History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

thanks again Roy, that plate actually gets sandwhiched in by the water pump so those are coolant passages, not to sure if i like the way it is designed but we'll see.

yes that is a real vertex mag, expensive little booger too.

and yes those exhaust plates do just that raise the ports and really open it up no more bump inside from the old casting design.

i didnt know anything about em till the old guy down the road brought them down and said here figure out what these are and you can have em...

i ported the intake runners also

got the dominator back together last night it should be around 1250 cfm's

if nothing else it should breathe.. dying to fire this thing up maybe shoot a vid. this holiday weekend coming up.

george

 

Jody are you guys going down there? This will be my first time.Dad and I decided to go for it.Looks like it will just me racing so we will see how it goes.As long as nothing else happens to my truck we are 99%.

Any one else going?

Maybe we could catch up down there somewhere. 64 cyclone come on out and visit.

 

Some vintage pics for everyone.

 

I did a teardrop to ram air hood on my comet. Let me know if you need any info. It looks like your initial cuts are the same as mine. I did grind out a layer or three and resined the teardrop flush with the exterior of the hood. Once i was done, it looked like it was glassed at the same time.

 

Looks like a no sale. High bid $310,000.

 

Your doing an awesome job.Taking notes as you go. Keep the pics rolling.

 

Yes, dad and I are going. We will not be racing but we will have the Bonner T-bolt. Phil is going to meet us there for the Drag Council reunion. I'm glad you're coming.

 

thanks good to know, hows your hood holding up to the stress?


george

 

thank you mercury junky. i like to keep a "diary" of all my builds, with little notes, alot of pics, part numbers and costs of everything. makes it easy on the new owners if they ever get sold.

will post more after the holiday weekend.

george

 

Ken;I won't be able to make the trip,have a good time! ROY.

 

George;are the outer head bolts all that hold the exhaust plates on?The plates look like they cure alot of the port issues.That thing should haul ass!What do you think the Comet will wiegh? ROY.

 

yep we used 5/8's hemi studs to bolt the heads on. the 5/16's exhaust bolts go thru to the head also but the studs do the majority.

i'm going for somewhere between 2500 to 2600 without my fat azz in it.

and trying to do the normal 55/45 front to rear ratio.

cut up a prefectly good pair of cobra ceramic coated headers today to make the fenderwell's i can here somebody cry-ing! haha.

george

 

Here is a pic found in cyber space, Dont remember seeing it here....JOHN

 

1962 comet s-22 ...... Had to "drag " it home . Motor was stuck . ( one owner ) :d

 

Thats an awesome pic.Good job Looks like an original.Were you there Taking the Pic?

Looks like a Hole shot to me.64's still hanging in there.

 

My trusty Instamatic and me took the pic May 16,1966.South Glens Falls Dragway,NY.
3 out of 5 match race.This was the best race as McDuell held off Burgess.The other rounds were decided by fouls.Bill won the match.

 

Just about ready for it's powerplant:



The Chrysler springs in the rear continue to do what they do best- sag,sag,sag.....

http://public.fotki.com/teddisnoke/the-rosedale-rocket/007-jpg.html

 

Wish I was There.How Cool was that.Any chance your instimatic and you come down to The Hot Rod Nats the 18th-20th in Bowling Green and visit.
Ken

 

Here's a picture that I took at the '66 Nationals at Indy. Ed Schartman was running A/G with his Comet. This is a digital picture I took of a slide, sorry that it doesn't look too good. Anybody know the best (and cheapest) way to transfer slides to a computer?? I got lots of 'em!

 

Post 1145...Can someone please explain the spelling of the header manufacturer?I thought it was spelled Jardine.Whats the story?

 

http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Jardine_Jerry_262028821.aspx

Looks like it's not spelled right on the Comet---unless there is a Jadene company too!

 

Got a Canon Ti now.1st digital.Shot 35mm up till last xmas.Wish I still had the Instamatic.Got 5 fingered after a day at the strip with a full roll of Bill Lagana doing wheelies.Still curse the asshole.
You don't know how bad I want to go to BG.My job says no this year.Could change.I remember in 1973(I think) me and a buddy went to BG for the first SportsNationals.Like 16 hours 1 way.Thats a great track.
What a great shot,so much clearer than mine.I gotta learn the photoshop stuff so I can maybe clean my old stuff up.Is that from York?

 

wow, thats is awesome. cant wait till i can say that about mine. haha.

george

 

I havent had any issues with it. Its been like this for 5 years now, Though i havent driven it much in the last 2. Resining the scoop into the hood instead of on top made it stronger since its bonded to the hood and then finished off basically sandwiching it as if it was done in a single mold

 

I rolled the car out into the sunlight yesterday morning. Its hard to get a grasp of what it will look like from only a few feet inside the shop. A bit severe with no weight up from ,obviously. But it should come down about three to four inches once the engine/trans get bolted in:

 

I think you are a year off. Schartman ran this car at the 1965 Nationals....
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg35/Chuckhusky/Drag Racing 1965/File1773.jpg?t=1275252174

 

I found post 611 on this thread and it answered my question.