Hot Rods The ALTERED thread

Thanks for the insight on the AA/alterds rooman. I attended the HRR race at Famoso a half dozen years ago and being from the Midwest came away with a better appreciation of our West Coast racers. My heroes one and all.

 

This a photo or not???


Nope, it is art.

Roo

 

Scotty Scott ran out of Julius Hughes' Atlanta Speed Shop. Here is another shot of the car taken at the Greenville airport drags.


Roo

 

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Lemon Twist

 

Ive wanted to build one of those all my life....looks like a blast

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Nanook was destroyed from what I heard. Can't recreate history, so sad
https://autoweek.com/article/classi...pecial-and-30-plus-classics-lost-malibu-fires

 

Could it have been a clone? I have seen a new one but don't know if it is the old one rebuilt or a tribute.

 

This is the original, not a great pic taken with a Brownie (old guys know what that is)

 

Kodak instamatic????
Think I still have mine...

 

My favorite Nanook was the one with the phaeton touring car body. Thinking outside the box.

 

Yea, which Nanook ?
There were MANY over the years.

Mike

 

After the initial steel bodied Model A version all of the subsequent Nanook cars were turtledeck 23 T roadsters. The car that you are thinking about was run by the Burkholder brothers with Harry at the wheel.

Roo

 

My bad Roo. The memory tarnishes over the decades. The engine was moved out further away from the rear axle and was a precursor to the longer wheelbase funny car style altereds with lower engine placement.

 

Pure Hell Hemi version

 

the pure hell small block gives me hope that I can build a small block altered that looks as wild as that.


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I posted a photo of one of the Nanook altered earlier in this thread. That might be what @MikeVV was referring to.


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What is this beautifull machine?


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McClellan & Smith

 

Pure Hell Chevy version

 

Aahaaa this car gives me hope for my SBC


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Those motor mounts look scary! I don't see a mid plate either. How'd the motor stay in it. I know top fuel use to use hose clamps to hold the motor in, but even a hose clamp seems stronger than this. I know the history of this car, and how well it ran, so I'm not knocking it, it just amazes me some of the stuff that works.

 

1320 magic

 

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere this was one of the first cars to use the block itself as part of the engine mounts.

 

I think that black plate just sticking out from the bellhousing area is connected to the upper and likely lower frame rails. That is similar to my Logghe altered. But you're right - the right [read:wrong] set of circumstances could see a catastrophic engine failure (do those ever happen to AA/FAs? LOL) ending up with the engine on the pavement.

 

I love the "cute" little trailer in the background. It looks like they were running BF/AA class that day.

 

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