History Comp Coupes, All but forgotten?

Oops this is the Nash I saw on the Streets of West Covina California. My story is misplaced below the orange bantam comp coupe


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Hey Dave,
This is another photo of the Colburn Glaze coupe that I have never seen before. That coupe was one of my favorites back in 1959. It always looked ready to rumble. My brother wanted to eventually drive an FED like Tommy Ivo's single Buick. I wanted to be the cool guy in this mean looking Colburn Glaze Coupe. That would have been something.

Junji

Here are two of my favorite films that I just happened film in 1959. One at Lions and the most "action-y" film clip from the Riverside Raceway eliminations against record holder, Cyr and Hopper... "a no guts, no glory style" run...Yes!

Colburn at Lions Dragstrip 1959

Colburn vs Cyr Riverside Raceway 1959

 

Big Go....1955

 

Hampton and Dye--the car later became the American Bandstand Corvette funny car.

Roo

 

Loukas and Preising, read about it here: http://cacklefest.com/Loukas.shtml

Roo

 

Who else noticed that the Chevy II is a four door, cool!

 

And it's Canadian running as a dragster

 

LB that orange Anglia is my brothers car. It sat for many, many years. We put a new chassis in it (we got body only} and it is Olds powered, not running yet maybe next year.

Pat

 

Well isn't that a great coincidence Pat. Was it Ford Y block powered in the photo? Hard to tell

 

I've wanted to spend some time looking at the George Klass collection (outstanding) but it is so massive I was afraid to start, well I perused it this a.m. and I gotta say there was a plethora of strange stuff that came out of the late 50's/early 60's.

 

I don't know LB we just got a rust old body. This may be another picture without body it ran a SBC and the original owner had the hilborn from it on the shelf.

Pat

 

Not your usual fare for this thread must have been real early but it IS a comp coupe

 

posted by Steel Wheel in the vintage thread

not sure if Pickups ran comp coupe?

 

The Creeper





Pig Pen



Mackey & Veselka

 

No, it isn't. It's a fuel altered, just like the 554 coupe. Wrong thread.

 

After seeing all this, the recognition still in place, how hard would it be to set up a revival? Sure, there's current rules that will need to be observed and we like safety in spite of the occasional bravado. The whole Gasser Madness thing is gaining traction (no pun intended, well as far as you know ) and I for one would love to see match racing in Modified Production revivals and maybe even Junior Stock. IHRA had something similar for a short while and the cars were really fun to watch but I don't recall that class. Big Block door slammers were the main draw with several HAMB-friendly types from the early 60s mixing it up with Camaros and Mustangs. Winning ETs were 10.0s and 9.90s. Some of this stuff could easily be built on a budget, especially M/P and Junior Stocks. Fuel Coupe 'A' could be nitro with all proper protocals observed, 'B' on alky, the rest on gas with breaks for injected, blown, carburetors, etc. And frankly I don't think a hardcore focus on old technology needs to be in place. Use good safe stuff and go as fast as you can spend, right? I mean really, how many have been "outed" as under construction right here in this topic? Racing is never a cheap proposition and neither is building a hot rod. Thoughts?

 

What dies the BF/FC stand for?

 

As you can see. In this picture it is an F/AC. Which I guess is Fuel/ Altered Coupe. So putting the B in front of that would make it a Blown Fuel/Altered Coupe. The lettering seems to change from time to time.

 

Comp coupe is still big at Bonneville. They look something like this these days.

 

Les ran a small motor quite a bit. The "B" means smaller engine than "A" fuel coupe. In those days a 331" Chrysler would have been Class B. Jim Fox's engine was a 331, so the Weekly, Rivero, Fox & Holding fuel dragster was a B/FD.

 

Say Man Long & Petit



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Sudden Death Eddie Potter

 

From left, Jim Nace, Dave and Maureen Bohl and Marvin Ruetz at the 61 Nationals where they debuted this car with a best of 10.38 at 140 mph.

Roo

 

Ernie Long and Larry Petit out of Akron Ohio. Also note the credit to the Hollish brothers (Joe, Pete and Frank) on the cowl.

Roo

 

Al Bergler's original "Aggravation"

Roo

 

LeyRoy Mackey from Corpus Christi, TX. The early unblown version of this car car won the A/C class at one of the 50's Nationals and was thus one of the four cars to run off for the championship.

Roo