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

Thanks Plum, love the altereds.

 

Lions, again...close enough for you???
Damn, I loved that place...you were so close it shook your guts...really

 

^^^^tooo cool!!!^^^^

 

If you ever see this car at a cacklefest, you will never forget it. Literally 3 to 4 feet of blue/white nitro flames shooting skyward. Awesome!!!

 

Good Morning & what a fine day its going today, near 80's in York, PA.

NANOOK was my favorite Fuel Altered without a doubt, even to this day.

Does anyone have any photos of NANOOK when it was Olds Powered?

Thanks,

Plum

 

This was my favotite NANOOK car.

Plum

 

Plum

 

Plum, that's one of the few pics I've seen that Willy's left hand wasn't holding onto the "door." But it still doesn't appear as he has it on the steering wheel! Great pics, and a good morning too. Thanks for posting.

 

Plum

 

Damn! Wild Willie!

Could he drive or could he drive!

Don't get no better than that!

Wild Willie...........One of a kind indeed!

1940 Willys Coupe

 

Hey Plum can you or anyone else name the people in the Pic of the Howard Cams Special AA/FD please.

 

I can't rember. I know the photo was from the Winternationals that they won but I don't even rember the year.

Looking at the photo I was wondering what the little kids are doing today.

Plum

 

Thats it for the Altereds. I have more but the slide part of my scanner isn't working. Scans everything else but when I try to scan it does nothing.

I may have to take it off & re-install it.

Plum

 

You guys are slipping, the last batch of T/F no one asked wheres the rear engine cars. I just happen to see a pile I was going to scan and it was the rear engine cars. IOPPS!

How many of you rember Paul running 2 blowers on this car?

RIP Kenny.

I think Clayton Harris pass away also. Such a shame of all the people we lost.

Plum

 

Heres comes thar hero again. When I get the time I'll have to tell you a touching story about TV TOMMY.

What can be said about the Hot Tuna car, what a beautiful car that was.

I can here Larry Sutton saying to himself, what up with guy with that crazy hat.

Plum

 

Last 2 of the T/F for now.

Plum

 

Saw Clayton Harris crash the "New Dimension" car at the NHRA Springnationals in Ohio, believe it was '72.

 

Can anyone ID these cars?

 

BP,
Here are a couple more I was able to repair for you. Blue Max, all time favorite series of Funny Cars.
Regards,
JB

 

I think Clayton Harris pass away also. Such a shame of all the people we lost.

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My old man toured with Clayton and did alot of the crew work on the car the same time as all of these new dimension pictures...before he went on to drive Jim and Alison's car...Hell when my old man wrecked our Hilton family fuel car he was wearin Clayton's old suit and Austin Myers's helmet!

He was out at Ontario with him with that picture posted of the front end up straight GETTING IT...That was a beautiful Billy Stebbins car...Harris was a hardcore sonbitch...wrecked twice, broke his arms all up and got run over by Charlie Moulder in the HopnGator helpin him back up from a burnout...Twoards the end there he was working with Rich Holcomb and then Romine....He got killed piloting his own private plane to go see his daughter...Always one of my favorites..






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thats my old man in the scheifer shirt...after they one the BIG ONE at the Pop Hot Rod Meet against Big Daddy in the final round...the stories i hear about Clayton are endless but they always have the same theme-He was a hardcore drag racer .
Your flix are killer plum keep em comin!!




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starting from the left --unknown, Michael Porsche ,Larry Dixon Sr. Miss Winternationals, unknown, Cloy fitzgerald, Ed Osepian, Jerry Johanson, unknown, Bobby Johanson, Roy Meirsch, Danny Porsche, Larry Dixon Jr(standing) and Brett Johanson(toehead)

 

Someone mentioned Willie Borsch and his driving, a awsome sight at times. At about the 1969 U.S. nats. I watched Willie run S. Matsurbara in the Mondello Fiat. At the half way mark they were side by side, problem was Willies front wheels were still being carried at 150 mph from the start. He had to back out of it and the Fiat won. A helliva run any way you look at it. Still makes the hair stand on my arms and back when I think about it. Them were the days. Mac

 

From Drag Racing On Line

 

These have probably been on here before but woth seeing again.

Old Time Drag Racers

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Back in the day, anything was possible. How about an Offy with a side-mounted blower on Ed Donovan's dragster?

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Nothing says drag racing like way too big of an engine stuffed into too little car; reminds me of the models I used to imagineer as a kid.

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Rear slicks churning, front tires grabbing air, and, an acrobatic flagman.

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Uhhh, dude? I don't think you asked for a big enough head start.

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A wheelstander with everything but the kitchen sink.

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Who said snakes can't fly? Prudhomme gets air in the lights inSeattle . ​

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Hard to believe that today's Top Fuelers evolved from this; from its whitewall tires to its Rat Fink-like shifter placement, I really dig this car.

