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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by MrGasser, Feb 14, 2023.

  1. MrGasser
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    Gentlemen, looking for pics of a unique ‘57 Chevy 2-dr sedan drag car from the ‘60’s-early’70’s…it was built for the early funny car-a/fx-altered classes; RADICAL heavy chop, altered wheelbase, Hilborn-injected big block with massive engine set-back, the injection stacks came up thru the dash, windshield, and roof…driver’s upper body & head stuck up thru the roof…
    Appreciate any help…thank you
     
  2. This ought to be good!
     
  3. So.... is this one you saw in Pomona, Phoenix, Detroit, France, or Zimbabwe? We need CLUES!!!
     
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  5. Johnny Gee
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    Isn’t there a 55 that match’s that description?
     
  6. i don't think this is the one but it kinda fits your discreption. 7b050c4711e842f184c3bbad04e77dea.jpg
     
  7. Moriarity
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  9. MrGasser
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  10. COCONUTS
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    I saw one like you are describing in Indy a few years ago but it was a fiberglass one piece body.
     
  11. These took me a couple days to dig up. There not quite as wild as your discription,but look the part. 4F50A841-F501-4A2B-97AD-C62480384ED6.jpeg 15134584_10207857358532760_4121220316387874450_n.jpg 19511430_10209685138826125_2948548128081731679_n.jpg
     
  12. MrGasser
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    Your not thing of Shake Rattle and Run out of Chicago are you??
     
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  14. tmwracing
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    image.jpeg This one sticks in my head....
     
  15. flatheadpete
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    ^^ That one is way bad ass but no heavy chop. Randy will find it. I'm just suprised it's taken this long so far.
     
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  16. As many times as I have seen this picture, I never noticed there is no windshield till just now.
     
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  17. I have been looking around but have not yet found anything fitting your exact description. Will keep searching, you have me curious about this car.
     
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  18. MrGasser
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    626F267A-5DD7-4DCB-9649-A8BC4B459DCD.jpeg I found two pictures of the car, there is another one floating around out there that I saw several years ago while it was on the track…still looking 4010C00B-E3C7-4EA5-8F61-318653F990F0.jpeg
     
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  19. SS327
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    Never seen that one before!
     
  20. Moriarity
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    for a minute I thought the car in the background was the 57 I posted here earlier, similar wheel opening but it looks to be a 56, unless it is just a reflection?


    57chopped.jpeg
    57chopped2.jpg
     
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  22. oldiron 440
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  23. Kind of reminds me of the Tom Daniel 1957 funny car kit.
     
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  24. He may be trying to bail out before it's too late!
    :rolleyes:
     
  25. MrGasser
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  26. Radical and unique for sure. When I d
    See wild creations like this, I really wonder what happened to them?
     
  27. Johnny Gee
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    4 door post in a prior life. Door skin is very square.
     
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