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

early Big shot,,



more old school drags

 

Damn! Wing it one time to clean it out and.....just another ho-hum blower explosion....

 

Found this article about Harry.
http://www.hotrodhotline.com/node/2105

As for the 32 I heard it got Pro Streeted but never finished,and the guy that has it won't sell it.

 

Fogs, you are indeed correct, but wondered if this shot came after we sold in in early 70's...but probably not as it would have had a lot more bleachers, light poles, etc. Thanks! Eric

 

Great picture! and the story that fallows made me feel I was there, if only for a moment.

 

thank you very much, junior stock.

 

wow, never see a fire burnout ,i don't reacon. killer

 

I ran into Hubert Platt this past weekend at the Henderson NC East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame show. He was with Howard Neil and his clone of Hubert's Georgia Shaker A/FX Falcon. They were in the Walmart parking lot getting the car ready for the show. He cranked it up during the show on saturday and it sounded great.

 

That's not a clone of Hubert's car. It is the real "Strip Teaser" car....

 

Beat me to it., I guess that is why Hubert wasn't at the Atlanta 10,000 renewal at Commerce.

 

My bad, I thought all of Huberts cars were "Georgia Shaker" cars......

 

Replying to post #33835,Hubert had a 38 Chevrolet coupe A gasser in late 1961. It had the name "Little General" on the deck lid.

 

The "Strip Teaser" was owned by Bob Thomas and driven by the late Howard Neal. The Strip Teaser wasn't one of Hubert's cars although he did drive it once to see the difference between his cars and the Strip Teaser. There is a photo somewhere (I can't seem to find it right now) of Howard standing beside the Strip Teaser as it is staging off on a run, Hubert is in the car on that run.

This is the Strip Teaser running Hubert in the Georgia Shaker. I don't know whose photo this but I think I got it from Sol Stewart.

 

I can't credit the photographer who took this but thought it was just too good not to share!

 

Thanks for the picture. I can't even start to tell you how much i love the Winged Express.

 

Some years after Harry sold the '32, a new owner used the body to build a street rod using a new repro chassis turning it into just another 1-800 billet street rod.
I suspect the original frame and the "race" bits were sold off.

 

I like the coined phrase "1-800 billet street rod." And the depiction of the two errant AA/FA's above it is truly like sitting back and being at Irwindale again.

 

Great story. Why did I think he had a motel ? Did the announcer at the drags say the wrong thing ?

 

Got your drag cars in motion right here.

Indy 1963--Wide World of Sports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ua11MK7Mc&feature=relmfu

 

The car is currently at the Petersen Museum, West LA, (in a storage room) according to one of the Museum Administrators that I spoke with Tues Oct 23,2012.

In 1959-60 I saw the car at the Texaco Gas station across the street from where I lived. It belonged to the Stubbins Racing Team (Father Bill "Stubbie" & Son Howard). They bought it as a "lakester" and rebuilt it for the drags. I still have an 8x10 glossy photo of it that "Stubbie" gave me taken in the same parking lot as the HRM photos.(see Hot Rod Mag Jun '60 article). It was/is a great looking (very quick) '34...



Of course I'm partial to '34s...my Father built a sweet custom one in the 40's, & my Dad and I rebuilt one together in 2006. I still have it

license tells it all...

lic plate= "5wincoup"... plate frame reads "34 Ford...kinda like dads".

 

Remember all those cars, fantastic photos

 

Nice cars Just a $hit track

 

Blown fuel V-8's planted mere inches from them and they are wearing little more than a helmit and wind breaker. Oh those were the days.

 

It looks like Hilborn 4 hole "Bug Catcher" type injectors were popular in this class, didn't the "Dodge Chargers" use them as well.

 

Yes they did. Those cars weren't very successful as they were pretty much stock cars with a blower on a max wedge. Christman came out with the blown Comet that was a real race car, and Ddoge wouldn't let them run if Christman showed up. Pansies! Of course Gary Dyer, Mr. Norm's driver, was a blower specialist, and ran a supercharger shop for many years. He may still for all I know.

 

From Dyer's blowers website

Today, Dyer's Blowers is still owned and managed by Gary Dyer. In fact, Gary still hand clearances and assembles a majority of the superchargers that are sold each year by Dyer's Blowers. With a core group of knowledgeable, trained personnel and with the help of his son, William, who handles the sales and marketing end of the business, Dyer's Blowers remains one of the leading manufacturers of supercharger systems.

 

Ah yes the Coke Circuit. A lot of history and tales with that group. Someone should write a book someday.

 

Glad to hear that about Dyer's!

 

Here is a larger pic of red 33 "wild willie" from 33-36 Willys thread. Hopefully it will help identify driver and car.