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(Above) So you still think that Don Garlits invented the rear-engine dragster, do ya? (Below) Donnie and Gene Bowman's flathead-powered Vineland Villain wasn't pretty, but it sure looked crude. Back then, functionality trumped almost everything. Note the Vet with the black wall tire in front.

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I love this shot, taken in the pits at Lions. No, not the neat old flip-top panel wagon -- the lady, dressed in skirt and heels. Priceless.

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Again, it's the people who make this shot. The clown, second from left, doing his "Take the picture already" pose and the other guy still slipping on (or off?) his coat, who's clearly not ready for the shot. And that dragster? Not much traction in those rear meats.

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Kinda funny, too, but for a different reason is Surfers pilot Mike Sorokin almost having his helmet sucked off at speed (center). Adam Sorokins dad.

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And speaking of in-car cameras, I just love this shot from Jess Stu rgeon's car.Going to thread the needle.

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This is a great shot, too, taken from the cockpit of one of Scotty Fenn's legendary Chassis Research chassis that revolutionized the sport. I took some Photoshop liberties with the original to blur the background as the El Camino tow vehicle was a distraction. Love that steering wheel and big ol' brake handle. (Below) This is Fenn's workshop. That's Fenn at far left overseeing work on some of his K-88 and TE-448 chassis.

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A few more.

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Another vintage chassis on this cool twin. Always amazing to me to see how primitive the early driver-protection devices were.

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Okay, if you don't like this photo, you can hardly consider yourself a drag fan. Classic Lions stuff.

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Here's how those early dragsters got their nickname; the driver sat behind the rear tires like a rock in a slingshot.

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A couple of engines, four tires, a little extra tubing, a welder, and there's little that early drag racers couldn't -- and didn't -- try.

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I looooooooove this shot. The photographer did such a great job of exposing it and allowing you to see every detail, nut, and bolt on the blower. Arthur Trim tells me that this is Connie Kalitta's Logghe-chassised Ford-powered digger, photographed on a chassis dyno in one of Ford's labs/ Later with a Blown Chrysler, Ed Dear took it to Texas .

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Indy is a place where magical things happen. Look closely, and you can see that "Big John 's" battle-scarred 'Cuda has all four tires off the ground.

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Not all new ideas were good ones; Exhibit A is Noel Black's two-engine, four-wheel-drive Top Fueler from 1967.

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Call me an astute observer, but I reckon that "Big Jim" Dunn was pretty much done for this run at Lions in the rainbow-hued Dunn & Reath digger.Oil filter leaving engine. ​

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Who says you need four wheels?

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"I'll take Scary Fast Tricycles for $500, Alex." ​

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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt">In the same vein, who says you even need four wheels or three wheels? The famed Leffler-Coburn Iron Mistress coupe had six! In a true example of the sum of the parts not being equal to the whole, Neil Leffler and Bill Coburn each took the fuel-burning Hemis from their competition coupes and paired them for this interesting experiment. It wasn't real fast, but it was spectacular.

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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt">We've seen lead weights and tubes filled with lead shot as front-end ballast, but a rock? I kid you not. Clearly, the Red Mountain Boys knew how to rock.

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I think we've all seen the classic photo above of Don Garlits' career-changing transmission explosion at Lions, but at left is the less-seldom-seen but equally-breathtaking downtrack angle. I'm not sure who circled the fan in the stands or why, but that's how this image was posted.

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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt"> I've never seen this car before, but it can't be any mistake that the names on its side are Capp and Fedderly, as in future Top Fuel partners (and Indy winners) Terry Capp and Bernie Fedderly. Both are still at it years later, Capp in nostalgia racing and Fedderly as Auston Coil's alter ego on the John Force team.

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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt">The first rule of running against a jet dragster: Always leave first.Get out ahead of the weanie roaster..

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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt">Herman Munster , far lane, and Grandpa dueled at Lions in a ghoulish go that was featured on the popular television show.

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The driver's reaction in this photo is classic after his blown Fiat puked all over the Lions starting line.Driver looks down, O s... Im going to run over the crankshaft. ​

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This set of photos has been circulating for the last year.Not trying to bust on ya, but look back in the archives and you'd be amazed how much info and pics have been posted multiple times.. If you wanna look at this set go to the NHRA site..its there.. Lets get back to some quality programming, and never before seen stuff!






TH

 

Jim Nicol hittin feelin the belts...'67



THE BEST injected car....Logghe, Marsh and Steffey at Lions in '65 with their GIANT KILLER...

 

one of the best...SURFER MIKE...Pomona in '66...







TH

 

I'm not 100% sure of this, but I do believe this is John Morton in what would later be known as the Surfers TF car. Note the springer front end. I don't think Sorokin drove this car until after the chassis was updated by RCS.