The Pearce Thames was Not a six cylinder. It was an injected small block, although I heard it had an Olds in it at one time as well
hotrodon: I seen the two collectors on one side by the front wheel and none on the other side, and the class is either H/G, or N/G not sure.. But I did see it with a V-8 in it too, maybe one before the other?!?!?!?!
Yeah, i have pictures of it that clearly show a collector on the right and left side, and I've seen the V-8 under the hood and A/Gas on the side. Maybe they originally put a six in it and got bored?
That's what I thought it was for staging, (one foot on the gas, and one on the clutch)?!?!?! Unless he used it for the clutch at launch???
<HR style="COLOR: #e5e5e5; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e5e5e5" SIZE=1> <!-- / icon and title --><!-- message --> hotrodon: That's what happened to this one, started with a I-6 ended up with V-8 I-6 H/G Not Johnny Loper car (pic titled is wrong) it is Dick Shroyer from Ohio.. V-8 C/G
The lever in question was a modified big truck gearshift lever heated & bent & attached to the brake pedal to serve as a line lock. Cotton & Jim were self professed "po boys" but Cotton preferred this to the standard line lock & also had the same setup installed in the Chevy 11 Super Stocker he also drove the year they were trying to win the Grace Cup $ 25k the best I remember.
Close enough papastoy. The knob was also actually weighted so that the centrifugal force of leaving the line made the lever move backwards and released the brakes.
Cotton Perry & Jim Headrick at Brainerd Optimist Dragstrip. The white car was an ex-super stocker that they bought from Charlie Lee of Sparta, Tennessee. The white SS/L Chevy II that Cotton drove for a while was a different car owned by Jim Danuels of Chattanooga, Tennessee. That car was sold to Allan Patterson.
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