anglia and then progressed to this 427 Ford powered car which later ran a blown early hemi. Her husband Jim was the car's primary shoe and now their son Steve runs an alky F/C, his wife has a TAD and their son recently ran a blown altered in the Supercharged Outlaws category.


Roo

 

Almost in motion......... taken in Houma, LA



and NOW

 

Thanks for posting that photo of the Reed altered 'rooman'... I've been thinking of building a model replica of it recently.

 

On the hill car,i don't know who owned the willys before pete,ken kull
and his father george bought the willys and restored it.
Hemi-man

 

Wow, this thread is still going!!!!

 

Going through an old box of photos, found these that I took in 1964 at IRP on one of my first trips to the Nationals. Top one is Ohio George at the top end. Don't know who the Willys is. Also don't know who the two cars in the middle photo are. Bottom one is easier.

 

Great photos keep them coming.

 

That Willys looks like the Selkirk and Bork car out of, I think, Ohio.

 

Hemi Man that is a great picture of the Shaker Willys, I have one of the same run from the other side of the track, that car was from here in South Bend In. and my dad helped out on tha car when it ran B Gas and A gas Supercharged. I just called Dick Szabo's son Steve to show it to him. They are alive and well still running Shaker Racing machine shop. Thanks Brad

 

Those were the good old says when they did tech in the parking lot of a large shopping center. You could check out all the car for FREE.
That was the old NHRA. Today nothings for free!

 

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Man, the race in the top photo must have been a close one!

 

the HOLE SHOT 6 was from around detroit .that car was bad ass! the guys that ran that car were GM engineers "THE GM TECH CENTER" and had access to some trick stuff! great picture!!

 

photo by John Eichinger

 

Anybody figure out what the heck the round circle thing on the back wheel is?

 

It looks like a reflection in the chrome.

 

Those are called tires,there is a smaller version on the front wheelsorry I couldn't help my self.